Seo Woo faces off against Jeon Do-yeon
by javabeans
Jeon Do-yeon, Seo Woo
It was with particular interest that people took notice of Jeon Do-yeon‘s next film project, as it teams the Cannes Best Actress winner (for Secret Sunshine) with award-winning director Im Sang-soo (A Good Lawyer’s Wife) in a remake of a classic movie largely regarded as the best Korean film of all time, 1960’s The Housemaid. (Read more about The Housemaid.) Now Seo Woo has been cast opposite Jeon Do-yeon, and the two will face off in a suspenseful battle of wills.
This is quite a coup for Seo Woo, who is still a newbie in the film world. She has, however, already received ample recognition for her acting skills and her career has gotten off to a brilliant start: She won a newcomer award last year for Crush and Blush, gained greater public recognition from the mania drama Tamra the Island, and is garnering strong buzz for her role in the thriller film Paju.
In the original film, a housemaid works for a middle-aged married couple, has an affair with the husband, and starts acting out in bizarre ways. The wife tries to reclaim her place in the household, and a series of shocking, suspenseful events unfolds. The remake recasts the married couple as a younger pair; the older Jeon Do-yeon plays the seductive and manipulative housemaid to Seo Woo’s younger wife character. The husband is still being cast.
Sounds fascinating, and I for one am really looking forward to seeing these two actresses duke it out onscreen.
Via Arts News, Today Korea
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1 langdon813
December 15, 2009 at 10:30 AM
This sounds like it's not to be missed. I think Seo Woo is phenomenal, I'll look forward to watching her in anything she does (I can't wait to see Paju). I usually can't stand ditzy female characters but she made me fall in love with Beo-jin.
Thanks JB!
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2 XE
December 15, 2009 at 10:30 AM
They're so pretty! I can't wait to see the movie. Hope it gets international release :(
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3 samsooki
December 15, 2009 at 11:32 AM
as long as she doesn't whimper, "williammmmm."
:D
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4 kitty
December 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM
This sounds exciting, I hope they cast a handsome dude for the husband!
And it could be just me, but Seo Woo and Jeon Do-yeon look alike in these pictures.
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5 etsy
December 15, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Woah...this is gonna be craaazy. I'm really looking foward to it. JDY is clearly a good actress, but I think Seo Woo is phenomenal for an unseasoned actress. I didn't realize the married couple was going to be so much younger.
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6 all4movies
December 15, 2009 at 2:49 PM
It'll be an interesting dynamic to see how Seo Woo holds up against her sunbae, Jeon Do-Yeon.
I can't wait to watch Paju too.
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7 hanjanman
December 15, 2009 at 3:11 PM
I'll watch anything of Jeon Do Yeon's. This woman could do no wrong. She's a total chameleon! She could do anything and everything. An absolutely wonderful actress.
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8 bubbleyum
December 15, 2009 at 5:32 PM
the story of the movie sounds similar to this old american movie... rebecca demornay was in it with anabella sciorra. ("hand that rocks the cradle" ?? or something like that. rebecca demornay plays a nanny who then inserts herself into the role of the wife... but i guess it's a little diff. in the american movie the nanny was out to get revenge and the husband does not totally have an affair!)
anyways, always interested in what jun do-yeon is up to.
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9 Sharon
December 15, 2009 at 5:57 PM
The casting of such brilliant actresses makes me expect more about the actor. Who would he be?
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10 april
December 15, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Jeon Doyeon is making a comeback :D yay!
Seo woo is an impressive young actress.
It's pleasantly suprising to see how far she's come from Kimchi Cheese Smile to movies like Paju and now the housemaid.
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11 sunshine
December 15, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Wow seo woo you got to work harder and learn from your sunbaes in this film.
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12 onie80
December 15, 2009 at 6:38 PM
i can't wait...but is it me or they do look alike a little (maybe it's my eyes)
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13 tinyviolin
December 16, 2009 at 5:23 AM
@8, bubbleyum, I was thinking that, too...It's a semi-popular theme in American movies--guy gets some, then the woman goes batshot crazy on his family. I'm not old enough to really know...but there's "Ivy", right, and that Michael Douglas, Glenn Close film...Kinda like a man's worst nightmare! ^^ (come to think of it, it's my worst nightmare, also...hmmmm)
@9, Sharon...I want to know the actor, too! I can't really speculate, though, because I still don't know that many Korean actors. And the ones I do know are too young. Is Kim Myung-min too much to hope for?
I'm looking forward to the suspense. I have to remember to watch the original, too.
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14 Taohua
December 16, 2009 at 7:52 PM
@tinyviolin
Though I would love to have Kim Myung-min in this, he might be a little old to be paired w/Seo Woo. Especially if Jeon Do-yeon's character is supposed to seduce a much younger man...out of the A-list actors...I think of Won Bin, but I'm not sure that work either. I would've said Jae Hee would've been interesting in this but he's doing his military service. Because I think the husband character would have to be somewhat naive and easily manipulated and I think Jae Hee could pull that off really well. This is really hard though...
But I'm looking forward to this (both for JDY and Seo Woo)...I wish I could figure out a way to see the original...
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15 jenny dolinen
June 29, 2010 at 8:02 AM
i love watching korean tv series and movies especially when i watched tamra the island. i also watched jumong,queen seondok, emperor of the sea,lovers in prague and a lot more. even with a very schedule like mine, a law student and a customer service representative,i make sure that i find time to watch korean shows. it's so relaxing...
I enjoy the most watching IM JOO HWAN. He's so beautiful! i tried looking for his other shows but it seems that there's not much to find. It's a good thing that there'll be shows in the future for him.
tc and lol...
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