Cha Seung-won to return to theaters in ‘High Heels’

Cha Seung-won

Cha Seung-won, an actor and former fashion model who starred in a popular TV drama “The Greatest Love” in 2011 and “Athena:Goddess of War” the year before, is coming back to the theaters with the movie “High Heels,” according to the movie distributor Lotte Entertainment yesterday.
The upcoming flick brought the star and the director together after six years as Cha was reunited with director Jang Jin for the third time after the 2007’s “A Day with My Son” and 2005’s “The Big Scene.”
Cha will be the lead in the comedy action flick playing a detective working solving some of the city’s most violent crimes.
Cha gained rose to stardom and became one of the greatest Hallyu stars after he played the role of the obnoxious but famous star in “The Greatest Love” with actress Kong Hyo-jin, who played a role of a former girl group star that fell from grace after being embroiled in a scandal.

By Lee Sun-min [summerlee@joongang.co.kr]