By Han Sang-hee, Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
Korean fans will have to wait to meet two high profile Hollywood stars, as Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and American rocker Alice Cooper have cancelled their visits to Seoul.
The 38-year-old actress was scheduled to visit Korea for the first time as a part of her promotional tour of her new movie ``Death Defying Acts,'' but she had to return to the United States due to health problems.
According to E.ga Pictures, the promoter of the film, the actress felt sick during the Australia promotion, and thought it would be better to drop her schedule and head back to the U.S.
The movie ``Death Defying Acts'' is a romantic thriller that also stars Guy Pearce as the legendary magician, Harry Houdini. Zeta-Jones plays the psychic Mary McGarvie and the two of them get tangled up in a mysterious love story.
The Academy Award winner for her role in the musical movie ``Chicago,'' (2002) Zeta-Jones also starred in ``The Legend of Zorro'' (2005) and is married to Academy Award winner Michael Douglas.
Meanwhile, American rocker Alice Cooper's concert scheduled on Saturday has been postponed.
On its Web site, concert organizer Access Entertainment said Cooper postponed the concert due to personal reasons. There is a possibility the concert will be rescheduled soon. The singer will still hold his concert in Osaka, Japan.
The 60-year old pioneer of shock rock music, was scheduled to perform for the first time in Seoul at the Melon-AX, March 29. One of the best-known rockers of all time, Cooper combines heavy metal music with outrageous theatrics on stage.
Born as Vincent Furnier, Cooper started a band called Alice Cooper. They scored hit songs ``I'm Eighteen" and ``Love it to Death" in the early 1970s, and became known for their stage performances that featured guillotines and a boa constrictor.