[Trans] “The Legend” - Article from a Romanian Site Part 4

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Translated from Romanian into English by Marcela
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The Great King, Part 4: Actors destiny: who are they?

In this fourth part of the article will be introduced to the actors who performed on the show. Yoon Tae-young, Ho-Gae's interpreter, was interesting, first prepared for a managerial career. As Philip Lee, Yoon has conducted studies in the United States, the graduate of the University of Illinois on specialization "Business Management". He is from a wealthy family, his father is none other than Vice President famous company Samsung Electronics. He is Buddhist, and he got married, even while filming "The Great King, with Im Yoo-jin. His wedding was a highly publicized, and was also attended by more than 4,000 business, political and prominent figures in Korean society, including current President Lee Myung-bak. Newly married couple did not received wedding gifts or flowers, but offered to buy all the guests a meal, a menu price for one person was approximately 1,500$. Only 200 guests attended the ceremony itself, the rest watching a giant screen. The new role in which he was distributed is the series "Strike Love" in which he is a baseball player. As this is a popular sport in Japan, is expected success in the island, the series already being bought by a Japanese television. In turn, Yoon is quite popular in Japan, gained popularity for the role in The Great King, even though it was partly negative.

You have seen Park Sung Woong (Jumuchi's interpreter) starring in "Open City" and recently played parts in series "East of Eden" and "Cain and Abel". At the age of 36 years, he portrayed Jumuchi, fierce mercenary fighter inlove with Dalbe. What few know, however, is that the two not only formed a couple in the series, but in real life too. On October 18, 2008, Park married Shin Eun Jung (Dalbe's interpret that in "Legend" falls in love just by Jumuchi). Moreover, they were distributed together not only in series "Legend", but also in the recent "East of Eden".

Oh Kwang Rok Korean popular actor, the artist who played Sujini master from village Guh Mool, aged 49, has starred in several successful movies such as "Revenge trilogy" of Park Chan-wook (in all 3 parts) , "A Moment to Remember", "Me", "Socrates", "A Bittersweet Life", or "Seven Days", but also in the series "Perhaps Love" in 2007, banned in Korea. More recently he could be seen in the movie "Marine Boy", starring the doctor who helps the drug traffickers and to monitor "marine boy". About a month ago, the actor was arrested for marijuana consumption. According to police, Oh, is suspected of smoking marijuana on several occasions, including once in February, in his home in Seoul, along with one that has provided the "material", the president of a company in computer technology. In the scandal that came out a month ago, appears to be involved and animation director Kim Moon-saeng.

Lee Ji Ah is beautiful interpret of Sujini in the series. Now 28 years old, the actress won notoriety because of this role, for which he received 4 awards: Award of popularity, the prize for best newcomer and best actress award for best couple, along with Bae Yong - Joon, at MBC Drama Awards in 2007 and at the 44th edition of Baeksang Awards won best actress award for newcomer. The actress can be seen in "Beethoven Virus" or "Style", 2 brand new series launched in Korea. Lee has good education, grew up in California and attended Pasadena Art Center College of Design. Speaks fluent English, Korean and Japanese. Recently started in music as a singer, with the series "Beethoven Virus", launching a song called "Love Virus" on a television channel, the funds raised on this occasion being donated to a non-governmental international organization. Moreover, for the role in "Beethoven Virus" the actress learned to play the violin, after more than 100 lessons. The teacher who taught her said that if she did not have musical talent, would not be able to learn it in time to play the instrument. The actress has been involved in fashion, having, as we have shown, training in the field even in the United States. After promoting the brand of jeans "Dressed to Kill", Lee said it will work as a designer for the company that holds the brand in Korea, especially because until now she has made design for many shirts. At big events, she wear stylish clothes that she herself design and made them.

Moon So-ri, interpreter of Ki-ha, is one of the high-rated Korean actresses of the moment. Is a graduate of the University Sungkyungwan and debuted as actress in a theater group, where she played 2 years in a row. Once inside the movie world, she always wanted to return to the stage drama. She collaborated with the great director Lee Chang-dong, who cast her in her first role, in the successful "Peppermint Candy". But her first great role is in "Oasis", where she plays a young paralyzed, role for which receives the award for best newcomer actress in Venice in 2002. Then came the role opposite of "Good Lawyer's Wife" when was awarded Best Actress at International Film Festival in Stockholm. Till "The Great King" also won a prize in Salonic for her role in "Family Ties" and after the serial got a role that has brought world attention on her again, in the Korean box office film "Forever the moment ". In 2006, Moon So-ri married Jang Ju-Hwan, director of Save the Green Planet ". Currently, the actress for 35 years has been entrusted with the future role of the acclaimed film director Hong Sang-soo.

Philip Lee, Cheoro's interpreter, lord of the Gwanmi fortress, is one of the popular Korean stars of the moment. The handsome actor is a graduate of George Washington University in Boston, was educated in the United States and spokes fluent English. The actor, aged 28 years, started on screen with his role in "The Great King", in 2008 was distributed in a new series, "The Slingshot". As a rookie player, just like Lee Ji-Ah (Sujini's interpreter), he was doing great in the role he had to interpret, being a name that certainly will be heard in the next 2-3 years, when likely to explode with a big role.

Jang Hang Sun, interpreter of the impatient general Julno Heuk Gae, had at the time of the series 60 years. It is a known figure in the world of Korean film, playing in the success movie "The King and the Clown" and recently in "The Game" (The Devil's Game). His son in the series, Dalgu, played by Kim Hyuk, is his son in real life.