Jun Ji-hyun as Japanese vampire?

by Robert Koehler on November 8, 2006

in Korean Tabloid Crap

jun_ji_hyun.jpgThe Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Korean super-hottie Jun Ji-hyun will star as a demon-hunting, U.S. government-employed Japanese vampire in Hong Kong director Ronnie Yu’s upcoming film “Blood Vampire,” an English-language remake of the Japanese anime film “Blood: The Last Vampire” (see official site here).

And there was much rejoicing.

(HT to reader and Dark Horizons)

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1 JiMong November 8, 2006 at 10:02 am

Is she coached to speak English with Japanese accents?

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2 Robert Koehler November 8, 2006 at 10:05 am

I shudder to speculate.

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3 shakuhachi November 8, 2006 at 10:26 am

Weird. Whats wrong with being a Korean vampire hunter?

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4 cm November 8, 2006 at 10:47 am

“Weird. Whats wrong with being a Korean vampire hunter?”

Then nobody will watch it. Have “Japan” in the title somewhere, then all of a sudden it’s a fantastic movie, a must see.

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5 Iceberg November 8, 2006 at 12:42 pm

Check that title, Mr. Marmot.

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6 Mark November 8, 2006 at 1:02 pm

Sort of like going to a “Tokyo Massage” or “Osaka Spa” in the States…chances are you won’t find any Japanese inside.

Regardless, if they need anyone extra to play Simon Belmont and drive a stake through her, sign me up.

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7 Bipolar Mindscrew November 8, 2006 at 1:30 pm

Ummm, it’s a re-make of a JAPANESE comic book… so obviously the lead character must be Japanese, even if the actress isn’t. Otherwise what would be wrong with a Chinese Geisha?

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8 Bipolar Mindscrew November 8, 2006 at 1:38 pm

…or for that matter, a Welsh James Bond? or a British French captain of the Enterprise? …or… whatever. Who cares about an actress of one nationality playing a character of another?

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9 judge judy November 8, 2006 at 1:38 pm

more interesting, with warner buying the rights to “the host” i’ll be looking forward to script changes blaming korea for its own pollution.

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10 SomeguyinKorea November 8, 2006 at 1:39 pm

No jokes about how she sucks in every role she plays?

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11 railwaycharm November 8, 2006 at 4:12 pm

Sucks the bed sheets right up your rectum

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12 Robert Koehler November 8, 2006 at 4:33 pm

Sucks the bed sheets right up your rectum

That doesn’t sound pleasant.

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13 railwaycharm November 8, 2006 at 4:49 pm

Merely an expression Mr. Marmot. She could suck-start a Harley, suck the chrome off of a bumper-hitch, you get the drift….

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14 Robert Koehler November 8, 2006 at 4:53 pm

Ah, I think I get the imagery now.

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15 michael November 8, 2006 at 5:03 pm

Basically Mr. Railwaycharm is saying Jeon really sucks.

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16 railwaycharm November 8, 2006 at 5:13 pm

The old “golf ball through a garden hose” is so tired….

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17 railwaycharm November 8, 2006 at 5:14 pm

G-d, one can only hope!

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18 Origami November 8, 2006 at 5:31 pm

I really love her, but I don’t think she’ll succeed.

Being able to speak perfect American English accent is half the battle.

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19 railwaycharm November 8, 2006 at 5:38 pm

She is a cute as a bug. I hope she is successful in the American market. She is bringing down $5 million a year here so even if she fails she can have a very nice life. That being said the stars tend to burn-out in Korea sooner than they so stateside.

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20 Iceberg November 8, 2006 at 5:42 pm

One doesn’t have to speak perfect American English to suck the rattle out of a rattlesnake’s mouth.

(Just made that one up. Sorry if it, um, sucks.)

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21 railwaycharm November 8, 2006 at 9:20 pm

Fair play Iceberg! Cheers!

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22 seouldout November 8, 2006 at 9:42 pm

That being said the stars tend to burn-out in Korea sooner than they so stateside.

Or they hook up with the elderly head of a conglomerate, have his love child, and are given a textile factory to “run”.

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23 railwaycharm November 10, 2006 at 12:47 pm

That’s right like the Samsung hyunji chup.

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24 montclaire November 12, 2006 at 7:39 pm

Can she act as anything other than a 푼수?

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