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Cast Of tvN’s “Circle†Share Their Thoughts About The Finale Of The Drama With Only Two Episodes Left

 

 

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With only two episodes left of tvN’s sci-fi drama “Circle,†the actors from the drama share their thoughts about the drama as it comes to an end.

 

Actor Yeo Jin Goo, who played the role of Kim Woo Jin in the 2017 storyline, said, “It was an honor to be a part of a refreshingly unique drama like ‘Circle,’ with it’s smooth storyline, unique genre of sci-fi mystery, and double track narrative. I would like to thank all the viewers who continued to send us love and support throughout the drama’s run. I was happy and proud to be able to show a different side of me to viewers through the role of Kim Woo Jin.â€

 

Actor Kim Kang Woo, who played the main character in the 2037 storyline, said, “I’m very happy and pleased to have been able to be a part of a drama as novel as ‘Circle’ is. I looked forward to every new script that came out for the drama each week, just as viewers looked forward to each new episode. It was very enjoyable to become immersed in ‘Circle’ and solve the mystery of the drama alongside viewers.â€

 

Actress Gong Seung Yeon stated, “I can’t believe it’s already almost over. We wrapped filming but it still doesn’t feel real to me. I was very happy with filming for the past three months and, because I had such a good time, I feel like I am going to suffer from ‘Circle’ withdrawal for a while.â€

 

Highlight’s Lee Gi Kwang, who played the role of Lee Ho Soo from the 2037 storyline, expressed his thoughts about the drama ending and said, “It was an honor for me to be part of a drama that could really start an important conversation about society and I was glad to have had the opportunity to take on a character like Lee Ho Soo…I will forever treasure it in my memory. The final episodes of the drama will unfold in an unexpected way so please watch until the very end.â€

 

The four actors also thanked the production staff, as well as the director and writer, for all their hard work on the drama, and also thanked the viewers who kept watch throughout the drama’s run.

 

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I love how they linked Part 1 to Part 2 for Episode 11. I knew something bad would happen to Woo Jin when he was running away from his captors. That scene was so heartbreaking when it happened and the suspenseful sound effects leading to that scene was daebak.

 

Chairman Park is still annoying asf. I somehow felt bad for the senior for running over Woo Jin but it totally disappeared when I saw him in 2022.

 

So when Woo Jin was cloned in 2022, the picture of Woo Jin taken inside the Chairman's room, the one smiling, is that the clone? I'm not familiar with cloning but I thought when cloned, Woo Jin would have been a baby first. LMAO. So if he will not age now that he's a clone, then hooray for Woo Jin and Byeol loveteam.

 

 

im somewhat not believe that KWJ was cloned, who knows if they just fake it bout clone KWJ?

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I loved this drama so much. It was refreshing and new and kept me interested throughout all the episodes. They left the ending opened, I hope that they think about making a season 2 sometime in the future, because this has so much potential to be great.

 

i agree with you, the ending scene looks like incomplete hurrplz.png 

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Finally done watching Episode 12.

 

I hate that Chairman Park went off that way. I was hoping he'll get imprisoned and suffer all the consequences but I guess they made his character someone who is greedy enough to even put his life at risk just to get what he wants.

 

I somewhat feel for sunbae Lee but in the end, he has to pay for all the sins he has done. Good thing he made the right choice of not ending his life.

 

 

HAHAHA i laugh so hard when he just chase for that stupid cube,

 

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[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Circle" Episode 11


 


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The end is almost here and episode eleven of "Circle" takes steps I did not think Korean drama writers would be bold enough for. In 2017, Woo-jin finds himself with few options for saving his brother and his friends. In 2037, Joon-hyeok and Jeong-yeon struggle with the truth staring at them on that stairwell. The titular "Circle" pushes everyone over the unknown edge of what defines us as individuals and as ourselves.


 


The episode is very much about different mindsets and their dangers. Gyoo-cheol put a stop to things and Jeong-yeon (Gong Seung-yeon) chose to forget, because they both understood the weight of her existence. The series presents three types of scientists with three different mindsets. One ethical, another chaotic and unstoppable, the third one greedy and narcissistic. Essentially, it poses a question. Can we trust such power to a flawed race?


 


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As for the big elephant clone in the room, I could sit here for days and type out different thoughts and opinions, but at the end of the day it would not matter. Maybe you feel the person ends with their biological demise. Maybe you feel they move on. Maybe you feel the soul exists and can jump based on memories, giving it continuity. Maybe you feel the soul can only move on or reincarnate according to set religious belief. The series accommodates different views on the matter.


 


This is smart for an audience used to getting what it wants and it is also a better way to make said audience think, but it could go very wrong when dealing with the journey of two characters we have become invested in. The reason why our individual views ultimately do not matter, however, is because the two leading characters or their copies, if we consider the amnesiac Joon-hyeok (Kim Kang-woo) not-entirely Beom-gyoon (An Woo-yeon) either, are on the same page and feel like they have found each other.


 


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Of course they are not out of the woods yet. Woo-jin Mk. III (Yeo Jin-goo) is called Circulate 3 for a reason and we know Dong-geon (Han Sang-jin) wants the cloning bill to be passed. Perhaps the clones have a limited life span. It would explain why someone fresh from stasis can jump up and walk. Whatever happens to the brothers, however, they have completed their narrative purpose of finding and saving one another in this peculiar form that this goal has taken.


 


Before the finale I want to say that this series has been a pleasure to cover and a surprise. I did not believe a Korean drama would dive right into existential topics as this has. While it has not done something novel for science fiction, "Circle" has done a lot for its medium with its genre, subject matter and more. Kill me softly, "Circle". I am (not) ready.


 


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[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Circle" Episode 12 Final

 

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It is closure o'clock and our characters have to work for it. With Dong-geon and Human B in pursuit, the team must come up with a plan for exposing his wrongdoings while keeping everyone safe. There are hugs, there are tears, there is punishment and redemption as the system of control collapses before everyone's eyes. It has been a long journey for everyone and who knows what the future still holds?

 

The final episode is essentially a big chase sequence and after so much has been established and resolved, this is more than enough. Our villains pay for their sins in "dramaproppriate" ways, the system collapses and the fight continues. History repeats itself because humanity changes slowly and needs every little push. We have those who cannot be saved, those who have seen the light and carry the torch forward and those who are just happy to have peace.

 

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I know many will be eager for a second season I am most certain will never come given the first one's lack of popularity, but I am actually okay with this ending. Byeol's (Gong Seung-yeon) nature as an alien has never really been the focus of the series. Even her technology is not the main idea. This is a drama about two brothers who love each other and about the value of our memories in who we are. It is also one about the importance of having the freedom of choice over our own lives.

 

The series continues to not pick a side on the argument of what makes us human and what makes each person themselves, and Jeong-yeon's words make this clear. This outcome is the journey of these characters and these characters feel like what they have now is enough. It does not matter who Woo-jin (Yeo Jin-goo) is or was. This is Woo-jin to them and they have defeated their own demons by doing what they have always felt is right, whether we like or accept it or not.

 

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I do have my complaints with "Circle" and its antagonists are the biggest. Dong-geon's (Han Sang-jin) personality transplant when his villainous side surfaced was sudden and his new self so cartoonish that it feels as if he came straight out of another, lesser series. His ridiculous demise fit that cartoonish image a little too well, as I had flashbacks to Wile E. Coyote and had to remove myself from the episode and regain composure.

 

There are other, minor issues, such as the sudden development of Hyeon-seok (Min Seong-wook), which felt like a way to please viewers without having to kill him. As for the overall series, the only things I truly lament are the lack of interest from local audiences and how rare such a story still is. I hope we will see a day when something like this ranks low on the Korean drama quality bar.

 

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  • Circle: Episode 11
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The tables have turned once again, and I’m loving it! Instead of being outmaneuvered by Human B’s nefarious villains, Woo-jin takes charge of his own destiny and begins his plot to trap them instead. Instead of being just book smart, we see that Woo-jin is resourceful and clever on his feet as well, and that he’s always ready to sacrifice himself for those he loves. Then again, I guess if my friends and family were on the line, I’d be willing to make some sacrifices too.

 

EPISODE 11 RECAP

Opening up the USB file containing his father’s research, Woo-jin thinks he’s found the way to save Bum-gyun’s life at last. And when a video of his father describing his research pops up, Woo-jin’s face breaks out in a relieved grin… until he realizes that this video isn’t an explanation of the research at all. In the video, his father explains that he destroyed all his research, effectively ending the Beta Project: “I decided that this technology isn’t something that humans should have.â€

In a series of flashbacks, we see that Kim Kyu-chul had been confronted by a dilemma when he realized that Byul’s memory technology had the potential to ruin lives. Despite the fact that the technology could be used to help people with PTSD, Kim Kyu-chul had argued furiously against it when a younger version of Professor Han tried to persuade him to continue with the research, since Han believed that the removal of unpleasant memories would allow them, as imperfect as they were, to create a brave new world without crime or war.

 

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But to that line of argument, Kim Kyu-chul had said, “But imperfect human beings will be in control of that technology. Someone will definitely try to take control of it! If that happens, people will be able to manipulate the memories of others, and will even be able to control them!â€

Byul, who was watching their argument, went up to Kyu-chul after Professor Han was gone and asked for her memory to be erased. “I didn’t consider humanity’s greed,†she’d said. “It would be better to get rid of this technology than to allow it to be used for dark purposes.â€

 

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After the deed was done, Professor Han had demanded to know where Byul was, desperate to obtain that technology. Even after Kyu-chul told him that Byul’s memories were gone, Han refused to believe it, and had attempted to persuade Kyu-chul by pointing toward a group of threatening men down the hallway, headed by a younger Detective Choi. “If things go wrong, you and I could both end up dying,†Professor Han added.

However, in the video that Woo-jin watches, his father says the data was destroyed because he made an ethical decision to stop the research. Woo-jin reels back in shock as he finally registers that there’s no research data for him to use, and thus, there’s no way for him to save Bum-gyun.

It puts Woo-jin in a daze as he realizes that the information he needs to save his brother will only be obtained if he agrees to do as Professor Han threatened him to. But he snaps out of it quickly when Min-young calls in a frantic voice to tell him that Bum-gyun’s in trouble, and that they’re on the way to the hospital.

 

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Woo-jin arrives to the hospital in time to see the doctors use a defibrillator on his flatlined brother, who’s gone into cardiac arrest. The doctors try shock after shock, until finally, Bum-gyun’s pulse returns. Woo-jin all but collapses in relief, finally able to breathe again.

When Min-young’s father explains Bum-gyun’s state to the group (consisting of Chief Hong, Min-young, Woo-jin, and Jung-yeon), he lets them know that Bum-gyun will only worsen and has a high chance of dying if the blue bug inside his brain isn’t removed.

And because the bug has burrowed into the brain so deep, Min-young’s father says that the only people with the proper expertise to remove it would be its creators, or the people who inserted it in the first place.

 

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Hearing this, Jung-yeon tries to secretly text her father, saying that she’ll agree to his terms and try her best to recover her memory as Byul if he makes sure that Bum-gyun receives his life-saving surgery. However, Woo-jin catches her, and remembering that his father said that Byul made the choice to erase her memories, he stops her from sending Professor Han the text.

He also reassures her by showing her the crucifix USB, lying that it’s his father’s research data, which he plans on using to bargain with Professor Han. It’s enough to fool Jung-yeon, even as Woo-jin thinks of his father saying that the research no longer exists.

 

Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/06/circle-episode-11/

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“Circle†producer Min Jin Ki said in an interview on June 28, “It’s an open ending. Depending on the imagination of the viewers, they could interpret the ending in different ways. There were a lot of stories that we weren’t able to fit into just 12 episodes, and the ending reflects that. However, a second season is not something that is being considered at this stage.â€

 

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  • love changed the title to TvN Drama "Circle: Two Worlds Connected" Yeo Jin Goo, Gong Seung Yeon etc. *Tnx for the Amazing SciFi journey*

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