Lee Jong-seok’s awkward social skills in While You Were Sleeping
by tineybeanie
In dreamy character posters for SBS’s upcoming While You Were Sleeping, Lee Jong-seok (W—Two Worlds) thinks, “No one would be able to believe… the future I changed,” and almost in reply Suzy (Uncontrollably Fond) thinks, “There’s no one else… but you.”
This supernatural legal romance is centered around a story about a woman (Suzy) who sees tragic futures in her dreams and the prosecutor (Lee Jong-seok) who tries his best to prevent those futures from happening. His character is a prosecutor in the investigative bureau, who simply can’t seem to make friends. As we can see from these stills and his colleagues’ annoyed looks, he doesn’t seem to get it when it comes to human relationships.
While his fellow colleagues are engaged in pre-meal prayer, he reaches over them to grab food. In another still, everyone stares at him with omg-did-he-just-really? looks on their faces. It’s no wonder that his bureau teammates, who consist of Lee Ki-young (The King Loves), Bae Hye-sun (Falsify), Min Sung-wook (School 2017), and Go Sung-hee (Jealousy Incarnate), just don’t like him.
On the other hand, we have Lee Sang-yub (This Week, My Wife Will Have an Affair) who is the complete opposite of Lee Jong-seok. Lee Sang-yub’s character was a previous investigative bureau prosecutor like Lee Jong-seok, but he left that career for a more lucrative and successful one as a prosecution-specialist lawyer. He’s a gregarious golden boy, admired and loved by everyone who knows him. He’s shown smiling even while visiting his past workplace, and greeting everyone with concern and care. There’s a past relationship between Lee Jong-seok and Lee Sang-yub, and I’m curious to see how the loner and the popular kid of the prosecutor community know each other.
SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama While You Were Sleeping begins airing on September 27.
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1 sooyi
September 18, 2017 at 12:16 PM
Lee Sang-yeob looks very dapper and confident in his suits for "While You Were Sleeping"! I do feel like it's time for him to take a "pretty" role after his meeky, concerning self in "My Wife Is Having an Affair This Week" and his gangster persona in "Master of Noodles" :D
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2 SnarkyJellyfish
September 18, 2017 at 12:33 PM
Huh, my interest in this just increased significantly. I was always planning to watch because I like LJS, and I liked his work with this writer in Pinocchio. But seeing that his character is more of an awkward outcast rather than the usual cold geeeeeenius makes this more interesting to me for some reason.
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Riman Rakshit
September 18, 2017 at 12:45 PM
He was never cold tho, he usually does warm characters. Kang Chul and Ssun were cold, and this one probably will be too. And as for geeenius, lol I'll never get dramaland's fondness for genius roles. I mean him in Pinocchio or IHYV aren't even 'proper' geniuses(just a regular guy with a super power) :D Only SeGa, Dr stranger and W(which is a meta joke on kdrama geniuses) count!!
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SnarkyJellyfish
September 18, 2017 at 1:00 PM
I guess what I meant was that this character doesn't seem as generic as it appeared on paper before. I always planned to watch because I expected him to infuse the character with interesting traits, it's just that prior to these stills I was just slightly less invested until I actually had a chance to see it.
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Riman Rakshit
September 18, 2017 at 1:16 PM
I feel you. I too like how they are using his awkwardness as situational humour :D
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Sakura
September 18, 2017 at 1:18 PM
Yeah plus are we getting a bromance between LJS and Min Sung-wook (School 2017), or is it sunbae-hoobae, or is that his only colleague he is close to, lol!!!
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Sakura
September 18, 2017 at 1:14 PM
So True. Awkward outcast in the 'real world' seems so 'dreamily' good to see. He will play well against Suzy, so hopefully his character won't make her cry all too often!!!
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3 Riman Rakshit
September 18, 2017 at 12:36 PM
Lee Jong Suk finally got promoted from an assistant prosecutor! (Prosecutor princess) :P
He looks adorable in the stills!
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4 Sakura
September 18, 2017 at 1:09 PM
Yes...Gimme more pics!
Ha!... PE teacher Jung, I knew I would like where this show is going.
Can't believe Lee Sang-yub, is the golden boy, he seems to fit more the life of the party-and rockstar behavior, instead he outsmarts the rest of the investigative prosecutors?
I can't wait to see Jong Suk being anti-social here, especially if the character is not even aware of the problem. Suzy's character seems to be well aware that she is different being a "see-er", so him thinking he is better than her - looks so fun to watch!!!
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5 hallie
September 18, 2017 at 1:15 PM
I hope it come faster. One week feels so long.
Is Min Sungwook's character will be funny here? I like him as Jang Ddanji in Pinocchio, he is so weird!
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hallie
September 18, 2017 at 3:08 PM
Out of topic,
Yay, Lee Jongsuk will appear in 3 Meals A Day. It's been so long since his last appearance in variety show. I'm so excited.
Here's the preview https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mg_bb8h5TwA
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Vera
September 18, 2017 at 8:40 PM
I am also very excited to see this !!! LJS is so much fun. I love his spontaneity.
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lemoncello
September 18, 2017 at 11:09 PM
Saw the preview for him being a guest star, and his interaction with Kyun-sang is gold! It looks like Kyun-sang will be taking care of Jeong-suk, as Kyun-sang is supposed to be his hyung in Pinocchio, LoL
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6 myheartisomg
September 18, 2017 at 1:24 PM
LJS has so often played an outsider who deliberately stays outside the group without trying to fit in. It would be fun to see him trying to be accepted for a change!
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Sakura
September 18, 2017 at 1:41 PM
I think his character is slightly different here. Like he doesn't even know that he is socially awkward. And probably, from what it looks like — treats Suzy's character as though she is not normal when she already knows that she has a gift to see future events, and therefore is not like other people. What interests me: is that even if she tells him straight up that he should look at his own awkward-tendencies he probably thinks his life is just perfect. —Well that's the vibes I am getting from this anyways.
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Vera
September 18, 2017 at 8:47 PM
Yes, it's true haha
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7 yuyuu
September 18, 2017 at 1:53 PM
Wow, Min Sung-wook has been really busy this year. Isn't this like his fourth drama in 2017?
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8 rlg07
September 18, 2017 at 3:10 PM
I didn't realize LJS's character was going to be so awkward.
This is awesome. I can't wait.
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9 xhuizini
September 18, 2017 at 5:55 PM
In the last still, LJS pouting is so cute, waiting for this drama...
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11 G1 user1
October 26, 2023 at 3:05 AM
11 This supernatural legal romance is centered around a story about a woman (Suzy) who sees tragic futures in her dreams and the prosecutor (Lee Jong-seok) who tries his best to prevent those futures from happening. His character is a prosecutor in the investigative bureau, who simply can’t seem to make friends. As we can see from these stills and his colleagues’ annoyed looks, he doesn’t seem to get it when it comes to human relationships.
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12 G1 user1
October 26, 2023 at 3:05 AM
12 This supernatural legal romance is centered around a story about a woman (Suzy) who sees tragic futures in her dreams and the prosecutor (Lee Jong-seok) who tries his best to prevent those futures from happening. His character is a prosecutor in the investigative bureau, who simply can’t seem to make friends. As we can see from these stills and his colleagues’ annoyed looks, he doesn’t seem to get it when it comes to human relationships.
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