Character for ‘Pinocchio’
MONDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2014
Cr: DC
So we’ve known Lee Pil Mo has been cast since the lot of supporting actors were announced, but here is some details on his character. It was posted on the drama page of DCGall, I found it interesting so here it is.
Hwang Gyo-dong (played by Lee Pil-mo)
Age 25 (entered YGN’s social issues department as a reporter) —> Age 30 (became a PD at YGN) —> Age 38 (became the second-in command at YGN) —> Age 39 (the captain of YGN news station).
"News is not to be made up, but to be transmitted to the world."
"The only thing that can change the world is the truth."
These are the mottos that he lives by.
He studied in an all-boys middle school, an all-boys high school and an engineering university (T/N: this is usually shorthand for a man who has little experience dealing with women growing up). The eldest son of six boys. Soon to be 40 but still ‘solo-from-birth’ (has never dated).
Thinks that showing his socks under the hem of the trousers is unacceptable. Yet he’s a fashion terrorist who would pair denim jacket with denim jeans.
When he goes out with females, he feels an intense dislike towards the fact that the coffee prices are often more expensive than the dinner itself. Etc.
He’s just greatly lacking in knowledge necessary for life, or whatever knowledge which has not been taught in schools… which is also a general problem for the men of Korea.
A strict ideologist.
Since he was a science student to the core, he hates any piece of reporting which is not logical and reasonable. As long as they have had dinner with him once, all the junior reporters would be terrified of Gyo-dong. He knows he is unpopular among the juniors and wants to rectify that but somehow is unable to.
No one has seen him smile since joining YGN, it’s like he has a mask on. He’s generally terrible at expressing his emotions to others.
P.S. Dal-Po (Lee Jong Suk) also works in YGN, so most likely working under Gyo-dong.
cr to Haritobi. Thank u fir the translations!