Korean star Rain undergoing martial arts training for his starring role in Warner Bros Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ upcoming action film “Ninja Assassin”…
Korean pop star Rain has finally met up with American comedian Stephen Colbert on May 5 to settle their score via a ‘dance battle’…
Exclusive phone interview with Korean singer-actor Rain, real name Jung Ji-hoon, who is set to make his Hollywood debut next month with movie “Speed Racer”.
The interview was done via an interpreter; the only English words Rain had said were “Hi, I am Rain” and “Thank you, thank you. Nice to be hearing from you”… but I’ll take it as an honour regardless. Full transcripts below…
“Mach Go! Go! Go!” is a 1960s Japanese anime, which is aired in US as well under the title “Speed Racer”. The live action film adaptation of Speed Racer, directed by the Wachowski brothers of “Matrix” fame, is set to premiere in May 2008.
Three videos below… the intro of the original Japanese anime, opening of the US anime, and one of the official trailers of the 2008 movie…
4.30am in the morning… just completed a phone interview with Korean superstar Rain, who is in Los Angeles to promote his Hollywood debut movie, the “Speed Racer”.
The interview was arranged by Warner Brothers. I somehow thought that it was going to be a conference call alongside other medias, but it turned out to be an exclusive interview… luckily I made enough preparation to fully utilise the 8 minutes.
I know lots of you are eager to hear what Rain has said during the interview, but you will have to wait until Monday to read the whole story (as requested by Warner Bros).
To be frank I feel a bit gay right now… never thought that I would be so excited talking to a guy… my heart is still beating in joyous mode and would probably last that way for another few good hours.
Thanks to Warner Bros for the arrangement, and thanks to Rain for accepting the interview. My female friends are going to be really jealous about this :)
[Update April 28] The interview is up.
Korean pop star Rain has launched his official site on April 8.
A screenshot from Rain’s official website
Frankly, the introductory flash animation sucks. The loading is slow, the dances are not cool, and the image looks poor with Rain’s face looking distorted. It’s cheap.
Set that aside, the site has a nice gallery and shares some decent information about Rain. Some of the links (discussion and English language etc.) are not working at the moment… perhaps they are launching the site to match the promotion of movie “Speed Racer” with Rain as the co-star, and thus chose to ignore some of the details.
Korean pop star Rain will leave his mentor Park Jin-young after the end of his contract in June.
Rain joined JYP Entertainment as a trainee in 2000 and made his debut in 2002; he is now one of the top Korean pop acts in the country and across Asia.
There are rumours that Rain will be starting his own company. Regardless, with his popularity and recent Hollywood advancement, he’s not short of options for sure.
JYP will have headache finding newcomers to fill the void… Wonder Girls perhaps?
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Korean pop star Rain is set to make his Hollywood debut with movie Speed Racer, directed by Wachowski brothers of Matrix fame, and starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci and Matthew Fox etc.
It’s said that Rain was in Germany to meet with the directors and has agreed on the contract terms. The filming should start in the next couple of months, and the movie is scheduled for a May 2008 release. Congrats, and good luck Rain!
[Update] Our exclusive interview with Rain about his Hollywood debut.
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