Actor Park Seo Joon’s New K-Drama Blasted For “Steamy” Editing

On December 6, 2025 (KST), JTBC‘s new K-Drama, Surely Tomorrow, premiered starring actors Park Seo Joon (Park Seo Jun) and Won Ji An. The first episode, however, has left viewers roasting the production for “literally steamy” editing.

Perhaps in an attempt to make the 36-year-old male lead younger (as he plays the younger versions of his character), the production seemingly used a blur effect.

While this did hide Park Seo Joon’s blemishes and wrinkles, it also created what viewers have since dubbed a “beauty filter” look, convincing them they were “inside a steamer.”

Reactions have been, needless to say, hilariously savage.

• “What is this, a dream?”
• “I see the world like this when I’m wearing my glasses and a mask.”
• “Was this their best attempt to blur his beard marks?”
• “Should’ve just cast someone to play the younger version.”
• “POV: You’re a steamed bun in a steamer.”
• “What’s going on here?”
• “Omg, I can’t see.”
• “Watching this makes me feel like my vision’s going bad.”
• “I watched this episode, and it was so dim, it made me feel like I’d lost my eyesight.”
• “I do think it would’ve been ridiculous to cast someone different for a college version of the character, lol. These scenes in his 20s don’t last long, and soon enough, he’ll be playing the late-30s version. That said, yes, the whole episode was very blurry.”
• “Isn’t this a tad bit too faded? LOL.”
• “It’s so blurry it feels like a flashback scene lmao.”
• “Yikes. What’s with this picture quality?”

The excessive editing might be a result of JTBC being aware and wary of the initial backlash that Surely Tomorrow received for casting actors 11 years apart for the romantic plot.

Read more on what Park Seo Joon himself had to say about the age gap:

Park Seo Joon Confronts “Age-Gap” Concerns In His Upcoming JTBC K-Drama