Lee Na-young becomes a father in transgender role
by javabeans
Lee Na-young (Maunday Thursday, Ruler of Your Own World) is taking on a transgender character in her next film role, one year after she was last seen in the Kim Ki-duk film Dream.
The movie is called Dad Likes Women [아빠는 여자를 좋아해] and unfolds around Lee Na-young, a photographer who is sought out by her child born of a college relationship. The wrinkle is, the son is looking for his father, not knowing that he has since undergone a gender transformation and is now living as a woman. Lee Na-young plays the father character both pre- and post-op and displays a “lovable, feminine appeal.” Despite the serious-sounding setup, the film is described as handling the transgender subject matter with a “humorous, soft touch.”
The film is produced by Harimao Picures, the company that produced the action-comedy film Level 7 Civil Servant. It will enter filming in August, as soon as an actor is cast for the male (son) lead. With a quirky actress like Lee Na-young in this role, this could be a really interesting project.
Via Star News
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1 Alvina
July 27, 2009 at 7:34 AM
I LOVED Maundy Thursdays and I'm not sure why but.... it made me cry soo much. I'll definitely look forward to seeing her in this.
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2 Miki
July 27, 2009 at 8:17 AM
I'm not sure you can deal with the transgender topic with a "humorous, soft" touch, simply because it's such a hot button topic. I hope it deals with it well enough that it doesn't offend anybody.
But the set up definitely sounds quite interesting. I like the actress too. ^_^ Will be keeping an eye out for this.
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3 Snikki
July 27, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Interesting indeed! I wanna see it when it comes out. I anticipate her convincing portrayal.
@1 Alvina
I bawled my eyes out watching that movie. And it was embarassing when I watched parts of it on the bus, on my commute home.
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4 PositivePolly
July 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Whoa I can't wait. Sounds fun.
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5 Sonam
July 27, 2009 at 11:17 AM
She is one Korean actress I find really beautiful. She's my Korean Kate Winslet.
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6 Jane
July 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM
This instantly reminds me of Transamerica. Hopefully, it'll be just as good.
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7 Linda
July 27, 2009 at 11:24 AM
@ Jane
Yeah it really does remind me of Transamerica!
Hopefully it'll be good & and she does a good job.
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8 ar
July 27, 2009 at 12:14 PM
sounds really interesting! can't wait till it comes out!
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9 Biscuit
July 27, 2009 at 12:26 PM
This will be... interesting.
I will watch for Lee Na Young!
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10 diana
July 27, 2009 at 1:21 PM
i love lee na young. she is one of my favourite k-actresses! she's quirky indeed and i also like the fact that she always picks unusual roles...^^ it's refreshing to see a k-actress who takes on challenging roles, uncliched ones.....
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11 kaynn
July 27, 2009 at 1:46 PM
I hope it will become something like la cage aux folles :D Interesting topic.
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12 Yoo Jin
July 27, 2009 at 2:46 PM
wow this sounds really interesting =]
can't wait till it comes out =D
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13 Vivian
July 27, 2009 at 3:01 PM
The story sounds very intriguing! Can't wait for the release. ^^
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14 travp16
July 27, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Sounds just like transamericaa but maybe less creepy.
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15 Vroom
July 27, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Transamerica was my first though.Hopefully it will be even better and more different!
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16 nopem
July 29, 2009 at 8:11 AM
like some others, i also thought of transamerica, but its a bit different, ne?
and i dont think it will be like transamerica xD saying they want it to be humourus, trransamerica was a bit too serious so <_<
Its still seems very interesting.
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