Actress Ha Ji Won has finally shed her image as Korea’s beloved ‘Gil Ra Im‘.
The star held an impromptu interview with MBC’s “Section TV” as she prepared for a Spring photoshoot. Fans immediately noticed how her short hairstyle from the SBS drama, “Secret Garden“, had lengthened to a mature look that gave off a sense of elegance.
With her new long hair, Ha Ji Won escaped her “stunt woman” image and transformed into a lovely goddess.
Hyun shot to stardom in 2005 when he appeared in the hit drama My Name is Kim Sam Soon with Kim Sun-ah. It was a success with an average rating of over 37% and 50.5% for the finale. He won the Top Excellence award at the MBC Drama Awards. In 2008 he took the leading role in The World That They Live In where he played television PD Jung Ji-Oh, opposite Song Hye-Kyo who played television PD Ju Jun-Young.
From November 2009 to March 2010 Hyun filmed with Tang Wei in Late Autumn (2010). It is a remake of a 1966 Korean film with the same name, directed by Kim Tae-Yong. Late Autumn was shot in Seattle, Washington.
In 2010 he was cast in Secret Garden in which he starred as a young and arrogant department store owner who falls in love with a penniless stunt girl played by Ha Ji-won. He also took part in the soundtrack for the show with the song "That Man", which swept the Korean music charts leading first place in 8 music charts. In February 2011 his film, Come Rain, Come Shine, was released which premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.
On March 7, 2011, he enlisted with the marines training camp for his compulsory 21 months of military service; his discharge date has been set for December 6, 2012.
