Kim Ye-ji, the South Korean pistol shooter who dazzled the internet with her skill and composure at the Paris Olympics, has landed her first acting role as an assassin.
The 32-year-old won silver in the women's 10m air pistol in July and became a global internet sensation with her ultra-cool demeanor, combined with wire-frame shooting glasses and a baseball cap.
As the video of her shooting went viral, she drew praise from celebrities such as Elon Musk.
“She should be in an action movie, no acting needed!” Musk wrote on his social media platform, X, at the time.
She will play an assassin in “Crash”, a short series spinoff of global film project “Asia”, a spokesman for Seoul-based entertainment company Asia Lab told AFP on Friday.
In a separate statement, the company said Kim will star alongside Indian actress and influencer Anushka Sen and was excited to witness “the potential synergy that emerges from Kim Yeji and Anushka Sen's new transformation into a killer duo.”
Since winning the silver medal, a short video of Kim at the World Cup in Baku in May has gone viral, spawning fan art, countless memes and numerous K-pop edits of the video.
Kim signed with a South Korean talent agency in August to help manage her extracurricular activities and has since appeared in a photo shoot for Louis Vuitton magazine.
