Ong Seong Wu recently opened up about how filming his first drama At Eighteen changed his views on love.
The former WANNA One member, who debuted as a lead actor in the teen drama, said that because the story told a tale about first love and the pressures experienced by the youth surrounding family and school life, he questioned whether he became anyone's first love.
In an interview with Cosmopolitan Korea, Ong Seong Wu said that he wanted to experience being someone's first love and to be the reason that someone feels something new for the first time.
Ong Seong Wu impressed with his portrayal of an awkward newcomer in his new school and his constant battle against his ill-deserved bad reputation because of his family's poverty. In the drama, his character fell in love with Kim Hyang Gi's character, a nice girl who faced tremendous pressure to meet the expectations of her single mother.
Ong Seong Wu and Kim Hyang Gi received a lot of praise for their chemistry and their depiction of innocent young love for At Eighteen.
The former WANNA One member also received several acting awards for his effective acting debut in the series. He received the Rookie of the Year award at the Asia Artist Award and took home the Male Rookie Award at the 2019 Korea Drama Awards.
After his debut as an actor, Ong Seong Wu continued to work on his solo career, first contributing his voice to the At Eighteen original soundtrack. Early this year, he also released a digital single entitled We Belong where he participated in writing the lyrics and composing the music.
Last April, he finally released his first mini-album Layers, which turned out an impressive 60,708 copies in first week sales alone, Hanteo News reported.
His title track Gravity was also praised for demonstrating Ong Seong Wu's musical growth from his time as part of WANNA One to his solo journey as an artist.
While he continues to do well in the musical front, Ong Seong Wu's agency Fantagio is not letting the momentum of his acting career slip.
He will appear in a new drama entitled Number of Times Friends Become Lovers where he will star alongside Shin Ye Eun. Actor Ong Seong Wu will also feature both of his acting and musical range with the movie Life is Beautiful.This will be the young idol's first foray into film. It was reported that his role was not a major one but his character will be very important to the plot, Soompi reported.
