The good news for Yoon Eun Hye fans is the opportunity to see her on the big screen right now in South Korean theaters with the movie Chronicles of a Blood Merchant. She’s even getting good reviews for her acting and saturi despite the very small cameo role. Bad news is the highly touted movie starring A-listers Ha Ji Won and Ha Jung Woo is basically tanking at the box office. It premiered in third place behind Ode to My Father and Love Forecast, and the second week numbers look even worse as ticket sales decreased over 40% and the movie dropped out of the top 5 all together. I wonder if the problem is the directing or Korean interest in the underlying story based on the C-novel because I can’t imagine acting is a problem with this stellar cast. At least the production released two official stills of Yoon Eun Hye so fans can see what she looks like playing a very chubby (100 kg) peasant girl in the same village as the lead couple. My verdict – she’s so adorbs even in a fat suit. Continue reading
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