Han Chae-young signs with Hollywood agency CAA
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Han Chae-young has signed with Creative Artists Agency, or CAA, one of the Big 3 agencies in Hollywood, marking her intent to expand her career to the U.S. market. This comes not long after taking official steps in the Chinese market as well, where she enjoys residual popularity for dramas like Delightful Girl Chun-hyang and Autumn Love Story. More recently, she starred with Song Il-kook in the action drama A Man Called God.
Han lived in the States for a time and speaks English, albeit heavily accented. Although her pronunciation and grammar are flawed, based on interview snippets at least she seems able to carry on a conversation in English, which is to her benefit. Not to mention that she’s seriously gorgeous, which never hurts.
Han is not a particularly strong actress, but she’s not hopeless; of all her roles I think her best performance was in Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, where she came off natural and unaffected. She has explained that the character’s personality wasn’t too different from her real one, which is probably why. I’d put her in the same category as Park Shi-yeon of actresses who got unfortunately typecast as sexy and glamorous because of their looks (as Han was for Boys Before Flowers and Girlfriends), when they’re really better at playing down-to-earth characters (A Man Called God).
In any case, best of luck to her. Hollywood is a beast; hope she fares well. On the upside, she is managed by BH Entertainment, which is the company headed by Lee Byung-heon. Of all the Hallyu-to-Hollywood attempted crossovers, Lee’s has probably been the most successful with G.I. Joe.
Via Star News
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1 Mythili
August 11, 2010 at 5:29 AM
i loved her in DGCH(my first KDrama) along with Jae Hee...all the best to her...
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2 rainerust
August 11, 2010 at 6:25 AM
LOL DGCH was...well...delightful to watch because of her!
And also because Jae Hee cracked me up so much as LMR. It was kickass. Their cute traditioinal scenes after / before each episode was awesome as well. I think this was the drama that hooked me onto Korean rom-coms.
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3 winterskye
August 11, 2010 at 6:30 AM
her english shouldn't be that bad (unless being in korea all this time has affected her) i think she was in the US from at least 4th grade and finished high school here....we went to the same high school. we weren't friends or anything (i was a year above her) but i do remember her walking around school in H.O.T. gloves. (anyone remember those???)
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4 therainhouse
August 11, 2010 at 6:41 AM
Anyone got a video of her speaking English?
Most Asian stars crossing over to the Western market get action-oriented roles. Jun Ji Hyun in Blood : The Last Vampire. It's either that or the foreign looking eye candy.
Lee Byung Hun in G.I. Joe.
Wondering which one it'll be for Han Chae Young..
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5 loveU
August 11, 2010 at 8:10 AM
way to go HCY!!
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6 bluebunny
August 11, 2010 at 9:46 AM
I knew she attended hs in the states but I've never heard her speak a word in English!
Where are all the Asian-Americans who deserve their chances of making it big in Hollywood?! Yeah, we all know HCY is pretty so she might have a chance.
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7 loveU
August 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM
i know, i haven't really heard her speak english either. may a word or 2 like "Hi", "thank you"...and a line in her movie...when she said something about "lightbulbs"...that's it. kekeke. I want to hear her speak english...kekeke
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8 miss unknown
August 11, 2010 at 10:38 AM
I think I remember her speaking English in A man to God like in the first episode right?! I don't remember it being too fluent...with a heavy accent...but I'm happy for her and hope that she'll get some works sooN! XD
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9 corndodger
August 11, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Please don't let Hollyweird ruin our girl...!
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10 gleemonex
August 11, 2010 at 12:49 PM
call me crazy, but i just don't see her making a successful
crossover into hollywood. i'm surprised CAA took her onboard. still, good luck to her.
i really hope her english is more fluent than what she displayed in 'man called god'...
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11 ar_arguably romantic
August 11, 2010 at 5:05 PM
For Hollywood, they'll probably have her play some vixen-type role. I want to see her in a korean romantic comedy again!
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12 song4u2
August 11, 2010 at 6:43 PM
I'm biased and must say this up front.
I want Americans that are Asian on our big screens. They should be given a chance and oppty first before foreigners and I hope Hollywood recognizes this.....
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13 loveU
August 11, 2010 at 8:08 PM
she's good at playing mean "autumn story" and very cutesy "sassy chunhyang"...and the rest of the other dramas she's played...and very scandalist in " trading partners or wahtever you call that movie where she is totally scandaless....and risque...which I call "testing the waters"....which was OKIE....I'm not sure how she will be in Hollywood but lets all just cheer her on!!!! *FIGHTING*
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14 JD
August 11, 2010 at 9:04 PM
She looks like the Korean Anne Hathaway.
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15 Ani
August 11, 2010 at 9:11 PM
"Hollywood is a beast".... Dudette, I completely and utterly second that.
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16 Joyce
August 12, 2010 at 1:25 AM
I do agree that she is a very beautiful actress and her character in Delightful Girl is what got me attracted to her. I hope that she will do well in Hollywood and hopefully I'll get to see her when I go to the theaters :D
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17 s2s
August 16, 2010 at 8:55 AM
i wouldn't be too concerned about her english. i mean, Rain's english sucks, but he did really well in Ninja Assassin.
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18 shiumaru
August 19, 2010 at 5:45 AM
she's so beautiful....n_n
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