03-17-2008 18:44
Actress Ko to Return as President in New Drama
By Chung Ah-young
Staff ReporterActress Ko Hyun-jung will return playing the role of a female president in a new drama to be aired on SBS in July.
Ko will take the leading role of Seo Hye-lim in “Daemul'’ (Queen-maker), a drama based on the comic book of the same name by Park In-gwon.
The drama revolves around a female prosecutor who fights against social injustice and tenders her resignation after arresting a mogul who masterminds organized crime in political circles. Then, after working as a lawyer who advocates human rights, she earns a reputation as caring for people, she then runs for, and is elected, president.
An official of the drama production company said that the drama will focus on the making of a female president. The script writer says, “Daemul means the ‘great person’ in the drama,” he said.
The drama will also co-star Kwon Sang-woo, who will take the role of Ko’s counterpart.
The soap opera consisting of 20-24 episodes is expected to cost 10 billion won to produce.
The production team has already shot the scenes for the presidential inauguration ceremony on Feb. 25 when President Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated. The production team will go on a location in Japan in April.
A former 1989 Miss Korea runner-up, Ko made a successful comeback to the entertainment industry with the 2005 TV series “Bomnal'’ (Spring Day) after her divorce. She starred in “Yeouya Mohani'’ (Hello Fox),'’ a mini-series in 2006. (The writer forgot to mention the most recent, H.I.T.)
She enjoyed stardom after starring in the 1995 TV series “Moraesigye” (Hourglass). She announced her retirement that year upon marrying Chung Yong-jin, a nephew of Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee and vice president of Shinsegae Department Store. The marriage ended in 2003. Ko also acted in the film, “Woman on the Beach'’ in 2006.
March 17, 2008
Female presidents, bodyguards… ‘Women Power’
It seems that the new keyword for 2008 will become ‘women power’.
Female stars who received popularity for effeminate roles are now trying new characters, such as famous politicians, female bodyguards, and female detectives.
Ko Hyeon-jeong will be acting as Korea’s first female president in her next drama, SBS “Big Things”, set to air in May 2008. {delayed to July-August}
Ko Hyeon-jeong’s role of Seo Hye-rim is a passionate lawyer. She quits after taking responsibility for the arrest a political gang’s leader, and becomes famous as a civil rights lawyer. She runs for office and is elected as a female president.
Ko Hyeon-jeong also acted as the first female chief of a police squad in the MBC drama “Hit”. She is receiving roles that differ from her past image, and that are many “firsts” in the drama industry.
Also, Chae Rim will be coming back to television as a female bodyguard.
The KBS drama “Powerful Opponents” will air April 14, and her character Cha Young-jin is an unstoppable, aggressive bodyguard.
“Powerful Opponents” will portray the lives of the people in the Blue House and incorporate a love triangle with the President’s (Lee Deok-hwa) son (Lee Jin-wook) and another bodyguard (Lee Jong-hyuk).
Bae Jong-ok is already acting as a detective in MBC drama “Park Jung Gum”. It is her first time in an action role in her 21 years of acting, and her character is a 38-year-old, high school graduate.
A critic of popular culture, Kang Myeong-seok judged, “Actresses are breaking the conception that they must only act in romances. The circumstances have also changed. Roles are no longer limited to old women roles but are aiming at the working woman”.
Original Korean Article: DongA 2008.03.17 14:40
English Translation Credit: HanCinema
Wahahaha. I’m shoooo happy when I learned about this bit of news. Ms. Go in a new drama. Wow! Good news after a long drought.
I’ve been waiting, since last year, end of May to be exact, for news about Ms. Go’s whereabouts, her new projects, news stories, even a scandal would do.
But to no avail. I was wondering where she was, what she’s been doing. Then come November. LG Dios (fyi, Ms. Go endorses this uber sosyal ref) released a new CF (commercial film, that’s how they call commercial advertisment in Korea) of Ms. Go. Whoa, I was stunned. She looked different than Cha Soo-kyung (the lady detective she played in H.I.T. last year). She seemed to have lost a lot of pounds. She looked sooooooo slim.
Here’s a pic of hers H.I.T. time.
Dios pic? To follow, hehehe.
Then after that, nothing about Ms. Go again. December, January, February. Nothing.
Until this! Unnie is going to do a drama with Kwon Sang-woo. Yey. (And if you don’t know who Kwon Sang-woo, he’s Cholo in Stairway to Heaven and Jeric in Sad Love Song).
Can’t wait. Ms. Go, a tough and feisty lawyer turned lady president. Great.
And now, on with the waiting again. Hmmff. At least I now have something to look forward to.
Magtaping na kayo! Mag pa-presscon na kayo! Magrelease na kayo ng promotional pictures. (ATAT) 
Kim Sun Ah’s new movie is going to be presented.
It was 3 years since My Name is Kim Sam Soon, finally, the famous actress Kim Sun Ah has returned to big screen with a funny movie called Girl Scouts.
In the new poster, Kim Sun Ah shows her perfect body, which is quite different from “fat sister” in My name is Kim Sam Soon before. Kim Sun Ah also used to be a model. However, she gained weight on purpose so that she could play Kim Sam Soon. My Name is Kim Sam Soon was successful, helped her win a big award of MBC television in 2005. After that, Kim Sun Ah planned to lost weight.
In the past three years, she hasn’t appeared in any new movie or drama. Therefore, news about movie Girl Scouts will be presented from April makes her fans rejoice.
Girl Scouts - a funny movie with Kim Sun Ah, Na Moon Hee, Kim Eun Joo…was completed in November last year and will be presented in April this year.
Source: http://krfilm.net/f/14240-1-1
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