Top S. Korean actor hits Hollywood

SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Top South Korean actor Choi Min-soo has been cast for a
role in an upcoming Hollywood action movie, his wife said Wednesday.

Choi is currently in Denver, United States, shooting scenes for "Serpent Rising,"
an action thriller directed by Lauren Riggins and starring Julian Lee, an
emerging Korean-American actor, Choi's wife Kang Joo-eun said. Choi plays Karl
Kim, one of the government agents in the movie.
The 47-year-old actor has shunned the local film industry since being implicated
in an alleged battering of an elderly man last April. He was cleared of all
charges last month.
"Serpent Rising" will crank up by the end of this month, and is aiming for a
global release this year.
hayney@yna.co.kr
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