
"We have inyeon," Teo Yoo tells me on a Zoom interview.
The "Past Lives" star is using a term that's an everyday concept for Koreans, referring to a fated human connection. Whether it's freighted with meaning, such as long-lost siblings reuniting by chance, or a seemingly trivial interaction with a Subway sandwich artist fulfilling your order – that's inyeon. In fact, your reading this story is inyeon.