Swimmer Park Tae-hwan Shares Filming Experience with Byeon Woo-seok in 'Lovely Runner'

Swimmer Park Tae-hwan highlighted his friendship with rising star Byeon Woo-seok.

On June 24, SBS' television show "Same Bed Different Dreams 2: You Are My Destiny" team unveiled a sneak peek of their next episode on the internet.

In this video, Park Tae-hwan proudly spoke about his close bond with Byeon Woo-seok, whose popularity surged after his recent series "Lovely Runner" concluded.

Making a cameo as himself in "Lovely Runner," Park Tae-hwan humbly responded to praise for creating memorable scenes of Byeon Woo-seok's character, Ryu Sun-jae, in the swimming pool as his swimming coach. 
Reflecting on the swimming pool scenes, Park Tae-hwan mentioned with a smile, "That was when I first met Woo-seok."

He added, "We grew closer during filming, and since there were swimming scenes, I offered advice on the details."

After wrapping up the series, Park Tae-hwan shared that Byeon Woo-seok had called him to say, "Thank you for your help."

"He asked me to treat him to a meal," Park Tae-hwan revealed. 

"I agreed, but with his newfound fame from the series, he's hardly in Korea; he's jetting around the world. We plan to meet up when he has more time. Hopefully, it'll be soon."

The hosts expressed envy upon hearing about their close relationship.
In 2008, Park Tae-hwan made history as the first Korean swimmer to win a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

With a gold medal in the 400-meter Olympic men's freestyle event, he set an Asian record after 72 years, which still remains unbroken.

(Credit= SBS Same Bed Different Dreams 2: You Are My Destiny, Varo Entertainment) 

(SBS Star)