T-ara member and actress Park Ji Yeon is gearing up for a new zombie film in 2022! The celebrity has been cast to play the lead role for the film "Gangnam."
Read on for more details.
Park Ji Yeon Returns on the Silver Screen with Her First Movie Lead Role in 'Gangnam'
Idol-actress Park Ji Yeon to make a return to the silver screen with her first-ever movie lead role to be released in next year. She was cast as the heroine of the zombie movie "Gangnam."
It tells the story of people living in Gangnam, which becomes the center of chaos after unknown symptoms appear, and people start to risk their lives in order to survive.
The "Imitation" actress takes the role of Min Jung, a fierce female protagonist who is struggling with her life to survive zombies.
Ji Il Ju Joins Park Ji Yeon in the Action-Zombie Theme Movie 'Gangnam'
Joining her in the project is "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo'' star Ji Il Ju, who plays the character of Hyun Seok, a guy who once dreamed of becoming a promising Taekwondo player. Like Min Jung, he will have a hard time escaping from a company where the zombies are trapped.
He showed steady performances from his previous works such as "Hotel King," "Suspicious Partner," "Hello, My Twenties! 2," "Two Cops," "Mistress," "Find Me in Your Memory," and more.
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How Park Ji Yeon Prepares for Her Upcoming Film?
His diverse acting from romance, comedy, drama, thriller, to action is recognized by many. Ji Il Ju and Park Ji Yeon are said to show amazing action scenes in the movie. Meanwhile, the "I Wanna Hear Your Song" actress shared that she really wants to do an action movie that's why she enrolled herself in an action school to prepare for her new film.
Park Ji Yeon has been loved by the public for her colorful roles and flexible acting by appearing in dramas such as " Dream High 2," "Jungle Fish 2," "Miss Ripley," and "Triangle." She continued her acting transformation after she finished filming one of her other upcoming films "Hwa-nyeo."
'Gangnam' to Premiere in 2022
"Gangnam" will meet the audience sometime in 2022. Following the success of the zombie-apocalypse theme movies "Train to Busan" and Peninsula," and Netflix's original series "Kingdom" which heated the world with the KZombie craze, it has been said that "Gangnam" will give a new story that is never before seen in the previous works.
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Written by Shai Collins.