Ready To Be Seduced By Song Hye Kyo
Korean actress Song Hye Kyo is best known for a demure image, but she wants to toughen up.
So she told reporters two years ago: ‘Why have I never had strong characters like Hwang Jin Yi?’
She was referring to Korea’s famous gisaeng (Korean geisha) during the Chosun dynasty, renowned for her wit, poetic writing and breathtaking beauty.
Little did Hye Kyo know that there were already preparations to make a film about the legendary woman.
The producers must have read the papers, for she soon received a call that got her the coveted role.
‘My dream came true,’ she said in a Q&A provided by local movie distributor Festive Films.
The film, which took four years to prepare and six months to film, is slated for release here on Thursday.
Legendary Courtesan: Hwang Jin Yi is a love story between Jin Yi and a servant-turned-bandit, played by the hunky Yoo Ji Tae (Old Boy).
While it drew mixed reviews when it opened in Korea in June, critics agreed on one thing - Hye Kyo has matured and made an impressive transformation from innocent girl to ’smouldering seductress’ on screen.
During interviews, she spoke passionately about how she spent a year ‘living as Hwang Jin Yi’ and learning the traditional dance and arts that her character is well versed in.
‘I hope Hwang Jin Yi will be a turning point in my acting career,’ she told The Chosun Ilbo.
Before that, she was better known for roles like the doe-eyed girl who falls for her brother in Autumn In My Heart and the bubbly writer who romances a superstar in Full House.
What Hye Kyo admires most about her latest character is how dignified she is in the face of lecherous men awed by her beauty.
‘Though Hwang Jin Yi was a gisaeng, she was able to be confident as she held the love for one man in her heart,’ she said, according to Broasia.com.
‘She was a truly blessed person as she was able to find the love to hold her entire life.’
But in real life, love has no place in Hye Kko’s busy showbiz career.
Work is her top priority, she said at the film premiere in Korea.
‘My career is way more important than love now. Even if I were to meet my dream guy tomorrow, I wouldn’t want to get married sosoon.
‘I plan to get married only after I’m 30, because by then, love will be more important than work.’
Her ideal guy? Someone attentive, who will be her guardian angel forever.
He can even be ugly, provided he is charismatic enough, she said during a talk show in Korea.
Hye Kyo said that her ‘greed for acting’ has grown after playing Hwang Jin Yi, and she wants to try her hand at playing new characters.
‘I do want to do well enough in films to be proudly referred to as ‘movie actress Song Hye Kyo’.’
source : asianfanatics
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