Kang Dong Won, Kim Hye Soo chosen as the #1 celebrities people want to give Peperos to 2010.11.10

Actor Kang Dong Won and actress Kim Hye Soo were chosen as the two celebrities the public most wanted to present Peperos to.

Movie ticket sales site Max Movie held a poll in honor of Peppero Day with the question, “For Peppero Day on November 11th, who is the number one male actor you want to give Peppero to the most?” . The results were astonishingly one-side, as 57.1% of the votes chose Kang Don Won as the number one male celebrity. Actors Go Soo and and Sung Dong Il placed second and third place respectively with 14.4% and 6% of the votes. Hyunbin nabbed 4th and Song Seung Hyun landed in 5th.

Meanwhile, the same question was posed but for a female celebrity. Results showed Kim Hye Soo to be in first place with 56.5% of the votes, while actress/model Yoon So Yi took second with 14.9%.

Pepero Day is celebrated on November 11th every year, for which couples and friends exchange boxes of the chocolate-covered cookie snack.

Source + Photo Credits: Newsen
http://www.allkpop.com/2010/11/kang-dong-w...give-peperos-to

'Psychic' published novel, as explosive as its movie's popularity

Psychic' movie has received applause when its released Nov. 10, 1 million viewers its first week, and topping the box office.

Then 'Psychic' as a novel there has been a hot love too. Volume edition is published less than a week and now being out of stock, add a rush of orders from bookstores. And the movie has no less popular.

Last Nov. 12, the novel based on 'Psychic' scenario had completed. The October 27 - November 11 two weeks after the sale of the book currently available in 300 bookstores nationwide.

The second edition are getting into print already selling as fast as the full speed. This novel 'Psychic' is showing what we have seen in the movie with the story behind the character, including undisclosed steel.

The hot reaction seems to be gaining. Currently, according to the Internet bookstore 'Interpark' and 'Yes' 24', this novel is in the top sales rankings. And each promotional poster with the two actors face has lost all the time. The novel keeps shipping requests coming in. 'Psychic' explosive popularity in theater and bookstore is likely to reach a climax this week.


Via media daum.net rough translation by : Wida

Posted by Ko Soo Indonesia Fans Club (KIF)

Which celebrity would you like to experience the first snow of this winter season with?

[2010-11-19]



Which celebrity would you like to experience the first snow of this winter season with? Well, the netizens have spoken and according to one survey, the most popular celebrity was actor Kang Dong-won.

The online music site Monkey3 reported the results of a survey that they conducted titled, "Which star do you want to experience the first snowfall of the winter season with". A total of 603 participants answered and Kang took 32% of the votes. Voters said that that they couldn't be happier than if they had the very high-class looking Kang by their side. The popular actor recently started his four week military training on the 18th to start his mandatory military service.

Trailing after him, 19% of the votes went to the ever so popular Shin Mina, 18% for elegant actress Lee Na-young, 15% for Super Star K 2 finalist John Park, 9% for the chiseled-face actor Jang Geun-seok, and 7% for the nation's now grown up darling, Moon Geun-young.

"Secret Reunion" wins best picture at Blue Dragon awards

Korean film "Secret Reunion" starring top actors Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won took the prize for best picture at this year's Blue Dragon Film Awards held last Friday.

The action drama helmed by director Jung Hun had competed against "The Man From Nowhere," "Moss," "WOOCHI" and "The Housemaid."

"Secret Reunion," about the chance reencounter of a former South Korean intelligence official and North Korean spy, was the most-watched Korean film during the first half of 2010 with over 5.4 million moviegoers.

Meanwhile, director Kang Woo-suk of "Silmido" and "No Mercy" fame took the title for best director for his film adaptation of online comic series "Moss," also the name of his pic.

Its lead actor Jung Jae-young claimed the award for best actor up against Won Bin for "The Man From Nowhere," Park Hui-soon for "A Barefoot Dream," Gang Dong-won for "Secret Reunion" and Lee Byung-hun for "I Saw the Devil."

The prize for best actress was shared by Soo Ae for "Midnight FM" and veteran actress Yoon Jeong-hee for "Poetry" after competing against nominees Kim Yun-jin for "Harmony," Seo Young-hee for "Bedevilled" and Jeon Do-yeon for "The Housemaid."


Awards
▲ Best Picture: "Secret Reunion"
▲ Best Director: Kang Woo-suk ("Moss")
▲ Most Audience: "The Man From Nowhere"
▲ Best New Director: Kim Kwang-sik ("My Dear Desperado")
▲ Best Actor: Jung Jae-young ("Moss")
▲ Best Actress: Soo Ae ("Midnight FM"), Yoon Jeong-hee ("Poetry")
▲ Best Supporting Actor: Yoo Hae-jin ("Moss")
▲ Best Supporting Actress: Yoon Yeo-jung ("The Housemaid")
▲ Best New Actor: Choi Seung-hyun ("Into the Fire")
▲ Best New Actress: Lee Min-jung ("Cyrano Agency")
▲ Best Cinematography: Lee Mo-gae ("I Saw the Devil")
▲ Best Music: Mowg ("I Saw the Devil")
▲ Best Art Direction: Lee Ha-jun ("The Housemaid")
▲ Best Screenplay: Kim Hyun-suk ("Cyrano Agency")
▲ Best Lighting: Oh Seung-chul ("I Saw the Devil")
▲ Best Technique: Park Jung-ryul ("The Man From Nowhere")
▲ Most Popular Stars: Won Bin, Choi Seung-hyun, Jo Yeo-jung, Son Ye-jin

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Dong-won in the military

On Dec 9, the army official blog (http://blog.daum.net/katc) published the third week of training soldiers of the latest photos KDW.

Photogragher and professor Kim Sang-hun (from Kangwon National University) in charge of internal blog and Training Institute for the shooting. Professor KSH said "When taking photo, KDW does not fear or avoid the lens, always trained with other trainees with serious training. When I asked him why he would not reveal any recruitment process pictures and why unlike other artists enter the army as regular press conference. KDW replied "I don't want people think I'm great"-->oh..his confession is so humble...

His letter to fans also was made public.

"To you all who always believe in me.

Hello...I am Kang Dong Won,

Do not know what you think about me after a few weeks since I joined the army without notifying.

Very sincerely apologize...

I'm very healthy though it's not easy living in strange environment, ongoing training and physical exercise.

Many thanks to my new friends during training camp, they are very humorous and fun.

But It's hard to keep up with this group of friends.

I enjoy my life like this...Still Trying to live a life without hesitation or oscillation.

I wish you all good health and happiness.

Thank you and sorry for all.

Kang Dong-won."

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"Stars Past Childhood Picture"

Ko Soo in : "Stars Past Childhood Picture"
Friday, December 17, 2010

Past childhood photographs of Hyun Bin, Ko Soo, Kang Dong Won and Won Bin are the most popular among netizens.

The results of a recent on-line poll for the most popular past photographs of male stars have been released. Netizens were to pick childhood photographs of popular Korean male stars whom they think still resemble the stars as they are now.

Hyun Bin who is now appearing in SBS’s weekend drama SECRET GARDEN is first, with 100% support from the female viewers. They feel that there is not much difference in him from his childhood pictures and now.

The next set of childhood photos which attracted fans’ attention are that of Ko Soo’s. They are no different from how he looks then and now. Also named ‘Ko-vid” and the cause of “Ko Soo Syndrome”, Ko Soo has gained popularity from PSYCHIC as a method actor and is fast establishing his position in Chungmuro.

The boyhood photos of Kang Dong Wonand Won Bin are also superior. Their unusual appearance as boys has gained high popularity in the internet.

Netizens who saw young pictures of the 4 stars were full of admiration, “No change in appearance. Envy!!”, “Why are their genes invariably superior?”, “They were cool then and they are equally cool now”, “God is unfair!” etc.

Meanwhile, Hyun Bin’s SECRET GARDEN is getting high viewership. Ko Soo is shooting GOJIJEON with Shin Ha Kyun and Kim Ok Bin. Kang Dong Won is undergoing military training and may be seen in occasional photographs. Won Bin is considering his next project.

KARA’s Seung Yeon wants to have a scandal with Kang Dong Won

by VITALSIGN on December 27, 2010 at 10:18 pm

KARA’s Han Seung Yeon made a shy love confession towards actor Kang Dong Won on KBS 2TV’s talk show, “Hello.”

In the “Me, Me” segment of the show, the members were asked to choose which option would be scarier – a scandal or a fight with another girl group?

Surprisingly, KARA expressed that they’d rather get into a scandal, which led to the question of whether they had anybody particular in mind. Without hesitation, member Goo Hara replied, “Han Seung Yeon is a hardcore fan of Kang Dong Won. I’d like for them to get entangled in a scandal.”

Han Seung Yeon elaborated, “I really like him and even make sure to watch his latest advertisements.“ When further asked what she would do if he proposed to her, she merely replied with a shy, sweet smile.

Seung Yeon expressed, “I’m upset in not having a chance to see him because of his service in the military.” She also received the opportunity to send an on-the-spot video letter for the actor, for which she cutely created a heart with her hands.


Source: TV Daily via Nate
cred allkpop

Forbes Korea’s Top 40 Power Celebrities

1. Girls’ Generation (Singer)
2. Park Jisung (Soccer player)
3. Kim Yuna (Figure skater)
4. Lee Seung-gi (Singer)
5. 2PM (Singer)
6. Yu Jae Suk (MC)
7. Lee Chungyong (Soccer player)
8. 2AM (Singer)
9. Chu Shinsoo (Baseball player)
10. Kang Hodong (MC)
11. Lee Hyori (Singer)
12. Yoon Shi Yoon (Actor)
13. Rain (Singer)
14. Park Chuyoung (Soccer player)
15. Shin Mina (Actress)
16. Super Junior (Singer)
17. Wonbin (Actor)
18. Hwang Jung Eum (Actress)
19. Kim Hyesu (Actress)
20. Go Hyun Jung (Acress)
21. Kang Dong Won (Actor)
22. Lee Daeho (Baseball player)
23. Park Tae Hwan (Swimmer)
24. Lee Nayoung (Actress)
25. Jang Dong Gun (Actor)
26. Shin Se Kyung (Actress)
27. Lee Kyungkyu (MC)
28. Big Bang (Singer)
29. Lee Minjung (Actress)
30. Choi Kyungjoo (Golfer)
31. 2NE1 (Singer)
32. Hyun Bin (Actor)
33. Bae Yong Joon (Actor)
34. Moon Geun Young (Actress)
35. Lee Minho (Actor)
36. Han Hyo Joo (Actress)
37. Kim Tae Hee (Actress)
38. Park Chanho (Baseball player)
39. Park Myungsoo (MC)
40. BEAST (Singer)



Forbes examined not only how much the celebrities earned with filming movies, CFs and dramas, but also their appearances in music videos, within the pages of magazines, and of course, displaying their skills (or spilling secrets!) on beloved variety shows.
http://magazine.join....asp?aid=28749*

The result for “Which male celebrity you want to have as your lover?”

A survey was held from February 16 ~ February 25 among 1,062 members of an education establishment, Eduworld.

The result for “Which male celebrity you want to have as your lover?”


#1 Kang Dong Won (38.4% — 408 votes)
#2 Song Joong Ki (28.1% — 298 votes)
#3 2AM’s Jo Kwon (14.2% — 151 votes)
#4 2PM’s Ok Taec Yeon (13.5% — 143 votes)
#5 Xiah Junsu (5.8% — 62 votes)

The result for “Which female celebrity you want to have as your lover?”:
#1 Shin Min Ah (35.8% — 380 votes)
#2 a tie between Moon Geun Young & IU (21.5% — 228 votes)
#4 Shin Se Kyung (13.8% — 147 votes)
#5 Kara’s Goo Ha Ra (7.4% — 79 votes)

Credit: Nate + TRANSLATION by suzelle@IAM for 2AM – 2AM International Forum (www.iamfor2am.com)
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Kang Dong Won, Nichkhun , Wonbin – The Real Angel

March 3rd, 2011



The face’s ratio of Kang Dong Won, Nichkhun and Wonbin are revealed.

The pictures of 3 celebrities Kang Dong Won, Nichkhun and Wonbin were posted in portal site under the topic of “The face’s ratio” They overlapped these 3 faces, and this time their great images were accepted from people again.

The harmonious of the most 3 handsome celebrities have never changed. It brings more outstanding charm, like they try to steal people’s hearts.

Netizens said, “I feel something from their photos.” “They’re still good-looking.” and “It’s just because their faces are great look.”

source: tvdaily

“Confessions” Director Tetsuya Nakashima Wants to Work with Kang Dong Won

By: hotshotlover30
Written in Korean by hurlkie@soompi; translated by hotshotlover30@soompi



Director Tetsuya Nakashima will visit Korea in time for his Confessions' (2010) March 31st Korean theatrical premiere. Confessions took Japan by the storm with its dark and intense plot. The story revolves around a junior high school teacher (Matsu Takako) seeking revenge of the murder of her daughter. She believes her 13 year-old students are responsible for daughter’s death. Director Tetsuya Nakashima is well-known for creating dramatic and compelling films like Kamikaze Girls (2004) and Memories of Matsuko (2006).

Tetsuya Nakashima has built himself a solid reputation over the years for his creativity and ability to accurately express the human emotions. Recently, he pointed Kang Dong Won as the Korean actor he wanted to collaborate with. Kang Dong Won is currently serving his country as a public service worker. Nakashima stated, “There are many excellent Korean actors; but if I were to choose one actor to work with, it would be Kang Dong Won. Plus, my wife is a hard-core fan.”

He also named Lee Chang Dong as the best director in the world, regardless of nationality. Director Lee was awarded the Best Screenplay Award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival for his movie Poetry (2010). Nakashima commented, “I was awed at how deeply Lee Chang Dong depicted the human psyche. I would really like to meet him and learn firsthand how he starts brainstorming and creating movies.”
Confessions became a hot topic for highlighting matters of juvenile law and claimed the top spot in the Japanese box office for four weeks. It also dominated the 34th Japanese Academy Awards by taking the Best Picture Award, along with Best Director, Screenplay, and Editing.

Gang and Song Say Bonded Like Brothers in "Secret Reunion"

Gang and Song Say Bonded Like Brothers in "Secret Reunion"
2010.01.21

Reporter.Lee Ji-Hye
Editor.Lynn Kim


Director Jang Hoon (center) poses with his lead actors Song Kang-ho (left) and Gang Dong-won attend a press conference for film "Secret Reunion" held at the COEX Megabox Multiplex theater in Seoul, South Korea on January 19, 2010. [Creative Film Marketing]

Press conference for film "Secret Reunion"

Song Kang-ho keeps throwing verbal jabs which makes the audience burst out in laughter. Gang Dong-won wears a complex, multi-layered look in his eyes that has not been seen in any of his previous films. From what has been revealed at the press conference for "Secret Reunion", held at Seoul's Megabox Multiplex on Tuesday, "Reunion" not only maximized the strengths of the two actors but also took an unexpected turn. The character Han-gyu, a former NIS (National Intelligence Service) agent who now runs a detective agency, appears to be a mixture of Song's two previous characters -- the NIS agent in "Swiri" and the middle-aged mobster in "The Show Must Go On". But his remarks in the movie go far beyond just being funny lines spoken by a character -- it's as if the actor and the character have become one. And one can see in the close-up shots that Gang Dong-won -- who looks as slick as a deer even when he's wearing suits that have long gone out of fashion -- carries in his eyes the intensity of a North Korean spy who is immensely conflicted between his ideology and his emotions.


Scenes from the film "Secret Reunion" [Creative Film Marketing]

With issues like the North-South division and marrying immigrants entangled in the story, "Reunion" is to no extent a light movie. But even during the pursuit scenes between the NIS and the killer or action scenes with a Vietnamese organization, one cannot help laughing at the humor created by the gap felt between the seriousness of film's theme and what one actually sees on the screen. The film "Reunion" -- which Song Kang-ho confidently described as "made so well that it makes me blush" -- opens in theaters on February 4. The following is an excerpt from the Q&A session held after the press screening.

Q: "Reunion" deals with the division of North and South Korea, but the movie feels more comical than serious. What kind of movie were you trying to make?
Director Jang Hoon (Jang): An NIS agent and a North Korean spy get abandoned by their government agency but meet again six years later. The story started with what could happen when these two meet again. The movie is serious before they see each other again, but the tone of the film lightens up after they meet. I think what makes it entertaining is the comical parts surrounding two men living together and the ensuing drama when they start understanding each other.


Actor Song Kang-ho [Creative Film Marketing]

Q: In the case of Song Kang-ho, you have appeared in movies that dealt with the North-South division such as "Swiri" and "Joint Security Area JSA". "Reunion" also deals with the subject but it approaches the issue in a different way than your other films did.
Song Kang-ho (Song): The reality hasn't changed -- the country is still divided as it was ten years ago. But I think there's been a change in our awareness, like our thoughts about the division having changed over the years. It's not our fundamental thoughts that have changed but our attitude in accepting reality. "Reunion" is very different from "Swiri". I wouldn't call it light but maybe you could say it deals with reality in a sophisticated way. In the past, we were educated under the circumstances like the division and the military regime and were even taken advantage of. But I think people have become more free-spirited now and they accept the reality as it is.

Q: Since the film is about the process of two very different men becoming brothers, the actors must have communicated a lot as well.
Gang Dong-won (Gang): I talked a lot with Song Kang-ho after we finished filming the movie. I told him about my problems and I'm grateful because I think he instilled confidence in me. I'm sure this isn't true but he told me, "I wasn't as good as you when I was your age. You're doing really well." That compliment really invigorated me.
Song: There is a large physical age gap between us but surprisingly, Gang Dong-won is an actor who thinks a lot and deeply about life and his acting. So much that his nickname on the set was "old man". (laugh) I envied the fact that he is a deep thinker and expresses himself honestly, and if he uses those traits in his acting, I think he could be a really great actor. We had fun shooting the film and we had good chemistry. We look so different that the title of the film [translated into "Sworn Brothers" in English] didn't feel right in the beginning but there was talk on set that we were starting to look alike... I'm just kidding. (laugh)


Actor Gang Dong-won [Creative Film Marketing]

Q: Was there a special moment in the movie when you felt like you were really brothers, like your characters Han-gyu and Ji-won?
Song: The two of us went out for drinks and talked a lot. Gang Dong-won is a really funny guy. He looks like a typical [Korean province] Gyeongsang-do guy who doesn't talk much and isn't very friendly, but when you get to know him you see that he's a very funny storyteller. But there's a depth to his stories and I could tell that he was a young man who was raised well in a good family. I found his personality to be just as attractive as his looks. (To Gang) What would be our special piece of memory?
Gang: I once went to Busan to see Song Kang-ho and he fell asleep in the room while we were drinking. So I woke him up and started drinking again... (laugh) Nothing special happened but we had a lot of conversations. I think we talked about anything and everything.

Q: You still have a Gyeongsang Province accent -- did it bother you while you were playing your character as a North Korean spy?
Gang: I used to worry about my accent but I stopped caring from a certain point on. I talked to Song Kang-ho about this and he told me not to worry about it too much. He said, "Your emotions is what matters when you're acting. If the audience says something about your accent, it means your acting wasn't good enough. We talk to express our characters' emotions but if they're noticing the accent first, then it means you didn't deliver your emotions well enough."

Q: "Avatar" and "WOOCHI" are currently ranked first and second on the box office. How many viewers are you expecting for "Reunion"? Do you think it will do better than "WOOCHI"?
Gang: Personally, I hope to see both "WOOCHI" and "Reunion" playing in theaters at the same time. Then many people who liked "Reunion" would go see "WOOCHI" and come watch "Reunion" again. (laugh) That would be really great.

Reporter : Lee Ji-Hye seven@10asia.co.kr
Editor : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
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Kang Dong-won says envies Song Kang-ho's animal instincts

* Reporter.Lee Ji-Hye
* Photographer.Lee Jin-hyuk
* Editor.Jessica Kim


From left, actor Song Kang-ho, director Jung Hun and
actor Gang Dong-won pose during a photo session of a press
conference for film "Secret Reunion" held at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul,
South Korea on January 5, 2010. [Lee Ji-hyuk/10Asia]


A former South Korean intelligence agency official and a North Korean spy sent to South Korea.
In most films, such a setting would end as a tragedy or result in a clash of ideologies as was the
case in films "Swiri" or "Joint Security Area (JSA)". These characters, who have been trained for
the good of their country, will confront each other brutally or will have to face numerous conspiracies
as was the case with the NSS agents in KBS TV series "Iris". But "Secret Reunion" is a film which
seems to be set on providing a new form of enjoyment through its characters. Unlike its poster
showing a resolutely determined Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won, a preview video
revealed at a press conference for the film on Tuesday at the Plaza Hotel drew frequent bursts of
laughter from the audience.

Lee Han-gyu (played by Song) who looks better as the owner of a detective agency than the
national intelligence service from which he has been expelled, and North Korean spy Song Ji-won
(played by Gang) who still flaunts his outstanding looks on screen despite the director's
efforts to do his best to "make him not look like a model", start living together for different purposes.
Lee employes Song to win a prize money given for catching spies and Song starts working at Lee's
agency to make money to return to the North. Each character, both of whom have been ousted by
their organizations, will try to use the other as a tool to reclaim their original positions but the wall
between them starts collapsing. "Secret Reunion," which focused on the individual changes the
two characters go through regardless of their different ideologies, is set for release on February 4.
Below are excerpts from the press conference attended by Song, Gang and director
Jung.




Q: What sort of film is "Secret Reunion"?

Jang Hun (Jang): A South Korean man in the National Intelligence Service meets with a North
Korean man sent to the South as a spy. The film is about the two men who start out as enemies
but change after seeing the humane sides to each other while living together.


Q: I'm curious to know why you took on this film which is Jang Hun's second only directorial pic.

Song Kang-ho (Song): I was surprised at how great of a movie he had made on such a small budget
for "Rough Cut". I took on this film because I was deeply impressed by his directing skills where he
expresses everything he wants to while not revealing his own sense of identity which new directors
usually have a hard time concealing


Q: Your image as actors are very different -- as different as your characters Lee Kyu-han and Song
Ji-won in the film. How was it working with each other?

Song: I think Gang Dong-won is the most dazzling actor around right now. I had always thought
he's a charming younger actor so I had been curious to find out what his personality was like. After
working with him I found out he is sincere in many ways and quite unexpectedly, has a strong passion
for his work. He smiles a lot too. So I think in those ways, he is very different how you see him on the
outside. He was great in "WOOCHI" but you'll see a completely contrasting type of attractiveness in
"Secret Reunion". I think this year will be his year. (laugh)

Gang Dong-won (Gang): I was very scared of Song. Not his personality but
because he is such a great actor. (laugh) There were times when I would think he is terrifying. I've said
this to director Jang before but Song is like a monster. He responds with animal-like instincts
when he's acting which was very scary but also so great. I really learned a lot from him.



Q: Both Kim Yoon-suk from "WOOCHI" and Song are actors who drink a lot while working on films.
Who made you drink more?

Gang: They are definitely not people who force you to drink. We drank about seven
times a week while filming "Secret Reunion" (laugh) although never a lot. We would just talk a lot over
a couple of drinks. Kim Yoon-suk would join us occasionally if I and Song were out
drinking in Itaewon.

Song: Gang is young so he drinks pretty well. But he doesn't drink hardcore -- he just lasts for
a long time. We usually get done early but he'll beg that we go for another round elsewhere. (laugh)
But we're nothing compared to the cast and crew of "WOOCHI". They're heavy drinkers. I think
Gang got trained there. (laugh)






Q: You worked consecutively with South Korea's greatest actors Kim Yoon-suk and Song
Kang-ho. What were the similarities or differences you felt while acting with them?

Gang: I don't think I'm in the position to comment on that... (laugh) But I did feel
this with both of them -- that I felt more comfortable when I actually go into shoot with them. I think
it's because I got the feeling that they were telling me, 'Do whatever and everything you want. I
can deal with it."
We heard that you have plans to enter the military this year. Will "Secret Reunion" be the last film
you work on before you do?

Gang: I have plans for another movie after "Secret Reunion" is released but I can't
talk about it yet.



Q: In your previous film "Rough Cut," you were evident in showing the contrast between So Ji-sub
and Kang Ji-hwan's characters image-wise by using different colors -- black and white -- to portray
them. Did you use such techniques in this film too?
Jang: "Rough Cut" wasn't based on realistic, daily life so I set the characters apart visually by using those
contrasting colors. But I wanted to give "Secret Reunion" the feeling that it's something happening around
us in everyday life. That's why visually, the two characters don't seem too different. Although in Gang's
case, I put in extra effort to make sure that he doesn't look like a model.


Q: Your previous film was also about two completely different men becoming like each other as they
get to know more about the other person. "Secret Reunion" is also about two men. Is there a reason you
keep going with the same format?

Jang: I just somehow ended up telling a story about two men again. It's not that I'm into plots involving two
men -- I took on this film because the scenario was fun. I want to work with an actress next time. (laugh)





Q: You worked with Song and Gang who are different in terms of both acting and star quality. How
was it?

Jang: I didn't know I would get to work with them for the second film. But it was easier than I had expected
to cast them. They both enjoyed reading the scenario so I got lucky in getting to work with them. And
while in filming, I discovered aspects to them that were different from the thoughts I originally had of them.
I had thought that Song was someone who had a humane, familiar and funny appeal to him but he
turned out to be extremely intellectual when it comes to working on a film. And Gang is so
good-looking and seemingly quiet so I thought it would be hard to communicate with him but it turned
out that he talks a lot. (laugh) He said he became more talkative after shooting "WOOCHI" so thanks to
that, I think I had an easier time working with him.


Q: If you could take away a strength from the other actor, what would it be?

Gang: Song's terrifying animal instincts? (laugh)

Song: I want to say looks (laugh) but there is something more attractive to him than that. Should
I call it Gang's romantic sense of humor or values? I had never expected to see such sides to
him but they are beautiful sides to him I discovered while working on this film with him. It's not easy
to be a actor with such thoughts or values. I was very happy to see that he is someone who lives
hard-heartedly and fiercely but also stands his ground.



Q: Any last words for the audience who will watch your film?

Jang: "Secret Reunion" is based on North and South Korea's relationship but it's not a serious movie.
Whether the character is from the North or the South, the story is about their humane sides so I hope
you focus on that and have fun watching it.

Song: I think this film will be a admirable film which will provide another form of enjoyment to the large
number of Gang's fans. (laugh) We hope you like it.

Gang: "Secret Reunion" is a film which contains a variety of entertaining elements.
I think it'll be fun if you focus on that since Song put on some great acting again. (laugh)

Kang Dong-won takes to the skies for his new film

Actor takes to the skies for his new film
Gang Dong-won plays magician Jeon Woo Chi


�I virtually lived up in the air for half of the eight-month production period.�





Actor Gang Dong-won has returned to the big screen with �Jeon Woo Chi: The Taoist Wizard,� the first motion picture made about the legendary Korean character. The film opened in local theaters yesterday.

The movie by director Choi Dong-hoon of �The War of Flower� (2006) is based on the Korean folktale �The Tale of Jeon Woo-chi,� which is about a mischievous Taoist magician from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).

�I had so much fun doing this movie,� said Gang, who played the title character. �I sort of wanted to romp around, which I actually did.�

The 27-year-old is better known for his roles in serious movies like �Duelist� (2005) and �M� (2007), both by director Lee Myung-se, and he played a death-row convict in the 2006 film �Maundy Thursday� - the role that made the taciturn guy even more quiet than usual.

Gang was Choi�s top pick for the role, and the director once said that the childlike mischief behind Gang�s calm, clear-cut features would make him perfect for the part. However he also worried whether Gang would want to participate in such a �wild fantasy� movie after having established himself as a serious actor. But Gang said he was actually pleased with the idea.

�I was instantly attracted to the story, which Choi told me about when we met two years ago, featuring this character who flies around Seoul and fights off goblins - which may be because I am a big fan of animation,� said Gang.

In the initial draft, there were scenes in which Jeon goes to the North Pole and gets into a fight at Sungnyemun (also known as Namdaemun, or the Great South Gate) in Seoul. To the actor�s disappointment, however, the scenes were excluded from the final script following the release in February 2008 of the Hollywood sci-fi movie �Jumper,� which features a character flying around the world transcending time and space, and the fire that destroyed the gate that same month.

�I didn�t actually know who Jeon Woo Chi was, because you know, he�s not a traditional, historical figure in textbooks,� the actor giggled. �However, I was more drawn to the character after I realized that he is not a righteous hero, but an antihero,� he added. �During the shooting I concentrated on creating a character that people would take to.�

One of the biggest challenges Gang said he faced during the shooting period, however, was the aerial stunt work, which had him suspended from cables for long periods during the shooting of the film�s major action scenes.

�I virtually lived up in the air for about half of the eight-month production period.�

That�s no wonder, considering that about 60 percent of the scenes in the movie involve suspension work. The action scenes were filmed at high altitudes near mountains and streams but also high above locations in central Seoul, including places in Insa-dong, Cheonggye Stream and Tehranro.

�I was scared and sometimes felt nauseous - there were even times when I had to go up as high as the fifth floor of a building with just a single wire to support my body.�

Gang lost 8 kilograms (17.6 pounds) during the production period because he �shivered so much with cold and fear doing the aerial stunt work,� as he put it.

This is Gang�s seventh film and the first he expects to be commercially successful.

�My last film M was not very successful commercially,� he said. �There must have been people who invested in the film who were anticipating that I would attract profits, so I felt kind of sorry about that.�

Concern about his popularity is new for the actor, who didn�t seem interested in money or popularity in the past. Now, he has a new request for his fans: that they love him.


By Ki Sun-min [spark0320@joongang.co.kr]
cred http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2914407

Happy Birthday bias Seung-heon!

 

Happy happy birthday to one of my top bias Song Seung-heon!!! I'm really happy he's my bias now. And also,I'm so happy for everything that he is and for all his achievements and recognitions. I wish him nothing but the best of everything - more happiness, more blessings, more great hits and projects, good health, friends, everlasting love from fans and probably Kim Tae-hee too! Hehe! 

I'm excited for that project he's currently doing and I hope I will see him back doing dramas again before the end of the year. My Princess will forever be special to me because I owe everything to My Princess and Park Hae-young. If not for Park Hae-young, Heony might not be my top bias now. I will forever treasure Mr. P and My Princess. 

He's been really a great source of happiness for me and he will continue to do so I'm sure in the coming years. It's really lovely that I finally came to discover his true shine with My Princess. I still dream and hope that someday I will see him in person. 

God Bless always my Heony! Take care always of yourself. 

Lots of love from Jovelyn here in the Philippines!

Media Reports on HeonHee

http://www.soompi.com/news/song-seung-hun-and-kim-hae-hee-promotes-my-princess-in-taiwan

Song Seung Hun and Kim Tae Hee Promote "My Princess" in Taiwan
by: Rebby on Aug 7, 2011

Song Seung Hun and Kim Hae Hee arrived in Taiwan on Saturday to promote "My Princess."

Song Seung Hun who has not been to Taiwan for the past ten years, showed his sincerity by greeting everyone in Mandarin. However, Kim Tae Hee almost caused an uproar when she has to be reminded by reporters that she visited Taiwan five years ago along with Kim Rae Won to promote "Love Story in Harvard." It was only then that she embarrassedly recalled having tasted the famous Taiwanese dessert, shaved ice with mango.

Taiwan being the first place in Asia that Song Seung Hun has a fanclub, he said that the fans always give him a sense of family, and especially prepared presents for them. While the forgetful Kim Tae Hee claimed its her first time to Taiwan but she loves Chinese cuisine and wants to eat fried rice. She also revealed that she most wanted to collaborate with Jay Chou, a Taiwanese multi-talented singer-songwriter-director, for a film.

Kim Tae Hee praised Song Seung Hun to be a man of humor, but out of his 100 jokes, 90 of them are "cold jokes." Song Seung Hun revealed that one of his lines to Kim Tae Hee "Be my woman" was actually spoken from his heart. Did I hear fans of the Honey Couple squealing?

Yesterday was the seventh day of the lunar seventh month (Chinese Valentine's Day), Song Seung Hun felt that the best present to his girlfriend would be himself, causing the audience to applaud his answer in agreement. As there was a scene of him baring his upper body, it received alot of attention. Song Seung Hun revealed that he usually rely on exercising to maintain his good physic. In the show, Kim Tae Hee who used onion and green pepper to cover her eyes, said she "didn't get to see anything, what a pity." However, the use of the vegetables proved to be too funny and caused her to have NGs many times.

Kim Tae Hee is voted first in the lover poll by korean males, as the two shared a romantic kiss on the staircase in "My Princess", Song Seung Hun was asked how did the kiss feel? At first he beat around the bush, refusing to answer the question directly, but finally said "very good."

The host also tested them with how many times did they kissed? Song Seung Hun reaffirmed the question several times only to give a wrong answer of "three times." Kim Tae Hee answered correctly with "twelve times."

Source: udn.com

http://kpopfever.com/2011/08/song-seung-hun-and-kim-tae-hee-airport-photos/

Song Seung Hun and Kim Tae Hee airport photos
By JJ, on August 6th, 2011

Song Seung Hun and Kim Tae Hee go black and white at the airport.

The two were leaving to Taiwan to promote their drama ‘My Princess’ and they got to the airport 5 minutes apart from one another.

Neither said anything as they entered the aiport and Kim Taee Hee hardly gave any glance at the paparazzis.

Song Seung Hun and Kim Tae Hee will stay in Taiwan from the 6th to the 8th. They’ll participate in an official press conference and in a fan meeting before they go back to Korea.

Kim Tae Hee’s agency stated to their departure, “Kim Tae Hee leaves with the hopes that the drama will have an equal success in Taiwan that it had in Korea. She’ll make the most out of the trip”.

Source: ntn via Nate

070811~ SSH Taiwan Fans Meeting Videos

 (uploaded by oonn1229) 








MP Making Video provided by Storm S 

110807 Q&A Session with SSH

Oh my gee, did he just say he's going to decide for a project when he gets back to Korea?I'm excited!!! Aww, that's so sweet of him if ever he gets to have a girlfriend soon he will introduce it to us the fans. Honestly, I feel like I don't want him to be in a period drama or movie. I'm not sure why though. As for the memorable line, of course that's my favorite line from My Princess too! It was just daebak, that line was etched on my memory the moment I heard it. ^^

Q&A Session at FM

source: SHP/yaya
english translation by TSH

司儀：十年前和十年後的台灣粉絲有什麼分別？
承宪：女粉絲都比以前更漂亮了
MC: What is the difference with taiwan fans 10 years ago and now?
SH: Female fans are all prettier now.

司儀：感覺你在我的公主好像是在演自己？
承宪：謝謝
MC: You seem to be acting out yourself in "My Princess"
SH: Thank you.

司儀：這些影片是台灣粉絲跟你到世界各地的證據。你有什麼感覺？
承憲：剛才感覺原來這麼久了，很感動。
司儀：那個片段你印象最深刻？
承憲：才發現剛才看第一次和宋慧橋來那一次，自己和現在一樣帥。
MC: The video is proof of taiwan fans who had followed you all around the world. How do you feel?
SH: Felt that it has actually been such a long time, very touched.
MC: Which scene give you the deepest impression?
MC: Just realised.. after watching my first visit with SHG, now I'm just as handsome.

司儀：有粉絲問有沒有機會演古裝？
承憲：以前每次的作品都會考慮很久。作品比較少。現在不會想那麼多，感覺不錯就會接拍。他這次回韓後會有一個新戲的決定.
MC: Fans asked if you will try a period drama/movie?
SH: In the past I took a long time to consider each project, so had fewer projects. Now I don't think so much, if I feel it's not bad I'll accept the project. When I get back to Korea, I'll decide on a new project.

司儀：你會是如何的情人。
承憲：如果我喜歡會主動些。最想和情人做的事，拖手，看電影，在大街上走。不過因為是藝人都很難做到。目前還沒有情人。也想很快有介紹給大家。
MC: What kind of a lover are you.
SH: If I like I'll take the initiative. Most wanted thing to do with lover, like holding hands, watching movies, walking on the street. But for celebrities, these are difficult to achieve. Currently have no lover. Hope to have one soon and to introduce to all of you.

司儀：拍我的公主最難忘的時間和台詞。
承憲：不要做公主，請做我的女人. 因為那是從討厭到喜歡經過很多分分和和，到最後要說出這樣的台詞。所以印象很深刻.
MC: What is the most memorable line in "My Princess".
SH: Don't be princess, be my woman. From dislike to like and after going through breakup and reunion, this is the line said at the end, so it left a deep impression.
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