Add a beauty contest winner and the cast becomes even more attractive. That's what may happen if Honey Lee becomes the latest actress to join the increasingly attractive cast of "Tazza 2," the sequel to the 2006 film "Tazza: The High Rollers."
BigBang's T.O.P. and the beautiful actress Shin Se Kyung have already been cast in the production.
Honey Lee, also known as Lee Ha Nee, is a former Miss Korea beauty pageant winner. The actress appeared in the dramas "Pasta" and "To The Beautiful You" and last played Kim Nam Gil's lovesick secretary in the revenge melodrama "Shark." She is currently reviewing the Tazza offer.
"Honey Lee has received the latest script for 'Tazza 2' and is positively reviewing it," said a representative from her agency King Kong Entertainment.
While nothing has yet been decided, the role being offered to Honey Lee is that of the gambling house boss. It will be similar to the gambling house boss role assigned to Madame Jeong in the original "Tazz"a movie.
"Tazza: The High Rollers 2" is based on "The Hand of God." It is the second part of a four-part manga written by Heo Young Man. The original film focused on gambling drifters who play the Korean card game Hwatu or War of the Flowers. The film's main character Kim Goni was cheated out of his life's savings by professional gamblers and he learned how to gamble to take revenge. "Tazza: The High Rollers" was one of Korea's highest grossing films. The film not only earned a lot of money but won prestigious acting awards for several of its stars.
In "Tazza: The High Rollers 2," T.O.P. will play Ham Dae Gil, Kim Goni's nephew, who also gets involved with gamblers.
T.O.P. recently won praise for his role as a North Korean spy in the film "The Commitment," and previously appeared in the dramas "Iris," and the films "Nineteen" and "71:Into The Fire." Shin Se Kyung, who was last seen as the unpopular character Seo Mi Do in the melodrama "When A Man Loves," will play T.O.P.'s lover Heo Mi Na.
Kim In Kwon, an actor well known for playing supporting characters, is considering the role of Heo Gwang Chul, Heo Mi Na's older brother. Park Hyo Joo, who appeared in "Chosun Police Station 1" and the film "Punch" is considering the role of a gambling house madam.
The movie is due to start filming in December.
