From uljjang to actress to writer-director
by javabeans
Gu Hye Sun joins actors like Yoo Ji Tae in expanding her resume to film directing. Her debut project is the short film Gaze [시선], which starts filming on June 2 in Gangwon-do, and boasts a pretty large scale for this kind of work: approximately 50 crew members and name casting which includes sageuk actor Kim Myung Su, Seo Hyun Jin of the kpop group MILK, and Ha Jiwon’s younger brother Jeon Tae Su. There will also be cameos by other famous actors.
The 35mm film, written by Gu Hye Sun, will be approximately 20 minutes long, and deals with euthanasia and human psychology, which seems like an unexpectedly dark issue to tackle in a debut film — no fluffy vanity project here, it seems.
Gu herself won’t be acting, focusing instead on the directing and even set design work; she’s mentioned her desire to direct since her early debut days and was an art major at school. Her next acting role will instead come in the upcoming fusion sageuk drama Strongest Chil Woo (Choi Kang Chil Woo) which also stars Eric, Lee Eon, and Kim Byul.
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1 Jyiskool
June 1, 2008 at 9:59 AM
This is really like dejavu. She was a writer/director on nn5 and she looks like she'll do a great job.
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2 Annie
June 1, 2008 at 10:29 AM
^ Exactly what I was thinking. It must be her calling. Hye Sun unni is talented and I know that she can do whatever she sets her mind to. Hwaiting!
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3 Iranian Espresso
June 1, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Thank you dear javabeans.
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4 Dahee Fanel
June 1, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Oooh, interesting! I want to see that now. Also, looks like the King and I actors are helping her out! Good old Kim Myung Soo. :) And Jeon Tae Soo is helping, too, despite not having been on King and I that long...This makes me happy. Heh.
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5 belleza
June 1, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Yeah, I saw an interview with Gye Hye Sun in Entertainment Relay recently. Intelligent and well spoken. She spoke about studying film direction in school, so you can see that her real heart is in the other side of the camera.
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6 Bit
June 1, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Interesting!
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7 avonmarissa
June 1, 2008 at 5:50 PM
I loved her performance in "King and I" as the Queen. All the best to her.
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8 missmanderley
June 1, 2008 at 11:32 PM
hmm, wasn't she a scriptwriter in the NNS5 sitcom? I thought it was usually Park Jin Woo who played the director part.
anyways, she seems like an intelligent young lady... and her subject for her short film sounds promising.
looks like Goo Hye Sun is out to prove that she's not just a pretty face *cough*Ha Ga In*cough*Kim Tae Hee*cough*
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9 joyce
June 2, 2008 at 12:11 AM
i cant wait to see this, the movie sounds like it has potential
@missmanderley : in a way those two actresses you've mentioned aren't just pretty faces, because they're also pretty well-known for their brains
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10 Elaine
June 2, 2008 at 12:44 AM
@joyce
I think what missmanderley meant wasn't really that, but more of acting wise? Which I kinda have to agree.
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11 shro
June 2, 2008 at 1:27 AM
wow vistee really sounds similar to freetempo!
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12 whaleatape
June 2, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Wow. I think Gu Hye Sun is really awesome. She is so pretty and talented. I think she can sing really well too.
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13 whatever
June 2, 2008 at 6:14 AM
hope her directing will be better than her acting!
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14 ek
June 2, 2008 at 1:41 PM
i thought she was replaced because of an injury.
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15 vertigo
June 2, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I really like her.. shes soo talented.. from her drawings to her singing and don't forget her acting... so could do whatever she wants, she has a long list of hidden talents...amazing
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16 vertigo
June 2, 2008 at 2:59 PM
My absolute favorite of all Korean talents. Her's seems to know no limits. Happy to read that she has so much support here. She continues to impress me and has my attention in any project that involves her. Nice going, "Gukwha-ssi." You're the best!!!
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17 robbo4
June 2, 2008 at 3:03 PM
My absolute favorite of all Korean talents. Her’s seems to know no limits. Happy to read that she has so much support here. She continues to impress me and has my attention in any project that involves her. Nice going, “Gukwha-ssi.” You’re the best!!!
Don't know how that one retained the name from the previous post. It was lil ole me, though!
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18 Sue
June 2, 2008 at 4:03 PM
yay!
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19 Jo
June 2, 2008 at 6:01 PM
not only is she pretty but she is artistic AND smart as well?!
The world is so unfair.
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20 joyce
June 4, 2008 at 6:47 PM
@Elaine: if that's the case, then i have to agree
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