Actress Kim Ji-woo, Miss Korea Lee Honey, and SNSD Jessica are in the musical, "Legally Blonde"!
The three lovely ladies have been at a studio for the photoshoot.
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The starring role of Elle Woods in the musical "Legally Blonde" will be shared among three stars -- 2006 Miss Korea
Lee Honey, Jessica of girl group Girls' Generation, and actress
Kim Ji-woo. The Korean version of the musical opens on Nov. 14.
What do they bring to the part? This is Lee's second musical after "Polaroid", and she is probably the closest to the character of Elle Woods in that she was the winner of a beauty pageant and is a gr...
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By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
The Broadway musical "Legally Blonde" has captured the spotlight with its star-studded cast, which includes
Lee Honey, Jessica and
Kim Ji-woo.
The musical, based on the 2001 movie of the same name, is getting a Korean version for the first time and opens Nov. 14 at the COEX Artium in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul.
The show will be presented by PMC Production, renowned for creating numerous homegrown shows such as "Nanta", "Jewel in the Palace" and "Brothers Were Brave".
"It's my first musical. I am very happy to work with excellent actors and actresses. I am nervous but I will do my best", Jessica, a member of the popular girl group Girls Generation, told reporters at a press conference at the theater, Tuesday.
Jessica will alternate the lead role of Elle Woods with
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Jessica, a member of Girls' Generation, one of South Korea's top pop groups, will star in the Korean adaptation of the Broadway musical "Legally Blond" in Seoul this November.
The 20-year-old Korean-American, who made her debut with Girls' Generation in 2007, has been picked to play the role of Elle Woods, the heroine.
An official from PMC Production, the musical's producer, was quoted as saying, "Jessica has a strong aspiration for musicals. Her liveliness and singing capabilities were the crucial factors behind our casting of her".
Along with Jessica,
Lee Honey, the 2007 Miss Universe third runner-up, and actress ...
MoreKim Yoon-jin, an actress from the ABC series "Lost", recently told Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd on the CTV daytime talk show "The View" that being a star in Korea is different from Hollywood, because you are not stalked by paparazzi here.
Kim Hyeon-joo, another hallyu actress, confessed her bitter experience during a media tour to Hong Kong, when local paparazzi for a magazine sneaked into her hotel room and took pictures of discarded junk in her trash can.
Significantly, though, the paparazzi situation has alerted entertainment management companies in Korea. Local tabloids increasingly take paparazzi pictures of celebrities' private lives or print photos off the stars' personal blogs without their consent.
"It causes an extra burden on female celebrities, because the Korean public can be very cruel and conservative", says Lee Jeong-hun, an agent at Yedang Entertainment representing the Korean actress
Han Ji-hye.
"A single photo is enough to dampen a career", Lee says.
Star couples are mouthwatering prey for local paparazzi, in an industry where celebrities often try to keep their romantic lives secret.
A typical case was the news of the actor ...
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