Go Youn-jung Teases Emotional Tension With Koo Kyo-hwan in New JTBC Poster For ‘We Are All Trying Here’

JTBC has unveiled a new solo poster for Go Youn-jung in its upcoming weekend drama ‘We Are All Trying Here’, offering a closer look at the emotional world her character is about to step into and the unusual person who may change it. What makes the poster especially intriguing is not just Eun-a’s expression, but where her attention seems to lead.

The person at the end of her gaze

At the center of that emotional pull is Hwang Dong-man, played by Koo Kyo-hwan a man who has spent 20 years dreaming of debuting as a film director. Dong-man is described as someone who covers his own fear and inferiority with nonstop rambling whenever he begins to spiral. To everyone around him, his behavior feels exhausting, noisy, even unbearable.

But Eun-a sees him differently. Where others see chaos, she senses freedom. Where others dismiss his behavior as eccentricity, she recognizes someone whose mind feels entirely open “a person with a thousand doors wide open,” as the drama describes him. That perspective becomes the emotional hinge of the story.

Not a red flag, but a safe place

That is where the series begins to separate itself from a more familiar romance setup.

For Eun-a, Dong-man is not someone to avoid. He is not another problem in her already overburdened life. Instead, he becomes the one presence that seems to quiet the noise around her. In a world that constantly pushes her toward stress signals and emotional collapse, he is described as the only “clean zone” left the one person who makes life feel unexpectedly calm.

That dynamic is captured in one of the drama’s most striking lines. While others try to avoid Dong-man, Eun-a says, “I want to experience Hwang Dong-man.” It is a simple sentence, but it changes the tone of the story. This is not just curiosity. It is the beginning of a person choosing to step into someone else’s strange, difficult world rather than turning away from it.

Editor’s Insight: Why this drama is drawing attention

JTBC has described the drama as a story about a person who feels left behind among more successful friends and slowly goes mad from jealousy, envy, and emotional exhaustion while trying to find peace again. That premise gives the series a darker emotional base than a standard romance, but the relationship between Eun-a and Dong-man appears to be where the drama finds its warmth. Both characters are carrying forms of instability. Both are marked by inner deficiency, fear, and pain. But rather than worsening each other, they may become the unexpected green light in one another’s lives.

The production team also emphasized Go Youn-jung’s expressive power, saying that even in a single still image, she is able to communicate layers of backstory through nothing more than her eyes and facial expression. They added that her chemistry with Koo Kyo-hwan is one of the reasons the drama’s emotional ensemble feels so solid.

That pairing alone is enough to generate anticipation. Go brings a precise, emotionally controlled presence, while Koo is known for performances that feel free, unpredictable, and deeply human. Put together, they promise a relationship that could feel both unstable and strangely comforting at once.

JTBC’s ‘We Are All Trying Here’ premieres on April 18 at 10:40 p.m. KST.