Song Hye-gyo eyes new movie project

28 July 27, 2010July 27, 2010

by javabeans

Song Hye-gyo is looking at new acting projects, and may have settled on her next role: a film with respected director Lee Jung-hyang, who hasn’t directed a film since her well-regarded The Way Home eight years ago.

According to reports, Song is very close to settling on this project, although for now the casting is not finalized. She has agreed to take the role but is working out her schedule with producers. Apparently Song looked favorably at the project from its early stages and was an admirer of director Lee’s delicate touch, and had waited for the screenplay to be finished.

The project doesn’t have a title yet, but the plot deals with a PD at a broadcast station (Song’s character) who loses her fiancé in a hit and run accident. The film follows the conflict and growth she undergoes in the aftermath. Another key role is of a girl in her late teens, whose casting should attract a lot of interest.

If she signs on, this would be her first Korean movie in four years (since 2006’s Hwang Jini), while her last drama was 2008’s The World They Live In. She has, however, taken on a non-Korean film project in the interim, Wong Kar-wai’s The Grand Master, which is still in production. Song is currently in China for filming, but will wrap her shoots shortly.

I like Song Hye-gyo, and I think she’s a better actress than her roles have shown, but I do have reservations about her acting. It sounds like this is a subtle, introspective type of project, and requires an emotional depth that she hasn’t been able to tap into yet. I’ve found that despite a natural screen presence, she has a sort of emotional wall that you hit at a certain point, keeping viewers at a distance. Perhaps director Lee will be able to draw more out of her.

Via Star News

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26 dalisay

July 27, 2010 at 5:33 PM

i thought i was the only one that thought that about SHG. her acting isn't as bad as say HGI or KTH (no offense to those actresses) but i've always felt like something was missing with her acting. like it's almost to the point of being great but didn't quite make it. it's not as moving or as heart wrenching as someone like SYJ or HJW. with SYJ, i feel like she transforms herself every time and immerses herself in the character that she's playing. she's just brilliant. i think, given the right role, the right director etc, SHG can definitely break through whatever barrier that's holding her back and shine even brighter.

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27 pinoy

July 29, 2010 at 1:05 AM

SHK just appeared at WON BIN'S movie premiere, i hope they will have a new movie or drama

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28 Kadict

March 12, 2011 at 12:57 AM

I accepted her natural beauty as everyone mentioned that she's borned to be. But, it's not enough for being the actress. The drama series at least show for 20 episodes, the viewers can't just sit to see only the beauty on screen.

Sometimes, the beauty can shine inside-out, if the actress can break through the emotion and the acting role, it will attract the attention of the production, camera, and viewers.

She's now participating in many projects which I do hope she can really get into the roles.