[News] Kwon Sang-woo lands leading role in Hollywood pic.

[News] Kwon Sang-woo lands leading role in Hollywood pic.
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Kwon Sang-woo has been cast as the main character in a Hollywood film.

The actor made the remark during a recent interview with 10Asia, adding that the movie is set to go into shoot early next year.

Lee Joo-young, CEO of Kwon's agency Bel Actors explained that they cannot reveal the details to the movie yet since it is set to be produced by a famed firm in Hollywood but stated, "His name will be the first that you'll see go up in the ending credits."

This will be Kwon's first Hollywood project but not overseas -- as a top star in Asia, he recently finished filming "Love Again” opposite top Chinese actress Cecilia Cheung and is shooting Jackie Chan pic “12 Chinese Zodiac Heads, the third installment of action adventure series "Armour of God."

In the meantime, his Korean movie "Pain," co-starring Jung Ryeo-won, is set to hit theaters on September 8.

Originally an online cartoon by Kangfull and helmed by famed director Kwak Kyung-taek, Kwon will play Nam-soon who lives a lonely life until he meets Dong-hyun, played by Jung, who is a hemophiliac and can feel pain easily.

The two begin to get to know each other, while Nam-soon, who was unable to feel any pain due to the aftereffects of a car accident that killed everyone in his family except him, slowly learns that even someone like him can fall in love.