Actress Kang Hye-jeong is set to become the latest Korean star to join the Hollywood bandwagon. No details about the movie is released yet, but if everything is going as planned, she will be joining the filming in late 2008.
Korean pop star Rain has made his Hollywood debut a couple of months ago with Speed Racer. Other Korean stars that are set to make their Hollywood debut include Jang Dong-gun, Lee Byung-hun and Jun Ji-hyun etc.
Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo are voted the most popular Korean stars in a recent Japanese poll.
Bae and Choi are made famous with TV drama Winter Sonata a few years ago, and still remain popular.
Lee Byung-hun and Kwon Sang-woo are ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively at the male’s poll; where as Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Young-ae are 2nd and 3rd in the female’s poll.
[Tom]
Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun was shocked by some wild Chinese fans at Shanghai airport.
Famous Korean stars, actor Kwong Sang-woo and actress Song Hye-kyo have confirmed to attend this weekend’s (Apr 15) Hong Kong Film Awards as award presenters.
Seems like it’s becoming a trend for Hong Kong Film Awards to invite Korean stars as award presenters; last year it was Jun Ji-hyun if not mistaken.