Ha Ji-won‘s a busy girl these days, between her drama The King 2 Hearts and running around all over the place to promote her new sports movie Korea / As One. Here she is in High Cut as “The Queen,” looking very different from both her roles.
It’s interesting that she has two concurrent projects that deal with North/South Korean relationships, though in totally different ways. In Korea she plays South Korean table tennis champion Hyun Jung-hwa, in a true-to-life portrayal of the joint North-South team who competed together in the ’91 World Championships. In the interview with High Cut she talks about hearing the North Korean athletes’ dialect over and over.
And then later, she took on the role of Kim Hang-ah, where she had to adopt a northern dialect herself. She’s been universally praised for her accent, which she explains is adopted from junior high and high school students in Pyongyang. Well that would explain the cutesy, which is often times a little overkill for my taste, but it fits the character fine, and is far more pleasant to listen to for 20 episodes than say, the harsh newscaster version. I just appreciate the lilty quality that makes everything she says sound pretty, and of course how well she enunciates.
Korea opens next week, and The King 2 Hearts airs Wednesday-Thursday on MBC.
Via Sports Chosun
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wow…love the 3rd pic
Ps. I am first
First time EVER!!
damn!! by 1 minute . LOL!!!
Loved Ha Ji Won..
WOW!!! on the 3rd foto
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Third Photo is awesome
that last pic is like…
“bow down, b*tches.”
she looks good, although i feel like i’ve seen her fiercer before
the Queen <3
Can't wait for the next episode of TK2H! And I'm looking forward to watching her movie Korea too, I love those kind of stories ^^
Love love love her. She kicks ass in real life too with that I can do anything vibe.
like seriously WOWW at the last pic. fierce!
Gorgeous. =) Illuminati thing again though…
Yeah… it’s a little hard not to notice. It’s also kind of an awkward pose too, why would she have one hand just completely covering one eye….(?)
what Illuminati thing?
gahhhhh I love her!! When I grow up I want to be her!!
She is THE Queen. THE Goddess.
Love her in TK2H!
Totally agree!
That woman’s body …not fair. And love the last photo.
Love her. Thanks for the article!
Whoa, still beautiful as ever…How come she never age?
one of the coolest Korean actresses imho – and so beautiful!
the red dress pics and the last pic are amazing!
She looks absofreakinglutely amazing. Apart from the header photo in which I feel her dazed expression coupled with the dark eyeshadow beneath her eyes makes her look a little dopey. Then again that could also be attributed to the fact that she probably has not had a decent night’s rest in months…! She’s like a wonder woman, taking on so many projects at once… how does she do it
Anyways… ty for the post!! *flails* I am developing such a girl-crush on her *_*
After this drama is over I am her fan for life. Like her enough to even join her fanclub
That woman is phenomenal. Add that to her work ethics and winning personality… is it bad that I want her to get married and perpetuate her genes?
Love the last photo. All that attitude and bold forward gaze. Killer body. And she looks so fit as well
I would love that if that happens!! Please our dear Goddess, get married and perpetuate your genes!
Ha Ji Won with good styling. Yeh!
Thanks GF.
How come I never noticed how aweomse she is before king 2 hearts?!
And here she is absolutely gorgeous! Love her in black dress!! <33
These photo shoots on Ha Ji Won are driving me crazy! Why Ha Ji Won is so beautiful and multi talented? God is unfair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really, High Cut always does the best photoshoots ever.
She should do a photoshoot with fellow kick-ass Kim So-yeon. They’re both fierce and awesome!
my thoughts exactly!! i think they’re 2 of the rare korean women who can actually pull off an action scene and be at the same time ultra feminine.
love them both!!!
totally agree! I’ve come to love Ha Ji won through TK2H and I’ve always loved Kim So yeon <3 Can you imagine the two of them together in a female/badass version of a buddy cop drama/movie!? Or better yet, facing off each other! That would be so good.
You should watch some of her other movies and dramas.
She does really great work. My personal favorite is Closer to Heaven and Hwangjini, but Damo and Love, So Divine are also great.
Seriously!!
it might not happen but oh fates just put them together in some future projects pleeeeaaasssee
Love Ha Ji Won in the white dress. It’s sassy and elegant! Absolutely stunning
There was a scene in What Happened in Bali where HJW’s character sits down to eat dinner with tears streaming down her face. She keeps eating and crying, eating and crying. I totally fell in love with her then. For some reason, it set her apart from other actresses in my eyes.
Later, she mentions that scene in an interview (I forget which); She, at first, didn’t understand why her character would stuff her face when she’s so upset. The PD explained the drive for survival and life (if I remember correctly) in this character, and she got it. And it really worked with her, that need to keep going, to survive.
There’s a certain stubborn quality (in a good way) about her that I love, love, love!
gorgeous!!!!!! love her soooo much…i would love to see her marry soon…please dont waste those amazing genes.spread them dear….ur simply beautiful inside out….
why do you almost have everything, jiwon unnie? hehehehe
i don’t mind ‘though. you’re just too good to be true! and yes, can’t take my eyes off you…because you’re a dream i’d like to become. simply amazing.
I never understood what all the hype was about HJW but I’m loving her in K2H.
omg can you say beautiful?! these pictures are awesome!
I like the 2nd picture with the red dress and the white dress. The woman is fit and feminine.
She is lovely. The third pick is just wow.
Hwang Jung Min mentioned on Knee Drop Guru that when he wanted to start speaking standard Seoul dialect that he would listen to recordings of children because apparently children have the more accurate and clean(?) speech than adults. Maybe that’s why Ha Ji Won studied elementary and middle school students for her North Korean accent?
opps I mean middle and high school students
Seriously this women has >> CHARISMA… loved her last pic..
I wished she married Go Soo.. but he married another…TT
She looks fabulous. Love her.
I really like Ha Ji-won as an actress – always happy to watch something she’s in because she’s been awesome even in dramas that were not-that-great (Secret Garden sometimes just made absolutely NO sense at all) and picks interesting projects too (Duelist).
I never found her particularly pretty or beautiful, and I still don’t. I do think she has a very particular and therefore very memorable face, easily distinguishable from many Korean actresses (too many are one like the other or fit into very generic beauty moulds).
I’m only getting a full sense of HJW’s unique face in picture #3, the others look (beautiful as they are as pictures) rather styled. In fact, in the last pic, if someone didn’t write HJW next to it, I wouldn’t have necessarily picked out it was her.
Randomly wondering if it is possible at all to be an actor or actress (A-List I mean) nowadays anymore without doing any photoshoots or pictorial promotions. Not criticising or anything, just wondering if one can be in that profession just acting.
Well, I’ll keep watching HJW’s dramas + films, because I know she’s awesome in them. Don’t care how they dress her up and make her look, because I know she’s going to deliver acting-wise.
i kinda wonder the same thing too…. but I do love looking at ‘putty’ pictures….. I also really love Ha Ji Won. I don’t really know why… something about her…..her physique, how she throws herself into her roles, and the roles themselves….eh. I just really like this woman.
I love the one where she’s sitting down so much! It makes her look really fun! Go Ha Ji Won!
Hmm, I must be in the minority here. I’m just not feeling this shoot (last picture aside – that is my personal favourite). Is it just me or does her leg/foot look so… plastic in the 2nd photo? (Not to mention I absolutely LOATHE those heels.) The woman is gorgeous enough as it is and can do without the Photoshop.
OH. MY. GOSH. I really LOVE these pictures of my top favorite actress Ha Ji Won!
She’s still beautiful…..and she NAILED it!! \^o^/
Awesome! I wonder who is/will be the lucky man to get married to her? She is my fave K actress because she can deliver acting wise, be it action, comedy or drama…:)))
Absolutely gorgeous.My favorite korean actress. She’s like a chamelion. She can do almost everything and that ‘s how she differs from the other k-actress.
She is so cool. In all the world, my only girl crush.
The Queen!
Love her! Love how she’s skinny but not to the point it sickening, always fit. The third photo is my favorite. She looks fierce on the last one. Naturally gorgeous!
I would buy an overseas ticket and fly to Korea in January and learn to eat Kimchi to see Ha Ji Won in a movie with that black dress and that Kim Sun Ah hair style.
No doubts!…she is so talented!!!
has become her fan after watching secret garden. she got my respect and love. ha ji won!! hwaiting!!
my most favorite Korean Actress ever. ^^
My Queen, My idol ever~~~:)
HJW is indeed my kind of girl… (the kind of girl i want to be that’s what i mean.. sadly it doesnt work for me, lol)
she’s fierce and badass… but she can also be sweet and adorable… i always picture her as the most hardworking yet the humblest… and with that face and body, her character just fits her to a tee… in my short and varied list of korean artists i’ve come to know via dramas and movies, she’s the most well-rounded and the one i admire the most…. i’m proud to be her fan… <3 <3 <3
I love hearing her co-stars talk so highly of her. Her upbeat attitude and dedication to her work is one of the many praises I hear about her. Her beauty is very unique. It doesn’t fit the mold of Korean beauties. Just natural.
She is such a cutie that it’s a surprisingly awesome treat when she takes on her badass roles. Love her!
she’s looking smokin’ hot!
A) She had my heart before but that 3rd picture just floored me.
B) Why are so many comments about rushing her to get married and have children? The woman is fantastic – let her live her independent life as she pleases!