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Kim Sun Ah Gained Weight for Sam Soon

August 30, 2005

My Lovely Sam Soon

The actress who plays saucy Kim Sam Soon, Korean version of Bridget Jones - Kim Sun-ah, well-known for previous comedic roles, who gained 15 pounds for the part - sees the show as a beacon of hope for mature women who sympathize with their earthy heroine.

“I don’t consider myself or Sam-soon an old maid,” she said in a recent interview with film magazine Cine 21. “It’s society that casts them that way.”

Source: Arizona Daily Star 13th July 2005.

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‘Kim Sam-soon’ Gives New Life to Children’s Classic

August 27, 2005

In an instance of what corporate gurus like to call synergy, the MBC hit drama “My Name Is Kim Sam-soon” has given a new lease of life to a children’s book by the late German author Michael Ende. “Momo”, by the bestselling author of “The Neverending Story”, is Sam-soon’s favorite book in the ratings-buster and has given rise both to skyrocketing sales for the three-decades-old fantasy tale and mounting interest in the writer.

Influenced by his father, a surrealist painter, Michael Ende (1929-1995) wrote a variety of novels of a mostly fantastic bend as well as plays and poems. His books were translated into more than 40 languages and shifted 20 million copies throughout the world. “Momo,” the story of a little girl battling the “grey men” in their campaign to steal Time, is recording fresh sales of 300,000 copies since “My Name Is Kim Sam-soon” was aired.

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Daniel Henney’s Mother Travels Back to Her Roots

August 23, 2005

Danniel Henney and His Mother
Daniel Henney and his mother Christine at an autograph signing at Shinsaegae Department Store in Sogong-dong, Seoul.

Korean-American TV soap star Daniel Henney, who shot to stardom here in the hit summer show “My Name is Kim Sam-soon,” has finally made it where it really matters, in his hometown of Carson City, Michigan. As proof, look no further than the local paper, the Daily News, which recently chronicled the voyage of Henney’s mother to visit her celebrity son in the country of her birth.

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