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“Size 55” Jang Nara

by javabeans

Actress-singer Jang Nara (mostly singer in recent years) is making her acting comeback. She talked about her newest role on October 25 while participating at the new Seoul Hallyu Festival, and explained that she is currently preparing for her next film, a comedy that will begin filming at the end of the year.

This latest film, directed by Ryu Sook-hyun and called Size 55 (referring to a rather slim clothing size — think U.S. size 4), deals with Jang’s bar hostess character entering a diet center. Looking at its cast list, the movie seems to have run into some trouble early on — Jang’s love interest (described as a pretty boy who dresses like a woman to follow her to the center) was previously cast with Song Chang-eui (Boys Don’t Cry, Golden Bride) and then ex-GOD member Sohn Ho-young (Miss Gold Digger), but is currently looking for a new actor. Jang’s own role was previously taken by Park Han-byul (Fantasy Couple), but it seems she’s now out.

Jang was last seen acting in 2005’s KBS drama Wedding (her last film was 2003’s Oh! Happy Day), and has spent a lot of time since then pursuing her singing career in China. She also took a role in a Chinese drama, Good Morning Shanghai [純白之愛 / 순백지련], in 2007. She was cast in a film last year, the thriller Nightmare, but the project was canceled.

Via My Daily

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1 Angela

October 26, 2008 at 9:07 AM

I really like Jang Nara so I hope it's a success! Thanks for the news. ^_^

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2 ar_arguably romantic

October 26, 2008 at 9:09 AM

i miss Jang Nara!

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3

October 26, 2008 at 9:19 AM

the korean size 55 is nowhere near a size 4 here, its more like a small here for shirts and such and like size 1 or 2 for jeans.

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4 pabo ceo reom

October 26, 2008 at 9:49 AM

^Actually in my opinion a size 55 is pretty much equivalent to a size 4, possibly even a little bigger. The smallest sizes would be 44.

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5 MoreStuffFromUs

October 26, 2008 at 9:58 AM

You know I don't think I've ever heard her sing before

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6 Mindy

October 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM

I'M A SIZE 4 AND THAT'S CONSIDERED FAT IN KOREA

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7 bjharm

October 26, 2008 at 4:24 PM

I read on her blog she was making this but the translation put it down for august, witch may have been true as it seems like it is rather troubled project, with all the cast changes going on.
She been looking for an acting project to take on in Korea for quite a while, to pay back her loyal Korean fans, but she really had bad luck with Films, always getting cancelled on her for some reason or the other. The horror thriller and kungfu hustle 2 coming to mind.
It not that she has not done any acting recently, just not in Korean she did a mini drama 'Pen" but it run only like 30 min? but this well be her first major acting in Korea since "wedding"
She done three Chinese Drama and a few 'guest' roles in others. Bratty Princess and Good Morning Shanghai being the most well known, Good Morning Shanghai was also paste together to make a Film version out of it, think it was straight to dvd rather than for movie theatres.
Wish her all the best, maybe a Korean TV drama will be next!