Is it just me or in this picture, she looks a little bit like Beyonce granted with oriental flare of course? It's her mouth and her smile that remind me of Beyonce.

^Now that you mention it, I see it a bit too o.o

At least she speaks fluent English? Although I personally think she still needs to improve in her acting. (Not bad, but I dont think it's not quite good either to really make it big in Hollywood)

I really liked her in Fantasy Couple..

"Kiefer Sutherland called her “a gorgeous woman.”

Keifer: Lesley, I need you to break into the Russian Defense System, shut down the nukes, and let Charlie and Slash know that I'm out of rehab. Now!

Lesley: Uhhhh hi Keifer . .

Keifer: DAMNIT LESLEY WE DON'T HAVE TIME!!! DAMNIT!!!

Lesley: Okay, next time I tell my manager that I want to do Gossip Girl

(And OMG Lesley was born to play the Rich Model Student AZN from SoCal who got accepted into Yale but is covering up her addiction to booze, speed, and boba milk tea. onos!!)

Maybe it's because she is living in Korea now, but for a girl who was born and raised in Cerritos, CA, Han Yeh Seul's English has a slight accent. But who am I to criticize? My Korean is aaaawwful. Still, she is a lovely girl.

ahh cerritos. close by here...it is pretty dominated with koreans. that's great of her if she can make it! rooting for her! (:

She's gorgeous!!! My favorite korean actress. She's hilarious too!

Her accent may be slightly off because she's been living in Korea for awhile and hasn't been able to speak it in awhile.

Yeah, I thought I was the only one who noticed the slight accent when she spoke in English. The first time I heard her speak English (and didn't know at the time that she grew up in Cali), I thought she just learned the language really well because there was still a slightly awkward accent.

You wanna know something funny?

When I speak Korean (and I speak rather poorly - I read and write Korean / Hanja pretty well, but my mouth doesn't like Korean because I was born and raised in the States) and then I start mixing Korean and English words, my English words come out sounding fobby! Using Korean makes my head spin and then I sometimes forget English grammar and diction! It's so odd.

On the flipside, I have a friend who was born and raised in Korea almost all his life, and only very recently came over to the U.S. to study and work. When he speaks English, it comes out poorly and when he mixes Korean and English, BOTH his Korean AND his English come out poorly. Then he starts cursing (in 100% korean) and saying how can't speak Korean or English well! LOL.

Language is so funny.

-Samsooki

@Samsooki:

I'm the same. When I mix my English and Cantonese, I say my English words in a weird Chinese accent. It makes my friends laugh when I talk to my mum on the phone and I say the odd splattering of English but in a strange pronunciation.

I think it's strange that you can forget language so easily...like when I was young, before going to school, my Chinese was apparently perfect but then as soon as I went into school, my Chinese just fell apart. I wish I could have some sort of memory regression and remember it all again. LOL.

Yeah, your English kinda changes when you go overseas. Take for instance Madonna; she used to have a cranky Detroit accent; then she picked up an Empire accent (Empire accent = a accent that vaguely resembles a snob Londoner accent used by Yanks in Star Wars movies to say things like "die, you rebel scum!" and "Goo! Goo! I can feel yo anga!") I'm sure she'll develop a Puerto Rican accent soon enough. Hell, my English accent started to change in high school, since everybody had thick Taiwanese or Korean inflections.

There's also a certain way English words should be pronounced when you're in Asian countries, because they're pronounced as such against the native phonetics. (Just like 1/3 of our vocabulary is mangled French.) For example, in Japan, even English speakesr may say "comb-pew-ta" because that is how it's pronounced over there. There's a Youtube clip with Jung Ryeo Won where she actually speaks English in both accents.

Ye Seul's consonants show that she's lived in Korea for awhile. But her vowel inflections are still very, very Cali (a little bit of valley, a little bit of snob, a little bit of money, a little bit of "oh no you didn't!")

yee han yeseul repping the LA county suburbbsss

"yee han yeseul repping the LA county suburbbsss"

LOL :D

I don't think it matters that she can speak English fluently because most likely they'll tell her to do a fobby accent anyways...

And of course she'll get cast in some stereotypical role, like all the Asian stars who try to get into Hollywood...sigh...

"I don’t think it matters that she can speak English fluently because most likely they’ll tell her to do a fobby accent anyways…"

I don't know about that anymore. Presuming that they're not casting her on an island to get beat up by her abusive Korean husband who can't really speak Korean (yay stereotypes!!), she can get cast in any non-descript role. I could see her playing Lucy Liu-style firebreather roles, but I could also see her playing a giant rabbit.

I personally don't think she has the acting chops to make it far, but I'm always rooting for the Korean actresses to get a break in Hollywood since they have such a raw deal in the Korean entertainment industry (and, really, in society at large).

@belleza: Kim Yunjin's Sun is actually one of the few Asian roles I've seen in American entertainment that ISN'T stereotypical. Her character's gotten progressively more and more awesome throughout the series.

"Kim Yunjin’s Sun is actually one of the few Asian roles I’ve seen in American entertainment that ISN’T stereotypical"

True, but her husband's wifebeater characterization made me kinda sick. :(

The Asian roles on TV are okay nowadays. You know, the other white meat. I thank Gilmore Girls for that! :D

I think mixing accents happens to pretty much everyone. All of my Asian friends and myself included always seem to speak very fob-ish whenever we use English words with our own parents. It's almost like we have to "dumb down" our English just so that they can understand.

A good example is Popseoul's interview with Rain about a year ago. The interviewer (very sexy voice) normally speaks perfect English but when she has to say certain words in English to Rain it comes out with a heavy Korean accent.

I actually really like the way Koreans speak English sometimes, I think it's really cute, like when they say the word "ice cream" :)

As for the type of film roles that HYS will get offered, she probably will get offered either the stereotypical role of the Asian girlfriend of the main WM character (like Gong Li in "Miami Vice"); the daughter of a criminal gang boss or just some abusive father who needs, of course, to be saved by the WM hero (Shu Qi in "The Transporter"); or the role of an AF character for the onscreen adaption of some anime/manga.

TV might be different since Asian-American and Asian-Canadian actors (particularly Asian female actors) have made some inroads (ER, Grey's Anatomy, Vanished, Lipstick Jungle, BSG, Cashmere Mafia; Dirty, Sexy, Money; The Cleaner, Pepper Dennis, Arli$$, Coupling, DayBreak, Journeyman, In Case of Emergency, Relic Hunter, etc.), but HYS will likely be seen by Hollywood as a "FOREIGN" asian actress (heck, many Hollywood execs and agents thought that Daniel Dae Kim was a foreign actor and were shocked to learn that he could speak English, despite the fact that he spent decades in the industry and grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania).

One thing for sure, it's highly unlikely that we will see Daniel Henney opposite HYS as her love interest.

“Kim Yunjin’s Sun is actually one of the few Asian roles I’ve seen in American entertainment that ISN’T stereotypical”

"True, but her husband’s wifebeater characterization made me kinda sick."

FYI - the writers for "Lost" initially planned for Sun to leave Jin for Michael.

"The Asian roles on TV are okay nowadays. You know, the other white meat. I thank Gilmore Girls for that! "

A Korean Thanksgiving was one of my favorite episodes. LOL. :P

i don't want to criticize her on her accent even though i know she was born and raised in CA, because she's been living in Korea speaking only korean for awhile and i know how at some point you kinda forget how to speak english comfortably so i understand her in those regards.
I do want to say that she needs to work on her acting skills before trying hollywood roles. she hasn't had too many acting experience and ones i'd seen were pretty bad....
but best of luck to her anyway.

> I actually really like the way Koreans speak English
> sometimes, I think it’s really cute, like when they
> say the word “ice cream”

I also find it funny when the Japanese say English words as well because they add a 'u'-type sound. Like for "beer" they'll say "beeru"

> True, but her husband’s wifebeater characterization
> made me kinda sick. :(

> FYI - the writers for “Lost” initially
> planned for Sun to leave Jin for Michael.

These days I simply don't watch any American shows

The main reason is because there's simply too much good stuff from Asia to watch so I just don't have the time.

But the other is that I just can't stand how we're stereotyped. Sure, it might have gotten better recently but none of the characters are as good and well developed as those in Asia. So why bother wasting my time watching an Asian sidekick when I can watch them as the main lead?

Maybe after an entire series is finished and someone can confirm there aren't any bad stereotypes then I might consider watching that American series.

But until the, I'll stick to my Asian shows...besides, the eye candy is much tastier :)

IW