Freeze (Drama - 2006)

[HERALD INTERVIEW]Actor Lee Seo-jin seeks versatility

Source | 2006/12/11 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Korean Wave star Lee Seo-jin reminisces about his college days when acting in front of friends who were making amateur short films.

"I thought I would never choose acting for my career, but I slowly changed my mind after my friends told me I acted naturally while making short films", said Lee who studied business at New York University in the United States a decade ago, in an interview with The Korea Herald.

"I loved watching movies and was thinking about studying filmmaking when entering college because I had never imagined that I could become an actor", said Lee who faced great opposition over his chosen career from his family - said to have been engaged in the financial industry.

Lee still retains this image of nobility due to his background, but on the screen, he tries to be a completely different person.

Now 33, he has earned a reputation as an actor of versatility and intelligence who brings unusual subtlety and poignancy to his roles: a strong and tenacious detective...| More

Local Cable TV Produces Dramas

Source | 2006/11/29 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Han Eun-jung
Staff Reporter

Since "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos", two dramas produced and originally aired on the American cable network HBO, were first shown here several years ago, they have fast become household names.

Fans' postings, which flood Internet message boards, show that fans watch the programs because of their tight-knit plots and well-developed characters.

However, only recently has cable TV started airing dramas _ an area long considered a terrestrial broadcaster-dominated realm _ with premium movie channel OCN emerging as the leader.

With easy access to well-made foreign series and an abundance of locally produced programs, audiences are looking for more.

Not long after "Freeze", a star-studded four-episode series depicting the love of a human and a vampire, was aired last month, OCN launched another made-for-cable series.

The latest, a full-length miniseries (16-episodes) titled "Someday", was launched earlier this month.

"Our focus is ...| More