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| Korean actor Lee Joon-gi, left, poses with Hollywood star Malli Jovovich on the actress's social network service online during her visit to Korea Thursday. Jovovich said Lee brought Jokbal, or pigs' feet to the restaurant to share it with her. / Courtesy of UPI Korea |
By Kim Jae-heun
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| Hollywood actress Milla Jovovich, left, hugs Korean actor Lee Joon-gi during the press conference for the upcoming film "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" at Four Seasons Hotel in Jongno, Seoul, Friday. / Yonhap |
The Hollywood actress has in the past revealed her affections for Korean culture, saying she loves Korean food and she cooks bulgogi, Korean marinated beef, at home. Jovovich also posted pictures of her daughter at taekwondo training on her social network service over two years ago.
"I've always been such a fan of the martial arts," said Jovovich during the press conference for her upcoming film "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" at Four Seasons Hotel in Jongno, Seoul, Friday. "I love martial arts films and obviously many Korean action films have influenced our movie too.
My daughter started learning taekwondo at the age of 3 in L.A. because I like martial arts. My love for Korean culture began from taekwondo but I also love Korean food as well. Korea is really my style."
Jovovich once again took the protagonist role of Alice in the "Resident Evil" series, which she has been starring in for 15 years since the first 2002 release based on the Capcom video games of the same name. She is now in her early 40s but she still runs and flies on a wire fighting zombies, riding a bike.
In the final episode of the "Resident Evil" series, Alice is the only hope for human beings on earth suffering from the deadly epidemic T-virus that turns people into zombies. Alice returns to Raccoon City where she is told there is a vaccine to save the world.
The Ukraine-born actress debuted with "The Night Train to Kathmandu" in 1988 and rose to stardom with a leading role in the French science fiction and action film "The Fifth Element" by Luc Besson.
In 2002, Jovovich joined her first "Resident Evil" film, written and directed by Paul Anderson -- who is now her husband. She decided to portray the Alice role since she was a fan of the video game series. But it was her nature of being an action star that evolved into what has now become an international success to make over a billion dollar box-office profit from around the world.
"I've always liked playing the role of strong women because it is such a distinguished style. There were barely any strong woman characters in the film back then when "Resident Evil" first came out 15 years ago. But I liked action, martial arts and wire works and particularly the process of training for the action before shooting. I would never find interest in roles of the girl next-door," Jovovich said.
Anderson agreed that her role as Alice in the movie played a pioneering role in influencing films with strong women as heroines.
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