I sought for the date of this interview
and I found out that was at 2009.09.18. Anyway, this is the date when it was
published on estar-tv.com in Chinese, but I recognized Park Si Hoo self
presentation in English and the lady’s name YiangYiang. Star Tv (Satellite
Television Asian Region) is an Asian Tv service owned by 21st Century Fox, so this could be the explanation for the fact that YiangYiang is
in New York and Park Si Hoo elsewhere. What enchantment to see him answering
to all the questions, which highlight his nature; and of course smiling and
laughing much.
Credit: pshfans, Thanks!
Park
Si Hoo says he would like to play a bad boy character as Dracular. I’m sure that he
thought of the vampire Count Dracula.
The
most people know about Dracula from various movies based on Bram Stoker’s (1897)
horror novel “Dracula”. In a book, Count Dracula is a Transylvanian noble and also vampire who
has the castle located in the Carpathian Mountains on the border of Transylvania, Bukovina and Moldavia,
which are historical provinces of Romania. Nowadays, there is a Hotel "Castle Dracula" (it has a funny & scary site hotelcasteldracula.ro) and "Dracula" is a well known Romanian
tourism brand. Maybe someday Park Si Hoo will have a Dracula Tour in Romania.
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| The Castle Dracula (Hotel) in The Bargau Mountains, Tihuta Pass |
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The name
Dracula means “Son of Dracul” and in Romanian language the word dracul means
the dragon and also the devil. Historically, existed a prince of Wallachia (the
south of Romania)
named Vlad II (1390-1447). Before he takes the throne of Wallachia by force, he
lived in exile (1431-1436) in Transylvania,
Sighisoara city. At that time (1431) Vlad II was invested knight of the Order
of Dragon, for his bravery in fighting the Turks. He wore the emblem of the
order that’s why he received the surname Dracul (the Dragon). The son of Vlad
Dracul was Vlad III, born in Sighisoara, named Vlad Dracula (1431-1476), also the ruler
of Wallachia years later. As ruler he had a bad
reputation for his excessive cruelty towards his enemies, which became legendary after
his dead, particularly abroad. Vlad Dracula was dubbed posthumously Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes in Romanian language) . Bram Stoker was inspired by Vlad’s patronymic for his character Count Dracula.
I want to share with you all these information
because I’m born and live in Transylvania, Romania and Sighisoara is a town in my county Mures,
and the house where Vlad Dracula was born still stands. Thank you!
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| The House of Vlad Dracul, Sighisoara -Romania |
Credits: photos from romanian tourism site, Thanks!