When you hear a Korean man referred to as an "um chin ah" that means he's the kind of guy your mom would be happy you were dating.
He's handsome, he's smart and he's likely to be a success. He's really the kind of guy your mom wants you to marry.
Since all those attributes fit 17-year-old actor Yeo Jin Goo in real life, it's only natural that he will play an um chin ah in his next drama "Orange Marmalade."
His character Jung Jae has everything going for him but unfortunately, he's not all that interested in the kind of girls he usually meets. Jung Jae finally falls for a girl, a transfer student named Baek Ma Ri, played by AOA's Seol Hyun. Only, Ma Ri is not quite human. She's a vampire girl. And that does complicate things.
"Orange Marmalade" may not technically be Yeo Jin Goo's first romance but it is the first romance in which he is not acting as the younger version of another actor.
He romanced and even married to his one true love in "The Moon Embracing The Sun" but then he was only playing the young Kim Soo Hyun. He also loved and wanted to protect Kim So Hyun in "Missing You" but then he was playing the young Park Yoo Chun.
This time the romance is all his and the actor is excited about making hearts flutter.
"As I filmed I felt excited to show what I've prepared until now," Yeo Jin Goo told enewsworld. "I'm looking forward to acting out a heart-fluttering romance for the first time in a long time."
In "Orange Marmalade" he not only gets to fall in love but he has to face the challenges involved in having a relationship with a supernatural being. Despite his um chin ah qualities, Ma Ri's vampire parents might not approve of her dating someone who is still alive.
The actor debuted when he was only 8, appearing in the film "Sad Movie" and then the drama "Giant."
Yeo Jin Goo began filming "Orange Marmalade" on a romantic note. As the first day of filming took place on White Day, a day in which men traditionally give women gifts in Korea, Yeo was prepared to woo his co-workers. He handed the women in the "Orange Marmalade" cast and crew some chocolates with the name of the drama on them.
The drama is set to air in May.
