Lee Byung Hun and Ahn Sung Ki First Asian Actors on Walk of Fame
Ahn Sung Ki and Lee Byung Hun are to be the first Asian actors to leave their hand prints on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
The Look East Festival revealed on April 25 that ‘actors Ahn Sung Ki and Lee Byung Hun were chosen as the leads for the main event of the Korean Film Festival.’
On June 23, the two will meet in front of the Grauman′s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to cast their hand prints and foot prints on the Walk of Fame.
The Walk of Fame first came into being in 1927, and since has gathered the hand prints of about 268 actors, directors and producers, including Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood and Brad Pitt.
The only Asian to have his hands and feet printed on the Walk of Fame is the Hong Kong director John Woo. 85 years after his marks were printed on the Walk, Lee Byung Hun and Ahn Sung Ki will be leaving their own as the first Asian actors, not entertainer or celebrity of Asian descent, to do so.
A rep from Look East stated, “Lee Byung Hun has been recognized for his acting in A Bittersweet Life, which was invited to the Cannes Film Festival, and The Good, The Bad, The Weird. The charisma he most recently showed in the G.I.Joe series also took over Hollywood.”
Ahn Sung Ki was also recognized when he was brought in through the recommendations of Korean film officials and the Korean Film Producers Association after his success with Unbowed.
The Korean Film Festival to be held from June 23-24 will feature not only Ahn Sung Ki and Lee Byung Hun, but also Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Oliver Stone, Im Kwon Taek and Lee Chang Dong.
Photo credit: Hea Jung Min
Reporter : Lee, JinHo (zhenhao@cj.net)
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