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Kim Tae-Hee: South Korea's 'most beautiful woman' on shyness, beauty and guns

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South Korean TV and movie star Kim Tae-hee never thought she'd be so popular. Not for acting anyway.

Recently she has been lauded for her fine performances not only in her homeland, but across the waters in Japan where her popularity is rising fast. But without an acting background it's not been a smooth journey to the top, as she reveals in a rare English language interview.

"People expected me to be a superb actress on the spot", she says lamentably. "I had a lot of pressure and I couldn't enjoy it".

"When I first started I never wanted to be an actress, it just came to me after doing commercials that the public liked a lot", she continues. "I gained more confidence as I grasped the artistry of it, and I've become increasingly greedy in wanting to know more about it so now it's something that I want to continue".

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