Jang Hyuk to play male lead in Kim Sung-soo film

Jang Hyuk [10Asia]

Korean actor Jang Hyuk will make his return to the big screen as the male lead in director Kim Sung-soo's film, according to his agency Sidus HQ.

A rep with Sidus told 10Asia on Tuesday that Jang will play a character that tries to find the host of the deadly cold virus in Kim's film "Cold" (translated title) set to crank in late March or early April.

"Cold," Jang's comeback project to the silver screen since his movie "The Client" in September 2011, will be his second time working with director Kim since pic "Please Teach Me English" in 2003.

Jang, whose real name is Jung Yong-joon, made his acting debut in SBS' TV series "Model" in 1997. He has since starred in other dramas "School" and "Successful Story of a Bright Girl."

He then rose to stardom throughout Asia as took the male lead in KBS' "The Slave Hunters" in 2010 and recently in SBS' historical series "Deep Rooted Tree."

He began to expand his career into film with roles in "Volcano High (2001)," "Jungle Juice (2002)," "Windstruck (2004)" and "Searching for the Elephant (2009).

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