Rain viewed Liu Xiang as hero

On August 21st afternoon, Korean popular singer, Rain appeared in Olympic Rendezvous. Regarding Liu Xiang unable to make it to 110m final, when Rain interviewed by Sina he expressed, it's regrettable. At the same time he said, "does not matter if Liu Xiang won gold medal or not, he was able to stand in the competition field with injury already proved he is a hero."

Liu Xiang didn't won gold medal but still a hero

Before the Olympic, Rain was interviewed exclusively by Sina and he expressed, in the Beijing Olympic, other than wanted to cheer for Korea athletes representatives, he was most anticipated to watch Liu Xiang. However, Liu Xiang was injured at the pre-final and withdrawn, and unable to compete for gold medal. Regarding this result, Rain expressed regret, but Rain hope through the press and media he could show support to Liu Xiang.

Rain said, "athletes and actors are the same, success or failure can't just base on one competition, one movie. Even though Liu Xiang didn't won gold medal this time, but he endured pain and still have courage to stand in the field, from this point, he is not only a hero, is also my model."

Hollywood is my goal

Although at a young age, Rain already filmed two big Hollywood movies, included his movie debut "Speed Racer" which is currently showing in theaters in China. Warner Brothers specially designed a set of posters for the China market, because Rain's popularity in China he became the main character in the poster. In yesterday's activity, there were about hundreds of Rain fans came to cheer for their idol.

Regarding Rain's first Hollywood movie, Rain gave 70 points, he said, "the standard of the entire movie is higher than my performance." But regarding "Ninja Assassin", Rain gave 80 points, he said, "I believed I will perform better and better, this is my faith and I believed I will be success in Hollywood! just like in Korea."


Source: Xiamen Hotline 廈門熱線
English Translation credit: FollowRain@Rain-America.com