Jamie Chung stars in "Samurai Girl" on ABC Family

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Jamie Chung stars in "Samurai Girl" on ABC Family
[QUOTE]Based on a series of popular young adult novels, "Samurai Girl" tells the story of a 19-year old Japanese girl named Heaven, who discovers that the wealthy businessman who adopted her as an infant is really the head of the Yakuza (the Japanese mafia) and may have had her beloved brother brutally murdered. She breaks from her family and begins training to become a samurai, and with the help of a group of new American friends, sets out to take down her father's evil empire. "Samurai Girl" is slated to begin production in Vancouver this spring and air over the course of one weekend in August 2008. ABC Family has had considerable success with weekend-long programming events, such as the original, "Fallen," and with acquired features, including the 'Harry Potter' and "Bring it On" franchises. "Samurai Girl" stars: Jamie Chung (Heaven), Brendan Fehr (Jake Stanton), Saige Thompson (Cheryl), Kyle Labine (Otto), Anthony Brandon Wong (Kogo), Steven Brand (Severin) and Kenneth Choi (Sato). Jamie Chung was in "Real World: San Diego" and is starring in the upcoming feature, "Dragonball." "Samurai Girl" was brought to ABC Family through Alloy Entertainment. Alloy's Leslie Morgenstein and Bob Levy will serve as executive producers on the series. Frank Spotnitz served as an executive producer on the pilot. The teleplay was written by co-EP, Luke McMullen. [/QUOTE] From PR at The Futon Critic.
Jaime seems to be doing quite well in Hollywood! Good for her. I remember hearing that she had a role on Days of our Lives and looking on her [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Chung"]Wikipedia entry[/URL] it says she will also be appearing in [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098327/"]Dragonball [/URL](after Samurai Girl.) Not many former cast members actually get parts of substance being that they have the stigma of being a "reality star" but she seems to have been able to break the mold and find meaningful work. Sure, it is not like she nabbed the lead female character in an A-List franchise - but at least she is paying the bills! [B] BTW:[/B] Welcome Jguitar. Thanks for the intel!
Cool! good for her! whatever happened to that "rape in the san diego house" thing????? did they even show that on TV? i forget...i thought that was a lawsuit of some sort
[QUOTE=RockSteadyVybes;6517]Cool! good for her! whatever happened to that "rape in the san diego house" thing????? did they even show that on TV? i forget...i thought that was a lawsuit of some sort[/QUOTE] I don't think they ever showed it because all the footage was confinscated by police for the investigation.
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[quote=RockSteadyVybes;6517]Cool! good for her! whatever happened to that "rape in the san diego house" thing????? did they even show that on TV? i forget...i thought that was a lawsuit of some sort[/quote] Say what??! I never heard anything about that....can someone give me the scoop or where I can go to find out?? Sad... :(
This is from wikipedia so you have to take it with a grain of salt. However, it looks to be properly sourced and gives the details of the alleged offense and the following investigation. [QUOTE][B][SIZE=2]Rape allegation[/SIZE][/B] A 22-year-old woman claimed she was raped in the Real World house sometime the night of November 14, 2003 by an acquaintance of Real World cast member Randy Barry, identified in local reports as "Justin", who was staying at the house as a guest. The woman claimed the man bought her a drink at a downtown San Diego nightspot, which she blacked out after drinking. According to cast member Jamie Chung, a member of production staff said that the young woman was found lying naked on the bathroom floor of the Real World house as Justin emerged, saying, "I just hit that." That person had then dressed the woman and moved her to the living room couch, where Chung, upon arriving home on the morning of November 15, found her. Chung then helped that other person move the woman to the downstairs guest bedroom. Chung and the camera crew woke the woman at 10:30 am, while cameras were rolling. Chung told the woman that she may have been sexually assaulted in the bathroom during the night, but the woman, according to Chung, appeared disoriented and had difficulty speaking. With the woman's help, Chung contacted a male friend of hers and arranged for her transportation home. Feeling pain in her genital region, the woman reported the incident to police on November 16, and a subsequent medical examination revealed abrasions to both her ****** and ****. According to police, the woman believes her assailant drugged her, brought her back to the Real World house and then while she was unconscious, raped her in the bathroom, since that is the only place in the house where the show's cameras are off-limits. Another cast member told police that he had seen the woman barely able to stand up in the bathroom, mumbling incoherently and looking confused, according to the search warrant. The police sexual assault unit began investigating the next day, November 17, but the Real World cast and crew had left on the cast's group trip to Mexico, and all film from November 14 and 15 had been shipped from the house to the production headquarters in Los Angeles. Kevin Lee, the on-site producer of show, told police he had not viewed the footage but that, after talking to the cast, believed the woman might have been raped, and confirmed that Justin was resident in the house at the time of the alleged assault. Why this did not motivate him to look at the film or to use the on-site film-editing computer to review the incident is unknown. Lee agreed to supply the police with the consent forms and photo ID cards that listed who was in the house at the time of the incident, and gave them a tour of the house, allowing them to search the bathroom for evidence. At the end of the tour, however, Lee received a phone call from Pam Naughton, an attorney representing Bunim-Murray Productions, which produces the show. Naughton refused to permit the police to search the bedrooms and stated that the producers would not turn over any documents or film until she personally reviewed them. The police then obtained a search warrant, and raided the house, confiscating the film-editing computer, the cast's e-mail computer, bedding, towels, videotapes and other possible items of evidence. After examining hours of footage taped for the show, and seizing evidence at the scene, police made no arrests, and the San Diego County District Attorney's office concluded there was not enough evidence to warrant any charges. Nearly a month of footage from the season ended up on the cutting room floor due to the allegation. While Charlie Dordevich only appears in three episodes, he lived in the house almost as long as Frankie, who appeared in the first 23 episodes. [/QUOTE] [ via [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_World:_San_Diego"]Wikipedia[/URL] ]
[QUOTE]Nearly a month of footage from the season ended up on the cutting room floor due to the allegation. While Charlie Dordevich only appears in three episodes, he lived in the house almost as long as Frankie, who appeared in the first 23 episodes. [/QUOTE] This part is now urban legend, a former BMP employee who posts under Philmarlow2 on the TWOP site posted this in response to the Wiki article, [QUOTE]Charlie was there for a month maximum (versus Frankie's three to four), and the police only reviewed tapes from the night of the incident, almost no footage was lost. The casts impromptu trip to Mexico or the desert or wherever they went was actually designed to get them out of the house in the wake of the alleged rape. So, everything from that point in the season onward happened after the accusation.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=jguitar;6590]This part is now urban legend, a former BMP employee who posts under Philmarlow2 on the TWOP site posted this in response to the Wiki article,[/QUOTE] Thanks to you both for the info. Its so sad that in a house with CAMERAS, the incident couldn't be resolved. Terrible. hahaha my friend Mary Beth from college is good friends with Charlie back home. (also...Charlie...quite possibly the most BORING cast member ever???) I mean, im sure he's a cool dude....but his TV appearance didn't make it so.
[quote=RockSteadyVybes;6946]Thanks to you both for the info. Its so sad that in a house with CAMERAS, the incident couldn't be resolved. Terrible. hahaha my friend Mary Beth from college is good friends with Charlie back home. (also...Charlie...quite possibly the most BORING cast member ever???) I mean, im sure he's a cool dude....but his TV appearance didn't make it so.[/quote] Charlie? Haha....ya, totally forgettable.