it does, doesn't it! i like when women get in on the action too.

I *adore* her! Hoping it's going to be as fun as it sounds.

Sooo true

She has done different roles. Have you tried watching "My love by my side"?

You could also try What happened in Bali ...

Look at her filmography you will see that she has played a lot of different roles... Also maybe she is not type casted but she actually prefer this 'genre' (it's totally possible), but this is just a guess since I have no idea what motivate her choices in projects.

I don't know about whether she's being type cast or not, but I too definitely would like to see more of her in other GOOD projects.
I haven't seen anything of her where she's NOT in an action role that I thought was good.
I mean, I thought she was ok in that movie with kim jae won, but other than that......

Uhh Sex is Zero? Anyone?

I can't be the only one who watched that.

All her recent dramas have been action ones. Although this one is tailor ad for her but it does become monotonous. Even she must not find it challenging no matter how good she is at it. Having said that......the drama does sound fun.

I think part of this impression results from the sheer dearth of Korean actresses who (can) do action. Other than Ha Ji Won, not many other come to mind readily. Kim So Yeon, definitely, thanks to Athena. I'm sure there are a few others, but I can't think of any.

In my mind, Ha Ji Won's a bit like Angelina Jolie post-Tomb Raider. Both are so good at action that people forget that they do/have done other stuff.

she has played many different roles as well, you can see if you check her profile.
she has more on the action genre because i think like many have said she prefers action type more.
u should watch "Hwang Jin Yi" , awesome drama, she plays a dancer in that :)

I'm surprised you would think she's a bad actress or that she plays the same roles all the time. that's the same as saying Johnny Depp is a bad actor because he's been playing quirky character for the past few years.

Have you checked out her filmography?

Diversity would be a word more befitting.

me too!
My favourite ha ji won in action will always be in Damo.
I haven't seen her in anything good that ISN'T action for a looonnng time.
I want to see some diversity.

*high five!

err, no offence meant.. but there haven't been that many great movies either really...
I mean, they're fun enough to sit through and laugh, but there really isn't that much of Korean movies that I would call... excellent.
I do enjoy watching Korean movies - they have a different feel to British or American movies which I like, despite some of the Korean movies being absolute crap. Like, seriously, most of the stuff is crap. If you look at it carefully.

but I agree with you about the dramas thing - the drama landscape is so bleak at the moment. I'm watching a lot of old dramas instead.. :/

Good point- I didnt really think of that.
But thinking again, I DO think that that,other actresses are typecast.
Actresses can still have a 'successful' career even while being typecast. HEll, I'd say Ha Ji Won has had a pretty 'successful' career - that is if you were to define success on terms of how well projects have done, or the popularity gained from them, or how much of a household name you become... Which may be due to the fact that they did they role super good. Which.. Could be due to that role being tailor made to what they're good at doing. A skill if itself one could say.
It's just that perhaps other people wish to see her in a different role, that'll challenge her as an actress who has potential. Perhaps the definition of the success people want to see of her is more related to her growths as a bona fide actress. In the sense that... She further develops her technique, her range, her acting sensibilities.. and I'm no pro or well read person on such stuff, but couldnt diversity be of some relation to this?
Hell, what do I know.
This is just ny view. But I get where you're coming from.

Oh and I think it's just that when you see ha Ji Won playing an action role in pretty average stuff....
maybe it's just a desire for her to take on meatier roles...

Maybe because it seems a shame to see ha Ji won's potential go to waste in pretty average stuff because we feel she could do better, whilst every other actress may not have that talent or whatever?
Or perhaps it's just cos the general public don't really care about the quality of what is produced, but the fact that it's ha Ji Won doing what everyone knows she's pretty good at.
Whatever. I dunno.
Clearly you don't mind, and many other people don't mind.
I couldnt really care less. But just thought I'd throw out some views.

I agree with you . Some have a very harsh comment regarding HJW doing this type of role. of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I'm still going to watch this film later on since I'm not living in Korea. Fighting

Song Hye Kyo, I find her so called "beatiful" very plastic. Of course that's just my opinion.

Ha Ji Won, BEAUTIFUL!

SHG is beautiful at first look. But HJW becomes more and more beautiful and charming the longer you look at her. And for me, HJW is aging more gracefully. Again, we can agree to disagree.

your comment is so out of topic lol

Ha Ji Won has charisma AND screen presence.

So am i.Now i don't feel so bad because now i know that i'm not the only one who thinks she's so trying hard to the point that it becomes,as you said,fake.