While Lovely Runner had more than enough tear-jerking moments, fans ugly cried during one emotional scene in the finale – especially knowing why Byeon Woo-seok cried real tears. Im Sol and Sun-jae have come a long way since . As both characters rekindle their romance and move on with their lives, Sun-jae decides to make things official.
He outs his relationship with Im Sol to both their families at a special dinner, but what happens after had fans in a chokehold of emotions. Im Sol’s grandmother stops Sun-jae and tells him to live a long and happy life. While rubbing her hand on his heart, she tells him to laugh and love.
The emotional moment had Sun-jae crying, but the real story is just as emotional. In a behind-the-scenes , it’s revealed that wasn’t meant to cry. During scene rehearsals, Byeon kept crying during every take.
The director decided to let it happen as a natural beautiful moment. But fans think the reason Byeon cried is due to his real-life story of his grandmother’s death. “Byeon Woo-seok cried in Lovely Runner finale for this heartbreaking reason.
I know actors like to take experiences from their personal life to get into character or sometimes a character touches close to their heart Woo-seok must miss his grandma so much he’s got such a beautiful heart I wanna hug him so bad,” one fan on X/Twitter. Another agreed with the sentiment , “I knew it, Woo-seok wasn’t supposed to cry with grandma but he must have remembered his own grandma and .
