Danny Ahn never thought that Rain would make it big

Life is really unpredictable, isn’t it? Former G.O.D member, Danny Ahn revealed recently on a program that he had never thought that Rain would cut it in the industry and never dreamt that that he would become a global popstar today.

Danny Ahn mention in the program, “Rain was only a trainee at that time while the group I was in, G.O.D was the most popular group then. I often pointed out to Rain that he should learn how to control where he is looking at when facing the cameras. I will always add a sentence saying, “You can’t cut it.” Kim Tae Woo was worst than me, he often says to Rain, “You aren’t star material.”

But after listening to Rain’s second album, “How to Avoid the Sun”, it totally changed Danny Ahn’s perspective of him. He said, “Many reporters often asked for my opinion on Rain back then since I was his senior. I will always say that he is very cool.” He added, “We often keep in contact through the phone but now I don’t because I’m afraid of disturbing him. I keep up to date with his development through the internet just like many of his fans.”

“Not long ago, he sent a group sms to his contacts saying that this was his new mobile number. This already made me very contented.”

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"Speed Racer" Rain Favors Hong Kong

South Korean actor Jung Ji-hoon ®, also known as Rain, is seen in a scene from "Speed Racer." The star has announced an April 23 visit to Hong Kong to promote his first Hollywood film. [File Photo: mtime.com]

South Korean singer-actor Jung Ji-hoon, also known as Rain, has announced an April 23 visit to Hong Kong to promote his first Hollywood film, "Speed Racer."

The pan-Asian star chose Hong Kong as the only Asian stop on his promotional itinerary out of his love for the city, Web site Sina.com.cn reported on Wednesday.

"Speed Racer," a work by "The Matrix" directors the Wachowski brothers, is slated to open in Hong Kong and North America in early May.

Jung plays a rookie racer in the live-action film adaptation of a Japanese animation. The film also stars award-winning Chinese actress Yu Nan as Jung's sister, and Hollywood stars, including Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, and Matthew Fox.

source: CRI

Rain & BoA’s voice insurance

How much are Rain and BoA’s voices insured?

The value of the two stars’ voices were examined in MBC Every1’s “Magazine One,” which will be aired on April 2 at 6:55 pm.

Insurance in Korea is unlike in Hollywood where each part of a celebrity’s body are separately insured. Voice insurance is given a special provision in the insurance policy and an appropriate tag price.

“When Rain’s performing, his voice is insured for 10 billion won. In the case of BoA, she gets 5 billion won,” a “Magazine One” crew member said.

Meanwhile, Sung Si Kyung’s voice was evaluated to be also worth 5 billion won.

Source: Newsen
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Korean words emblazoned on Rain’s race suit in Speed Racer arouses interest

"Blurry PIC"

A full-length body picture of global popstar, Rain who plays Taejo Togokhan in his Hollywood debut movie, “Speed Racer” was revealed recently and the Korean words emblazoned on his track suit aroused interest.

“Speed Racer” is adapated from 1960s Japanese anime Mach GoGoGo which was authored by Tatsuo Yoshida. The movie is written and directed by the Wachowski brothers of Matrix trilogy fame.

Rain plays a East Asian rookie driver and his character invited criticism in the production stage because his Taejo Togokhan character was originally Japanese but yet he was representing Korea.

So with that in mind, Rain started brainstorming in order to make his Taeko character look Koreanised and one of his ideas was to emblazon Korean wordings on his track suit and helmet.

According to Rain’s management, “Rain is one of Korea’s top stars and with this being a Hollywood movie, we have been trying our best to change the original Japanese driver image into a Korean one. He (Rain) suggested to the production company to emblazon Korean words on his track suit and helmet and they thought it was a feasible idea and it was later adopted.

They also added that the Korean words emblazoned on the left arm of his track suit and helmet wrote, “Togokhan” which also meant that the Japanese identity was being marginalised.

Rain’s movie, “Speed Racer” will be shown all over the world on 8th May. He is now currently undergoing training in Berlin, Germany for his leading role in Hollywood movie, “Ninja Assassin”.

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