Lee Hyeong-min (이형민)

2008/04/25 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

When he was interviewed by The Korea Herald in November 2006, Lee Byeong-heon expressed some doubts about whether he could make it in Hollywood.

His skepticism, which partly reflected his measured approach in entering the world's biggest entertainment market, seems fairly overdone. A string of news items about his Hollywood stint keep coming in, and his acting career is going at a fast clip.

In mid-March, Lee completed his first day of shooting as Storm Shadow in Paramount Pictures' action adventure "G.I. Joe", to be released in October 2008. This week, a couple of photographs have been made public on the Web so that people can see him as one of the most popular characters in the G.I. Joe franchise. Clad in white, Lee seems primed to play a dark, complex character trained by a ninja master.

"G.I. Joe" will mark Lee's full-fledged foray into Hollywood, a crucial development in what has already been a colorful career. Popular in Korea and Japan, Lee has long prepared to broaden ...

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2008/04/18 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korean star Lee Byeong-heon is returning to TV screen in a spy thriller titled "Iris". Lee's first TV drama in five years since his starring role in "All In", "Iris" is Korea's first attempt at a high-tech spy thriller filled with flashy action scenes, cool cutting-edge devices, and scenic overseas locations.

The 20 million-dollar action-packed drama is directed by Kang Je-gyu of "Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War" and Lee Hyeong-min of "Sorry, I Love You" and produced jointly by Taewon Entertainment, which had made the global project "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection Of The Dragon".Filming will begin later this year and take place in Russia, Japan, China and the United States. The twenty-parter "Iris" is scheduled to be aired early next year.

Lee has just wrapped up filming the French-American movie "I Come with the Rain" with Josh Hartnett and is getting ready to shoot "G. I. Joe". Lee will be playing Korean ninja Storm Shadow in the action flick. The multi-national collaboration co-sta...

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2007/05/09 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Hyeon Bin who has been gathering attention as a rising Hallyu Star was greeted by 600 or so fans at Haneda Airport on the 9th. He is visiting Japan to appear at the special promotional event for the drama series 'The Snow Queen' which will start airing on the 10th on TV Tokyo.

A press conference was held at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A at 7pm with 150 or press personnel and Director Lee Hyung Min and writiers Kim Eun Hee and Yoon Eun Gyung also were present.

During the press conference, Hyeon Bin spoke of his experience, "I was entitled with a role of great responsibility, but I seemed to have enjoyed the filming with great people. I only ate chicken breast to portray a third class boxer so I now don't eat chicken as much".

Hyeon Bin had actually reduced 7~8kg for the drama series. In a question asking the most memorable scene, he chose the scene where Tae Woong and his friend Sang Ho were drinking. They filmed drinking real alcohol and it had left a lasting impression...

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darling baby ! you are very handsome and excellent actor. Moe Moe 2007-07-18 03:12:46