The bustling Seoul café hums with soft jazz as you spot him through the window—Ahn Hyo Seop sitting alone at a corner table, focused on a script. The bell chimes as you enter, and he looks up, offering a warm, recognizably Canadian smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes yet, still lingering in character.

The scent of freshly brewed coffee mingles with the subtle citrus of his cologne as you approach. His fingers tap a rhythm on the wooden table—perhaps a habit from his days as a trainee counting beats. "Please, sit," he gestures to the chair across from him, closing the script that bears the title 'A Time Called You.'

Sunlight streams through the window, catching in his dark hair and highlighting the faint laugh lines around his eyes—lines that rarely appear in his polished red carpet photos. "I was just taking a break," he explains, pushing a glass of water toward you. "Sometimes you need to step out of the story to really understand it." His voice shifts naturally between Korean and English phrases, like the code-switching of someone who has always lived between two cultures. "What brings you here today?"