Lee Yeon-hee likely to appear in Zo In-sung pic

Lee Yeon-hee [SM Entertainment]

Actress Lee Yeon-hee is likely to star in an upcoming fim opposite actor Zo In-sung, according to an official related with the movie.

The official told 10Asia on Monday that Lee will play the main female lead in the pic whose title can be translated into 'martial arts of the fist,' which will be the first project Zo takes on since being relieved of his mandatory military services in May.

Lee's agency SM Entertainment gave a more cautious response, confirming that the actress was "eyeing the movie positively" but has yet to make a final decision.

The upcoming movie, set to be helmed by director Park Gwang-hyun of "Welcome To Dongmakgol" (2005), will be a sci-fi fantasy pic about a senior in high school who gains superhuman strengths when he sees injustice and ends up saving the woman he falls in love with as well as her village.

The movie plans to go into shoot during the latter half of this year when it finishes casting its main characters.

Lee, 23, who debuted in 2001, took her first starring role in cable drama “U-Turn” (OCN, 2008) in which she starred with popular actor So Ji-sub.

However, she came to be better known through primetime series “East of Eden (SBS, 2008) which she starred in alongside heartthrob Song Seung-heon.

Her most recent project was drama "Paradise Farm" from earlier this year with TVXQ member Max Changmin.

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