Choi Joowon

**Choi Joowon** (최주원) is a famous actor under W Entertainment and Lee Haesoo's former stepbrother.

## Appearance

Joowon has black pupils and eyebrows, and salmon red hair which he dyes regularly. His eyes are phoenix shaped. His looks have been described as extremely handsome and dreamy. Joowon is fit with broad shoulders and well defined muscles. He is also the tallest character in the manhwa.

Joowon is often seen wearing suits for his job, but prefers to wear more casual and comfortable clothes when he's not working. He loves sweatshirts and hats.

## Personality

Joowon is sweet, cheerful, and confident. He has a playful personality and loves to make jokes, but as his manager has described him, he takes things more seriously than he lets on. When he's not acting, he tends to be an honest and transparent person as he is unable to hide his like or dislike towards a person.

Joowon is polite to the people he works with but tends to act bratty to the people he feels close to, like Haesoo or his manager. He strives to be professional at work and does not complain despite schedule changes, although in the past there were times he would run off because he feels overwhelmed. A staff member remarked that Joowon seems to be the type who will be scary if someone touches what was his.

Despite being a public figure, Joowon rarely cares about people's opinions on him, and therefore can be rather reckless. However, he gets overly defensive on Haesoo's behalf, and will act hostile to anyone he perceives as a threat to Haesoo. Joowon has a temper and does not hesitate to pick fights.

## Background

Joowon lived alone with his father after his mother died when he was young. He had a lonely childhood as his father was often busy working but grew up to be an active and outgoing child.

Joowon's father remarried Haesoo's mother when he was seventeen years old, and the four lived together for nearly three years. Despite initially not getting along well with Haesoo, the two soon became friends and later lovers. Haesoo's mother found out about Joowon's relationship with Haesoo, which caused them to break up. After Joowon got in a fight with a classmate to take revenge for Haesoo who was bullied, the parents divorced and the two were separated.

Joowon and Haesoo were reunited years later when Haesoo was still a university student, while Joowon had become an actor. At 26 years old, he was currently called the hottest actor in South Korea.

## Relationships

### Lee Haesoo

Haesoo is Joowon's lover and former step brother. They were formerly involved in a casual relationship. Despite having sex regularly, their relationship was undefined for a long time which caused insecurities for both parties. Haesoo would often date and show off his boyfriends to Joowon to make him jealous. After their parents announced their plans to remarry, Haesoo became involved with Song Taekyung and ended his relationship with Joowon. At ep 96 Joowon and Haesoo are getting back together.

### Min Kyuri

Kyuri is Joowon's co-actress in the TV drama Last Love. She is a close friend to Joowon, and as a senior actress she would offer him advice regarding his acting. While their friendship seems to be mainly a professional relationship, the two have also been shown to talk rather openly to each other.

## Trivia

* Joowon does not like seaweed soup due to its texture but does not tell anyone and pretends to eat anything well.
* His favourite exercise is swimming.
* He received his driving license as soon as he turned 20 years old.
* The first role he played was Hamlet in a school play. He was very close to the girl who played Ophelia so he would burst into laughter when he saw her face and end up making a lot of mistakes.

## References

1. ↑ taken from Joowon's trivia in the author's twitter.
2. ↑ LOH chapter 85.
3. ↑ taken from Joowon's trivia in the author's twitter.