Shoo sheds name, expands resumé
by javabeans
Former pop singer of SES fame Shoo is joining her groupmates in branching out to an acting career (Eugene has appeared in several dramas, most recently Three Dads, One Mom, while Bada had a recent turn on the musical stage).
She’s also ditching her stage name, Shoo, instead reverting to her real name, Yoo Soo-young, for her acting career. It’s a move that many a former idol star does — Rain, Eric — in an attempt to be taken more seriously (although it never really works, in my opinion, because it feels like the public uses those acting names to humor the celebrity, but not because they’ve actually changed the way they think about the star).
Shoo’s role (see, I did it just there) comes in the movie Wrongful Encounter (or “bad meeting”) [잘못된만남], directed by Jung Young-bae (Cherry Tomato), in which she plays an pure-hearted, pitiful (*yawn*) lead role. Her character is the wife of a cop (Jung Woong-in, The Last Scandal of My Life) and the first love of a taxi driver (Sung Ji-ru, Forever the Moment), and the balance is upset between the fifteen-year-long best friends. It sounds like the plot of every tragic kdrama ever, I know, but the movie is billed as a comedy.
Shoo has acted in musicals, but this marks her screen debut as an actor. Co-star Sung Ji-ru said, “Back in her singer days, I was a fan, but now I think of her as an acting colleague.” The movie releases July 10.
Via Newsen
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1 whaleatape
June 22, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Not really relevant but... Aww, cute little boy.
Wonder how Shoo (look, I did it too!) will fare... They usually don't end up too well.
And Rain is always Rain and Eric is always Eric.
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2 X
June 22, 2008 at 11:28 AM
She recently acted in one of those sleazy Fusion Horror series on cable Tv. And... hmmm. Better stick to her day job. Her "mad" acting was just sensory overload.
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3 yasi
June 22, 2008 at 1:14 PM
plz
the fifth episode of three dads one mom
i have been waiting..........
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4 Annie
June 22, 2008 at 4:20 PM
@Yasi. Are you waiting for dramabeans to do the review for episode 5 of 3 dads 1 mom? I don't think dramabeans is going to continue that drama.
Shoo use to be the prettiest SES member back in the 90's. Now she's freaky looking.
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5 chay
June 23, 2008 at 12:02 AM
It depends on what kind of actors the singers have become. Take for example Rain. He became a good actor and an an award-winning one. He is not just one of those singer-turned-mediocre actors. He is taken more seriously as the actor Jung Ji Hoon compared to his contemporaries. He was even on the list of - I'm not sure if it was popular or admired - actors if I'm not mistaken.
Eugen has always been the prettiest to me in SES.
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6 tooizzy
June 23, 2008 at 7:16 AM
Wow! I even noticed Telemundo Adds for a Spanish soap! :-)
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7 Song
June 23, 2008 at 8:24 AM
wow, i bet if i saw the movie without seeing this article, i wouldn't have known that that was shoo, she looks so different, i got to say she's not as pretty as she was back when she singed in SES, but i'm still supporting her!!!
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8 yasi
June 24, 2008 at 5:56 AM
thanx jihwan for ur answer
thanxxxxxxxxxxx
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