Rain and Ken Jeong come away with the prize.

The Korea Times 6/7/2010 — Korean star Rain was Sunday crowned Biggest Badass Star at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards for his role in “Ninja Assassin.”  The 27-year-old beat Hollywood A-list candidates such as Angelina Jolie, Channing Tatum and Sam Washington for the award, which goes to a notable performance in an action movie.

He is the first Korean to be recognized at the MTV Movie Awards. There are only four past recipients of [“badass” prizes] who are Asian: Jackie Chan for “Rush [Hour],” Zhang Zi-yi for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” and Lucy Liu and Chiaki Kuriyama for “Kill Bill.”

“Ninja Assassin” was the 27-year-old’s first Hollywood lead role and second collaboration with the Wachowski brothers….

» You can read this article, MTV names Rain Biggest Badass Star, in its entirety on The Korea Times HERE.

— Stephe ^@@^

~ by Cloud USA on June 7, 2010.

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