lucky girl!

I kind of feel for her because ever since Soo Hyun the Alien/King/Country Bumpkin/Thief/North Korean Spy got all this fame, she's been cast to the side.

Hopefully she won't be another Fan Bingbing.

And awcoconuts, could you add your sources please?

I was trying to place her in L7CS the movie, when I realized it was L7CS, the drama that shall not be remembered.

I actually remember her as Kai's secretary, and her collected English, so that says something. I thought she seemed intriguing, and a little underutilized, so I'm looking forward to at least seeing more of her!

Even if the predictability of Asian women as martial arts villainesses is getting me down...

Then again, Joss Whedon's use of a badass Asian villainess... :taps teeth pensively:

Is English her second language?

I remember her English being very good in Runaway. Good enough that I had assumed she'd grown up in the West...

Lol I remember when this report first came out I was like KIM SOO HYUN !!!!! LOL only 2 b crushed &heartbroken. Lol well I hope she does a good job ..... #TeamIronman ?

It's good they choose unknown but qualified actress from Korea. But still found it strange, Hollywood always goes to very famous name if they want other Asian actresses especially from China.

She was OK in the 7th Grader drama, I kindda like her there more than Choi Kang Hee and Kim Min Seo. I also likes her appearance in Brain.

I hope she will have better offer next time in Kdrama. Good luck girl.

mmm very interesting. i hope she does well.

I've never heard of her, but I looked her up and apparently she's exactly 9 months older than me.

I only saw her in Queen of the Game and she did decent job and her english there was almost perfect. Besides, she really looks great. She's tall, chic and elegant.

Bah, once again Asian Dragon Lady stereotype in western films.

I really only remember her from Brain (though I did see L7CS...), and the thing that made me remember her by name was one scene she did speaking English on the phone. Honestly, her English was better than mine, and I don't speak any other languages.

Congratulations to her for getting the role...though I'm still not liking that Asian/Korean actresses get typecasted into the usual roles.

I've only seen her in Standby and L7CS...so can't say much on her acting (especially since I got frustrated with the latter and refused to finish). Good luck to her in Hollywood and hope she does well!

An Asian being cast in a Hollywood film?

Must be (1) a foreigner, (2) female and (3) play a stereotypical role.

Well that is a career making luck

I bet her character will be Sersi.

I've seen another korean actress in a hollywood series, the korean actress in Lost is currently in the series Mistress and its a very diff role.

I'll admit her English is perfect and she is very pretty, but I've seen both Runaway Plan B and the god-awful Level 7 and that girl can't act her way out of a paper bag. It's really unfortunate that there wasn't a better actress - which is most of the actresses in S. Korea - that spoke good enough English for this role.

I wonder how come a male and female can share an exactly a same name. Does korean name can be used interchangeably between man and woman?

"Bump"
Nice Pun.

Lol I went to check online for any latest news on kim soo hyun (alien ahjussi)and saw the news on soompi.just imagine my joy when I thought it was kim soo hyun(sam dong) just to turn around and laugh at myself when I found out it wasn't him.anyways I wish her the best of luck

Thumbs up on casting a female asian. Thumbs down on turning down Asian female actors native to the US, since the misconception is the only way to get Asians is to go to Asia in Hollywood and they perpetuate the stereotype.

Thumbs up for it being Joss Whedon because he's excellent on female characters. (Though I don't think you need a kick-ass female character in order for them to be strong.)

Thumbs down because it's Joss Whedon (who tends to not understand race relations that well--he was called out for it at a con for the movie Serenity and he doubled down rather than, "I understand your concerns and I'll try to do better next time.")

As written it's white characters against a person of color... though I'm aware that the head of the SHIELD agency is cast black... the main team is not... and given other upsets of late (in the industry), it kinda bugs me.

All you need is kill was originally Japanese with a Japanese set of characters--cast as 100% white.

Khan--a truly good villain to have was changed to Ben Kingsley.

And STILL Akira, they are *still* talking about making the movie all white.

So I hope they do this well and don't sideline her into a part that's racist... 'cause foreign actors usually don't know until later on... (which is maybe why they keep doing the pulling from other countries) and I do have to say there are female Asians that live in the US that can play such roles. Couldn't they give some domestic love? (Which is no hate on her, but directed at the industry as a whole.)