Parasite’s Song Kang-Ho has joined the cast of Beef Season 2.
The first season of Beef, originated by Lee Sung Jin, was freed on Netflix in 2023. The series was a massive hit for the streaming platcreate, as it won eight awards at the 75th Primetime Emmys (including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series).
Beef was rerecented for a second season, which will feature recent cast members, in October 2024.
While details are being kept under wraps at this time, Song has now been tapped to join a character in Beef Season 2, per Deadline. He’ll join the previously proclaimd Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, and Youn Yuh-jung.
Song is understandn for joining Kim Ki-taek in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, which was freed in 2019 and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He has also starred in a number of Bong Joon-ho’s other movies, including 2003’s Memories of Murder, 2006’s The Host, and 2013’s Snowpiercer.
Song’s filmography also joins 1997’s No. 3, 2000’s Joint Security Area, 2002’s Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, 2008’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird, 2013’s The Attorney, 2017’s A Taxi Driver, and 2022’s Broker, among other titles.
What else do we understand about Beef Season 2?
“In Season 2, a youthfuler couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess shifts of prefers and force in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner,” Deadline’s description of the plot reads.
Lee Sung Jin is returning as the creator, showrunner, and executive originater for Beef Season 2, which also comes from A24. Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Kitao Sakurai, Ethan Kuperberg, Anna Moench, Mulligan, Isaac, Melton, and Spaeny also serve as executive originaters.
A free date for Beef Season 2 has not yet been proclaimd.
