While IU, who played dual roles and led the entire play, is impressive, Park Bogum also soared. He showcased various faces through the clumsy and earnest Yang Kwan-sik, mesmerizing viewers as the devoted husband and caring father.

Park Bogum has been meeting audiences lately through the popular Netflix series "When Life Gives You Tangerines" (scripted by Im Sang-chun, directed by Kim Won-seok). This new work by Im Sang-chun, the writer of "When the Camellia Blooms," has garnered early expectations and excited viewers with the combination of IU and Park Bogum. It was also Park Bogum's first work after his military discharge. The premiere of "When Life Gives You Tangerines" has become a tear-jerker for viewers, achieving both popularity and buzz.

In the series, Park Bogum passionately portrayed Yang Kwan-sik, who only gazed at Oh Ae-soon (played by IU). Since he was 10 years old, he has devoted all his heart to her. When Ae-soon said, "I will become the chief, the director, and even the president," he set his dream as the "first lady." Park Bogum played Yang Kwan-sik from his teens to his 30s.

Park Bogum embodied Yang Kwan-sik wholeheartedly. During his teenage years, he focused solely on Oh Ae-soon, selling cabbages for her and secretly providing her with fish behind his mother's back. He trembled at their first kiss, almost losing his strength in his legs, and when Ae-soon cried because she had nowhere to go, he comforted her by shouting "nostalgia." He was straightforward enough to elope with her, yet he cried childishly when he saw that Ae-soon rejected him.

During his teenage years, Yang Kwan-sik was a passionate character who openly expressed his affection for Ae-soon without hesitation. Park Bogum depicted the teenage Yang Kwan-sik as pure, passionate, and a resolute romantic. While he had a childlike side, he was an unwaveringly passionate man when it came to Oh Ae-soon.

In his 20s and 30s, Yang Kwan-sik struggled to protect his family as a breadwinner. After marrying Oh Ae-soon, whom he had wanted for so long, he embraced his first child in his teenage years and bore the weight of being the head of the household. He felt pity for Ae-soon as she dealt with the hardships of being a daughter-in-law, meticulously caring for her, and cherished their daughter, Geum-myeong, like a treasure. He even sparked a "half-turn revolution" for Ae-soon and became a solid pillar protecting his wife and daughter when Ae-soon, who came to him, cried over conflicts with her parents. With a love for Ae-soon, Yang Kwan-sik evolved from a somewhat immature boy who only pursued her to a more reliable husband, father, and head of the household.

With Yang Kwan-sik's transition from boyhood to adulthood, Park Bogum's acting also grew. Having gone through the pure love of his youth, he explored Yang Kwan-sik from a different perspective. His gaze deepened, and a sense of responsibility added intensity. As Yang Kwan-sik worried about losing his job and being unable to protect Ae-soon and Geum-myeong, a feeling of emptiness and loneliness also deepened. It was a moment when the eyes of the once-passionate boy shone with the weight of serious responsibility. Park Bogum conveyed this change through detailed and profound acting, making it feel as if he had genuinely lived Yang Kwan-sik's life.

Compared to IU, who skillfully portrayed both Oh Ae-soon and her daughter Geum-myeong in dual roles, Park Bogum appeared solely as the young Kwan-sik, leaving some disappointment as his role diminished in the latter parts. Nevertheless, Park Bogum's presence, which frequently emerged in Acts 3 and 4, remained significant, earning praise for achieving a masterpiece. This was thanks to the well-constructed narrative of Yang Kwan-sik that he perfectly built. Park Bogum truly became Yang Kwan-sik in "When Life Gives You Tangerines."

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