interesting

interesting, makes her seem like a different person. i have not watched Brilliant Legacy yet, but I did watch Spring Waltz. My impression of her from that drama is that she is pretty and cute, good actress (that drama has a lot of very sad scenes). But I was not drawn to her acting. Maybe if I see her portray a comical character. I like actresses with spunk.

curt? and why the red hair again? It must be the current trend in Korea. Atleast her shade of red looks more natural than the CP lady. Sorry I forgot how to spell her name.

she said So Ji Sub is her ideal man and wants to go on vacation together. Right ? Is it?

Thanks for sharing this!
I really like Han Hyo Joo's down-to-earth and fresh personality. I'm not sure where I've seen the rabbit before..but it looks awfully familiar!

Thanks for translating the interview! :) I really love Han Hyo Joo <3
sjsmn: Yeah, she recently said her ideal man was So Ji Sub, lol.
marie*: HHJ has a plushie that's the same rabbit, haha

Is 72 the number correct??? ... Because Kang Ji Hwan had the same score too...

what was the scandal?

I didn't think her scandal with Kang Do-han was that big....wasn't he in Full House?

thought she could have taken the whole mention of scandal a bit more lightly since it wasn't really a scandal. but otherwise, she seems down to earth and smart! and i like seeing her cell phone look used.

I LOL'd at the 'I want to do a heavy melodrama' answer that Han Hyo-Joo gave. Was Spring Waltz a light melodrama? A non-angsty melodrama? A light romantic comedy? *starts counting on my fingers* It had... mistaken identities, extremely serious illnesses, betrayal, adoption, a love square, depressing sombre (but enlightening! classical! moving!) piano music, the Fated Love, poor-girl-rich-guy-complex-that-wasn't-meant-to-be, and... um, *all* its missing is the evil stepmother and step-siblings. But then, she had that in Brilliant Legacy!

She looks so young for someone who seems so mature.

And oh! I love her bag. Very much.

Ooh this was an interesting interview!
I had my eye on that bag for months then finally decided against it. But now I'm wishing I'd gotten it - first Geum Jandi, now Han Hyo-joo has it too?!

What a Alkie! lol

@ 11: Yah, i thought that too. I'm kind of puzzled when she mentioned heavy melodrama. Wasn't springwaltz is a melodrama and a woman in love?

Spring waltz is a sad and season dramas, after Autumn in My Heart, Winter and Summer Scent.

@meh
I LOL'ed at her answer too. I mean Brillant Legacy wasn't as melodramatic as a lot of dramas...but there was definitely some angst....maybe she meant a mixture of the plots from Spring Waltz and Brillant Legacy...a la Stairway to Heaven or something?

I think she's cute, and much as I had enjoyed watching BL, it was mostly because the actress who played the stepmother did an awesome job (and that made me stick around till the end to see what retribution she gets) and because the grandmother was a lot of fun. But I don't know....she doesn't have that "it" factor for me. Still, I wish her the best in her future projects.

#12, she is young. she is 22. i actually see her looking older. n i notice wrinkles at the end of her eyes. must be too tired from the busy schedule. but she's still pretty. i love her look with her previous long black hair more. n i agree she does sounded matured for someone her age. i like her personality.

#2, i'm with you. i watched spring waltz & brilliant legacy. she's kinda a good actress but i never really drawn to her acting. her crying hardly brought me to tears, even if she cried like a river. but she did have her great moments too.

thanks javabeans for translating this article!

#16, LOL i agree with you. i dont think BL is the melo type but SW definitely one. yeah, maybe she wanted a more melo one. oh no!

n you just speak my mind on the 'it' part. when i watched her in drama, something was just missing for me, i dunno what. maybe that was it. yeah, KMS was brilliant as the stepmom. i love granny too. n i actually love MCW's acting as seungmi. i had swing of feelings towards her character, from hatred to pity, props to her. her emotional scenes n LSG's too were believable, n often send me to tears.

i really like hyo joo...even shes' not a really great actress but she can act well...i like her acting in BL...but in Iljimae,,,she was just flat...i dunno..but so far,,i keep enjoying his acting....enjoying all her dramas except spring waltz....it was sad...but BL is a highly recommended drama..i love it much more than city hall..LOL

again, she's cute

She's refreshingly pretty. I also like the fact that she doesn't look generic.

Thanks for translating the interview!

I like her! She reminds me of a Hong Kong actress, Chen Song Ling.

What mobile phone is she using? Is it the same one that was shown in many of the kdramas, with multi colour stripes on the back?

hmmm.. i don't really like the way the reporter interviewed her.. i feel like something's not right.. i don't know.. it's just in my opinion..

Why do so many in Korea feel the need to chug absolutely every alcoholic substance? Even WINE? Why, why, why? It's tragic.

LOL @ question 20. even pres. aquino made it to the test. well... current events :)

@ 24

Drinking is part of Korea's culture. Oftentimes, when people want to really get to know each other, they'll do it over a bottle of soju. It's supposed to symbolize loosening up and being relaxed in each other's company. Of course, it can go overboard and people can get seriously drunk, but that doesn't happen normally. This custom is even used in the U.S. The most recent example is Pres, Obama trying to smooth over the whole prof. Gates/police officer/racial thing with a bottle of beer at the white house. America isn't without its faults too, some people may ask why Americans feel the need to stuff their faces with fast food every day. Although that isn't necessarily true, many people do eat at a lot of McDonalds and other fastfood restaurants. Another example is doing drugs and becoming addicts. You call drinking wine tragic, but may I ask, what's so tragic about it? It's a tradition if you will, and if it doesn't go overboard, I don't see anything so particularly "tragic" about it.

Oh, believe me, I think the fast food epidemic in the U.S. is just as bad if not worse. I just get freaked out a bit by how FAST some of my friends and acquaintances (of all ages) in Korea drink. It's like the whole point of drinking is to get drunk. So I cringed when I read about this actress drinking her wine so quickly- since wine is meant to be enjoyed and doesn't even taste good when gulped! I mean, she's only 22, and I was more like that when I was younger too. But the "drink to get drunk" mentality seems to stick around longer in Korea, into middle age or old age. I understand that alcohol is a great social lubricator, but what's the point of using too much to get to know someone if you then forget everything they told you because you were too drunk? (:

Anyway, sorry to derail the comments, back to Han Hyo-joo!

Gosh, (still) only 22 yrs old - it seems that HHJ has been around for a while now.

Anyway, HHJ is a total cutie (and that's not just in the looks dept.) - but she looks better w/o the bangs and w/ darker locks.

..i nEvEr heAr thAt kind 0f scAndAl!

..l0vE han hyo jo0 vEry much!

nice interview.. very interesting.. i began to like her due to her drama brilliant legacy ,which is currently being shown here in the Philippines.

Thanks javabeans for posting this interview of my new favorite korean actress, Han Hyo-joo!!!

I agree with vrosemarie regarding hyo joo's comftable style of dressing in Shining Inheritance! It's simple yet with spunk and style, I like it so much! Not to mention her hair is very cute and suits her a lot, and not too many people would still look good in a hair that is wavy, you know how the standard of beauty leans more on straight-tangle-free hair nowadays? hehe. One more thing though, I noticed hyo-joo's eyes is somewhat hazel brown? It's kind of light brown, I was thinking that it could be contact lenses but she cries with that on and it could be really painful? So does han hyo-joo have somewhat foreign blood? like half chinese or something?

Anyway I've always liked her since I first saw her in Spring Waltz and liked her more in Shining Inheritance. It's currently being aired here in the Phils. but since I don't have that much free time to watch that brilliant drama regularly I decided to watch it on dvd and successfully finished it in 3 days. Thinking about it she always have characters who are pitiful but here in Shining Inheritance I liked her for being strong-willed and she talks back to her ruthless stepmom and that atleast relieves me from completely being annoyed! hehe. (well in Filipino drama standards, her stepmom isn't ruthless at all bec if it was here you could expect that the stepmom would kidnap or even assault eun sung or eun woo! I hate the idea! Good thing this was a korean drama hehe!).

I hope the best for Han Hyo-joo, I hope I can meet her someday and take a picture with her. I agree that she's a woman with a nice impression something like that. You know when you see people and you immediately know that they're nice? That's the feeling I have for hyo-joo. So aja fighting! :-)

is she reading all these...???

I never knew Han Hyo Joo until i've recently watched Spring Waltz, and my oh my, I loved her character there. I love her "innocent air", as quoted from #31, her looks, the way she acted, and the fact that she's not hollow (she reads, she's not someone who looks good and thats all there is). I feel bad 'cuz I missed Shining Inheritance (I never knew she was there), but I'll make sure I'll watch that series sooner or later. If Han Hyo Joo would visit the Philippines, I swear I'd be there. haha.

Please translate all of those questions to english. please.

So cute

She is great in Dong Yi! The historical drama has 60 episodes, and I enjoyed it from beginning to end.

she is cute.....

so cute korean actress & would like to write if some one could drop how I could get her. thx

must be true. she is not the generic type of "korean actress". you have her a mix of blunt innocence and a subtle way of being strong-willed. i also like the fact that she seemed to speak her mind. go GirL! :] got to see more of your talent bloom in the future.

34. Yeah, you could say that.. i also feel the same way towards her. You would quickly know that she's nice just by looking at her. and she's great. Dong yi's been airing here in the Philippines. But i couldn't wait to see what would happen to the next epi, so i decided to just have dvds of it, even if it means having 2 hours of sleep :) And i'm nearly to the end. But what can i say. She's been great, so so great. I hope she would go here in the Phil. It would be a dream come true if i would meet her personally.

Goodluck to your career :D

she is cute brilliant and great in her movies i watched spring walt brilliant legacy and dong yi and i will say she is great with so many talent.being sad strong will and with dong yi every part was there and i will personally say she did well together with JJH.tanx for the translation and i will say please HHJ slow on the drinking bcus your fans care alot about you.sucess in your future

i always like Han Hyo joo.. she has a nice attitude towards everything.. happy, intelligent, good actress, kind actress , fun to hang-out, and helpful to poor people..like in the Philippines.. 2007.. 6 yrs past. Bless You.. Dong Yi character's perfect because you have the same characteristic even though its only a movie.. You really perfected it.. im still watching it. 2013.. like what i said before.. Bless You and Have a Good awesome , wonderful long life !

hi you're a girl or a boy?

hi you're a girl or a boy?

I realy love han hyo joo!!!