Park Shin Hye Hopes To Do An Action Role

Park Shin Hye is currently on her Asian fan meeting tour, which takes her to Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. But in between fan meetings she has worked on her film "The Tailors" and will also prepare on her upcoming drama "Pinocchio."

In that drama she will play Choi In Ha, a rookie reporter with Pinocchio syndrome. That is, like the children's book character, she will be unable to tell a lie. Only in this case, her nose won't grow like Pinocchio's did. Every time she lies, Choi In Ha will start to hiccup. Lee Jong Suk has been confirmed as her co-star in "Pinocchio." The two recently did a photo shoot together and in the photographs displayed plenty of visual chemistry.

But what Park Shin Hye also hopes to do in the future is play an action role.

"I want to try an action scene before I turn 30," she said in a press conference in Taiwan.

She wants to join the ranks of actresses such as Ha Ji Won, Jun Ji Hyun and Son Ye Jin, who do plenty of their own stunts. Ha Ji Won has said she wants to be an action star like Angelina Jolie.

"I enjoy working out so I am not afraid to try it while I am young," said Park Shin Hye during her Taiwan press conference.

In a previous interview with Mnet News, she said she would like to do a film like "Tomb Raider," which starred Ha Ji Won's idol Angelina Jolie.

Park Shin Hye is very athletic. She not only enjoys exercise but uses it to relieve stress and cheer herself up.

On the TV show "Strong Heart," she once said that both her parents enjoy sports so being athletic came naturally to her. She has gone fishing, bowls, plays billiards, kickboxes, fences and plays baseball.

"I was even recommended to try a triathlon, but I didn't have a lot of confidence, so I didn't enter," she said.

The actress water skis during the summer. She owns a skateboard and a bicycle, which she likes to ride along the Han River. Exercising is the way she relieves stress and cheers herself up when she feels blue. She likes watching baseball and volleyball games but prefers playing the sports to being a bystander.

And she also uses exercise as a healthy way to maintain her weight.

In a June episode of "Section TV,' she confessed that she was not naturally a thin person.

"Therefore I always need to exercise," she said. "I've loved water since I was a child, so I particularly enjoy water sports."