Lee Kyeong-hee (이경희)

The three who made Rain an actor

2008/05/01 | Source | Permalink |

Who are three people that receive the credit for making "Rain" an actor?

Writer Lee Kyeong-hee added the title of 'actor' to 'singer "Rain"'. This writer wrote KBS "Sang Doo! Let's Go To School", "Rain"'s debut drama in fall 2003. At this time, "Rain" was on the verge of releasing his second album. This writer took a new face with only one album who had no acting experience and made him into a star. She also worked with him in 2005 in KBS "A Love to Kill". She even gave him tonic medicine and treated him like a son. In every album, "Rain" mentions her in his thanks.

Director Park Chan-wook appointed "Rain" for the lead role of "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK". "Rain", who was already 'Asia's star', was in high demand from many movie makers, but "Rain" revealed that he wanted to work with Director Park. "Rain", thanks to Director Park, had the honor of stepping on the red carpet at Berlin International Movie Festival with his first movie. Director Park of "Old Boy" played a big role ...| More

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First Script In Three Yrs: "Like When I first Started…"

2007/03/15 | Source | Permalink |

"Think of meeting an eight-year old aids patient. How would you feel? I tried to portray a doctor who considers the patient rather than the disease".

It seemed that Jang would always suit the role of a defiant teenager perfectly, but looking at him now, there were visible traces of past times.

Actor Jang Hyeok, 32, will play the main character, Min Gi-seo, on the MBC drama 'Thank You', (Scenario: Lee Kyeong-hee, Director: Lee Jae-dong, Wed, Thu, 21:55) which will air on March 21. There was obvious tension on Jang Hyuk's face when he met with reporters after the drama briefing, which was held on March 14 at Hilton Hotel in Namdaemun-gu, Seoul.

"With this being my first formal meeting in three years, I found that although I was smiling and appeared calm, my legs were shaking uncontrollably. (laughs) After being discharged from military service, when I was on my way to practice the script for the first time, I was so excited. I checked later, and it turned out that my blood press...| More

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"A Love To Kill" gains popularity from pilot episode

2005/11/01 | Source | Permalink |

The pilot episode of the new Monday-Tuesday KBS TV2 miniseries "A Love To Kill" (written by Lee Kyeong-hee and produced by Kim Kyoo-tae) kept viewers riveted to their TV screens when it aired yesterday.

According to viewership research firm TNS Media Korea on Nov. 1, the pilot episode of "A Love To Kill" recorded viewer ratings of 16.4 percent on Oct. 31, beating out two other series that aired in the same time slot on two other major channels. The viewership of "A Love To Kill" was 1.2 percentage points higher than that of the SBS series "Seodongyo", which has topped the Monday-Tuesday viewer ratings so far.

The series drew the spotlight even before it premiered on national television for starring the popular singer/actor Rain, who portrays a delinquent K-1 fighter. The series' pilot episode seems to have lived up to viewers' high expectations.

The first several episodes of the series depict the backgrounds of its four main characters -- "Rain" ("Bok-ku"), Kim Sa-rang ("Da-ju...| More

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Teaser of "A Love To Kill" starring Rain creates stir

2005/10/21 | Source | Permalink |

The new KBS Monday-Tuesday series "A Love To Kill", written by Lee Kyeong-hee and produced by Kim Kyoo-tae, has already drawn significant attention from viewers ahead of its premiere on Oct. 31. The series' leading actor, "Rain" (real name Chung Ji-hoon), said that viewers would be surprised when they see the pilot episode of the drama, and it seems he is absolutely correct.

Immediately after the teaser of "A Love To Kill" aired on Oct. 20 prior to the Wednesday-Thursday series "My Rosy Life", the drama's Web site bulletin board was flooded with messages. It was the second teaser for the new series so far, with the first one airing on Oct. 13.

The 38-second-long teaser caught viewers' eyes by featuring a bruised "Rain", who plays a K-1 fighter in the drama, against the backdrop of a cloudy sky in the heart of a city, and his co-star Sin Min-ah against a clear blue sky at the seashore. The teaser was produced in the form of a wide aspect movie-like screen. The final scene of the t...| More

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Rain to star in new KBS series

2005/08/12 | Source | Permalink |

Singer/actor "Rain" (real name Chung Ji-hoon) has chosen his next role in a television series. He will play "Kang Bok-ku" in a new Monday-Tuesday KBS TV2 series that is to premiere in early November. It will be Rain's third collaboration with KBS following his previous lead roles in "Sang Doo! Let's go to school" and "Full House".

The new series is another work by scriptwriter Lee Kyeong-hee, who also wrote the popular KBS series "Sorry, I Love You" and "Rain"'s debut series "Sang Doo! Let's go to school"(2003). The series is being produced by Kim Kyu-tae, who recently received much acclaim for the Drama City production "Blue Nights on Jeju Island".

"Rain"'s new character, Kang Bok-ku, is a martial artist with a strong personality, who falls in love with a woman he should not love, but challenges fate for the sake of the relationship.

Rain was set to make a comeback as an actor earlier this year by starring in the series "Evil Love", but the production was cancelled....| More

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