[VOD & News] Lee Jia prepares to kick butt in 'Athena: Goddess of War'.

[VOD & News] Lee Jia prepares to kick butt in 'Athena: Goddess of War'.
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Lee Jia hasn’t been the focus of most of the Athena-related promo material, but this week a video clip was released showing snippets from her training sessions for the drama’s fight scenes. The clips are brief and the video is grainy, but it gives a good idea of Lee’s fighting ability, and I think she looks good.

According to her management company, Keyeast, she has been training daily at action school for the past two months, for 5 to 6 hours every day. That includes basic movement training like kicks, rolls, etc., and more specialized practice in self-defense maneuvers, firearm shooting, and martial arts.

I actually think she’s better suited for Athena than some of her previous roles, since her appeal has always been her tough edge. She’s been spotty in her roles — examples: as a violinist in Beethoven Virus and a hapless fashion-rag editorial assistant in Style — but this is closest to her best performance, which was also her first: 2007′s Legend, in which she played tomboyish Sujini.

I’ll admit I just don’t respond to Lee as an actress, but as far as the fighting goes she looks credible. A lot of actresses just throw up the rehearsed maneuvers (I didn’t buy Kim Tae-hee’s action scenes), but she’s throwing herself into it and it looks pretty believable.