Park Chan-Wook Finds His Cyborg Girl
We reported a while ago about Kang Hye-Jung's decision to drop out of Park Chan-Wook's new film, (Cyborg Girl), and even speculated a little about who would be cast as her replacement.
People in the Korean Media made wild speculations, possibly suggesting that producers Moho Films and Director Park were going to choose a new face, to star as Rain's partner in the 2.5 Billion Won HD film. But the choice was a little more predictable, although by no means bad news. Most people's first choice as replacement for Kang would have been Im Soo-Jung or Bae Doo-Na, but as I wrote back then, both seemed to be very busy. Bae just wrapped up shooting on Bong Joon-Ho's (The Host), so it looked very unlikely she would go right back into another project; similarly, Im was working on (Lump Sugar), which should wrap up in a couple of weeks.
Well, now it's official: Im Soo-Jung -- of , (A Tale of Two Sisters) and (I'm Sorry, I Love You) fame -- will play the 'Cyborg Girl' of the film, which will start shooting in March, for a Fall 2006 release. Seems like she'll be pretty active in the next few months, between promotion for 'Lump Sugar' and shooting Park's film, but I couldn't agree more with their choice. Im is perfect for the role, and is a big enough star, which combined with Rain's star power should make this a surefire hit. And it's a Park Chan-Wook film... need I say more?
People in the Korean Media made wild speculations, possibly suggesting that producers Moho Films and Director Park were going to choose a new face, to star as Rain's partner in the 2.5 Billion Won HD film. But the choice was a little more predictable, although by no means bad news. Most people's first choice as replacement for Kang would have been Im Soo-Jung or Bae Doo-Na, but as I wrote back then, both seemed to be very busy. Bae just wrapped up shooting on Bong Joon-Ho's (The Host), so it looked very unlikely she would go right back into another project; similarly, Im was working on (Lump Sugar), which should wrap up in a couple of weeks.
Well, now it's official: Im Soo-Jung -- of , (A Tale of Two Sisters) and (I'm Sorry, I Love You) fame -- will play the 'Cyborg Girl' of the film, which will start shooting in March, for a Fall 2006 release. Seems like she'll be pretty active in the next few months, between promotion for 'Lump Sugar' and shooting Park's film, but I couldn't agree more with their choice. Im is perfect for the role, and is a big enough star, which combined with Rain's star power should make this a surefire hit. And it's a Park Chan-Wook film... need I say more?
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