Yahoo Lifestyle ‘Beef’ Just Added ‘Parasite’ Actor Song Kang-Ho to the Season 2 Cast
Netflix is beefing up the cast of one of its award-winning series.
Beef, which was officially renewed in October, has added a new member to its season two ensemble. South Korean actor Song Kang-ho, best known for starring in Bong Joon-ho’s 2019 film Parasite, will join the comedy-drama’s upcoming installment, Deadline reported.
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No official details were given about Kanh-ho’s character, but it was previously confirmed that Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny (Knives Out 3), and Youn Yuh-jung would also be part of the cast. In season two, a young couple played by Spaeny and Melton witness a fight between their boss and his wife (Isaac and Mulligan), triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner (Yuh-jung). The installment will consist of eight 30-minute episodes. “It’s some of the best stuff I’ve ever read,” Melton told V Man magazine regarding the scripts.
Created by director Lee Sung Jin, Beef’s first season received praise for its performances, with leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun both earning their first Emmy wins for best actress and actor in a limited series, respectively. The duo also nabbed Golden Globes trophies as well during the 2024 award season. Yeun and Wong appeared on screen as two strangers who came to blows during a road rage incident. The plot was reportedly inspired by Jin’s personal experience.
“The initial idea was unfortunately based on a road rage that happened to me,” he told Newsweek. “It involved a white SUV, much like the show, but it didn’t end even remotely close to any of the scenes of the show, thank God. But, going through that it felt interesting cause I just felt myself so trapped in my subjective reality and was projecting so many assumptions onto this other person, and I assume he was projecting a lot of things onto me, and that was the nugget.”
For season two, Jin is slated to return as showrunner. In addition, season one’s Jake Schreier will also be back to executive produce the series with the help of Wong and Yeun. However, there’s still no release date or an official trailer, but we’ll keep you posted as new details emerge.
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