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Song Joong-ki, behind the scenes as King Se-jong
by | July 28, 2011 | 52 Comments

First look at Song Joong-ki in character as Se-jong the Great! With his newest role, he goes from Joseon-era pretty boy (Sungkyunkwan Scandal) to Joseon-era royalty.

Song is playing the younger version of the famous king in Tree With Deep Roots, the anticipated sageuk drama from the Queen Seon-deok writers that also stars Jang Hyuk, Han Seok-kyu, and Shin Se-kyung.

Song recently tweeted this photo of himself in sageuk garb, taken from the drama’s set. Well, aegyo king is one version of Se-jong we haven’t seen in all the numerous adaptations that have existed to date; count on Song Joong-ki to make even a legendary figure look adorable. In the drama, his youthful version of Se-jong is a genius living under a harsh father and turns inward to his books; he represses his nature in order to foster patience, in a conscious effort to be the opposite of his father. Han Seok-kyu plays his older counterpart once the drama moves into his reign as king.

Tree With Deep Roots premieres in September on SBS.

Via TV Report

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52 Comments from the Beanut Gallery
  1. 1 ^_^ July 28th, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    Cutest king ever

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    • 1.1 ^_^ July 28th, 2011 at 1:19 pm

      Can’t believe I’m first, awesome…and on a Song Joongki post, even better

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    • 1.2 outofcontrol July 28th, 2011 at 8:11 pm

      I wholeheartedly agree!

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    • 1.3 zzzmadison July 28th, 2011 at 10:45 pm

      me too!

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    • 1.4 Fafa August 1st, 2011 at 11:15 pm

      AGREE!

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  2. 2 Yer Vang July 28th, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    Cute :)

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  3. 3 ^_^ July 28th, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    I probably should have figured this but I didn’t know SJK had a twitter account…can anybody tell me what is it…only thing I found is an account that hasn’t tweeted since Jan of ’10

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    • 3.1 ruthie July 28th, 2011 at 2:11 pm

      same here! anyone knows his twitter acct??

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      • 3.1.1 tamrra July 28th, 2011 at 4:03 pm

        he has a twitter account?! i only know Ah-in, Yoochun and Min-young’s twitter accounts!

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        • 3.1.1.1 ^_^ July 28th, 2011 at 5:20 pm

          the post says he “tweeted” the pic so…..

          I was shocked b/c i follow all my favorites like Kim Bum, Lee Minho, and Ahin so this is a surprise

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          • 3.1.1.1.1 hikaruivy July 28th, 2011 at 7:21 pm

            Count me in, too: I’d be really really thankful if somebody could tell us Joong Ki’s active twitter account… (I’m already in deep grief here knowing that he was in NYC last month but I learnt this too late… *sobs*)

          • 3.1.1.1.2 Jo July 28th, 2011 at 9:33 pm

            This was probably on his me2day/ the korean ver. of twitter

        • 3.1.1.2 d July 28th, 2011 at 10:50 pm

          nope. he has twitter account. but rarely post smthing. http://twitter.com/#!/SongJoongKi

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          • 3.1.1.2.1 Rovi July 29th, 2011 at 8:44 am

            I hadn’t realized I’d been following him on Twitter…ㅋㅋㅋ…:P

    • 3.2 cherry18 July 28th, 2011 at 7:57 pm

      Song Joong-Ki’s twitter account is twitter.com/SongJoongKi [:
      but sadly he hasn’t been active on it since Jan 5, 2010 :’( …Joong-ki-ahh come back to twitter~

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      • 3.2.1 ^_^ July 28th, 2011 at 8:03 pm

        Oh so i did find the right one, that’s both good and sad b/c he’s not active -_- . So I guess this must’ve been on a me2day or something

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  4. 4 Joy July 28th, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    Adorbs. Does Jang Hyuk play his rival? And why must there be Shin Se Kyung (no I am not a Shinee fan girl)…

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    • 4.1 Kiara July 28th, 2011 at 4:50 pm

      They play the same character :) . Song Joong-ki plays the teen-age Sejong. Jang Hyuk plays the older Sejong.

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      • 4.1.1 lambayyx July 28th, 2011 at 4:57 pm

        but the article says “Han Seok-kyu plays his older counterpart once the drama moves into his reign as king”

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        • 4.1.1.1 Kiara July 28th, 2011 at 5:21 pm

          You are correct :) . Sorry for the mistake.

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  5. 5 YBisTOP July 28th, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Awww, I miss him in Running Man! He is so cute!!!

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    • 5.1 kangling July 28th, 2011 at 3:28 pm

      me too… I wonder if he will be back after filming If Running man still running? or he’s done with them?

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  6. 6 Bluefyre July 28th, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    Whoa. Too cute! Trust Song Joong-ki to make King Sejong adorkable :D

    Can’t wait to see the promo materials!

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  7. 7 krnxbeannie July 28th, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    Yayys goo yonghwa how i missed his character!!!
    he’s so cute!!

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    • 7.1 Helen July 29th, 2011 at 12:34 am

      more like Goo Yong Ha. this reminds me of Song Joong Ki when he was still on Running Man and CN Blue’s Yonghwa came as a guest. Joong Ki had to write Yonghwa’s name but he wrote Yong Ha instead because he was still too absorbed into his character.

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  8. 8 Two Cents July 28th, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    Aww. What a cutie pie.

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  9. 9 Cynthia July 28th, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Aww – he’s such a royal Puppy!
    Seems to me I saw a bunch of stills on another site w/he and his leading lady running around in their red robes.
    Cuteness abounds!

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  10. 10 h311ybean July 28th, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    I never thought I’d hear the phrase “aegyo king,” like, ever :D but trust the Dramabeans crew to come up with the perfect way to describe SJK-as-King Sejong!

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  11. 11 Lidia July 28th, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    Song Joong Ki has such an infectious smile :D Can’t wait for this drama to air!

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  12. 12 Kiara July 28th, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    I love sageuks but damn I cant keep up with the 4 that are currently airing.
    I have a love and hate relationship with writer Kim Young Hyun.
    Song Joong-ki and Jang Hyuk <3.

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  13. 13 U.K.Chick July 28th, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    Omo so cute! I just want to squeeze his cheeks :P

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  14. 14 malta July 28th, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    He really is very cute. He seems like he has a good natured personality.

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  15. 15 Bandi July 28th, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    so cute~ kyah~~ XD <3 SJK <3

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  16. 16 via July 28th, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    so adorable XD i’m not into historical dramas much but i ended up watching (and loving) Sungkyunkwan Scandal because of him!

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    • 16.1 Yo July 30th, 2011 at 12:04 pm

      I recommend you start watching Warrior Baek Dong Soo, like now! Since you love Sungkyunkwan, I can bet that you’ll find WBDSoo even more addictive — in comparison, to me, it really is a notch higher in level of awesomeness.

      You’ll find yourself loving the main cast like right away.

      I just wish dramabeans would do recaps for this drama. I’m not that into Heartstrings (after the 1 first episode, couldn’t stand those awkward stares that take minutes long), nor Myung Wol Spy (after the slap).

      I’m so glad I found Warrior Baek Dong Soo to watch for the remaining of summer~~~~

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  17. 17 SaisMY July 28th, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    sooo cute. only song joongki can get me to watch historical dramas :D

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  18. 18 Dav July 28th, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    Aegyo Se-jong. Heheh.

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  19. 19 laya July 28th, 2011 at 5:36 pm

    Joong-ki… so cute! <3

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  20. 20 sPark* July 28th, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    I’ve been patiently waiting to see Song Joong Ki on my screen again! Photos are not enough lolol However, he does make on ADORABLE king :) I hope the childhood parts for this drama are a bit longer than usual :P

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  21. 21 city rebel July 28th, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    Have watched city hunter e20.But I kind of feel pity for dead daddy evil.Like the end which does not narrate but tell us how they go on.Season can B hopeful.

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  22. 22 Cam July 28th, 2011 at 6:35 pm

    How A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E ! ! ! ! ! ^__^

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  23. 23 dls July 28th, 2011 at 7:04 pm

    uwaah first time I saw such an aegyo king…
    looking forward for his drama

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  24. 24 ladida July 28th, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    Love him, he’s so adorable. And picks good roles! SKKS and OBGYN Doctors are two of my favs.

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  25. 25 rimiheun July 29th, 2011 at 12:41 am

    CUTE! XD

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  26. 26 biankoy July 29th, 2011 at 2:14 am

    Kyaaaaaaaaaa~

    I’ve been slayed by that SJK’s mega watt smile!!!

    Omo.. I miss SJK in traditional clothes…hmmm I know what I’m gonna do today!

    *SKKS marathon

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  27. 27 Jomo July 29th, 2011 at 5:56 am

    I know I’ll wish his character never grows up, we we gets to see the “young king” forever!

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  28. 28 Rovi July 29th, 2011 at 8:50 am

    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah~!!!

    Cutest Sejong I’ve ever seen~!!!! X^X…
    I still miss his Gu Yong-ha character tho…Moon Jae-shin Yoo Ah-in, WER R U?!!!!!

    BTW, the hongryongpo he’s wearing is accurate during the time period…

    “…his youthful version…is a genius living under a harsh father…” -> like, anyone who’d watched “Tears of the Dragon” would agree to that…

    (still remembers Yoo Dong-geun acting as Taejong & the Daewon-gun…)

    If some fans will go crazy over this, they might connect this to “The Princess’s Man”, since the storyline of that drama is just after this…
    (note: Grand Prince Suyang is Sejong’s 2nd son…)

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  29. 29 Lilian July 29th, 2011 at 12:49 pm

    so so cute….

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  30. 30 Dara July 29th, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    How I wish the king would stay young forever….

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  31. 31 asianromance July 30th, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    Maybe they’ll give him the lead role in another drama after this!!

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  32. 32 hottestjen July 31st, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    aw, he’s the king!!!

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  33. 33 yon min August 14th, 2011 at 6:47 am

    joong oppa! i know you will do ur best. waiting for this drama . i am your fan. saranghel oppa.

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