The 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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Is she coached to speak English with Japanese accents?
I shudder to speculate.
Weird. Whats wrong with being a Korean vampire hunter?
“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.
Check that title, Mr. Marmot.
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.
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?
…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?
more interesting, with warner buying the rights to “the host” i’ll be looking forward to script changes blaming korea for its own pollution.
No jokes about how she sucks in every role she plays?
Sucks the bed sheets right up your rectum
That doesn’t sound pleasant.
Merely an expression Mr. Marmot. She could suck-start a Harley, suck the chrome off of a bumper-hitch, you get the drift….
Ah, I think I get the imagery now.
Basically Mr. Railwaycharm is saying Jeon really sucks.
The old “golf ball through a garden hose” is so tired….
G-d, one can only hope!
I really love her, but I don’t think she’ll succeed.
Being able to speak perfect American English accent is half the battle.
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.
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.)
Fair play Iceberg! Cheers!
Or they hook up with the elderly head of a conglomerate, have his love child, and are given a textile factory to “run”.
That’s right like the Samsung hyunji chup.
Can she act as anything other than a 푼수?
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