Sartaj Singh
Lee Sung Jin is all set to shoot the second installment of his acclaimed series! The much-awaited sophomore season of Netflix’s ‘Beef’ will begin filming in Los Angeles, California, and South Korea in the fall. Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan will lead the cast of the installment, which also includes Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny.
The first season of the series follows Amy Lau (Ali Wong), who feels stuck in her life despite seeming to have it all, and Danny Cho (Steven Yeun), a financially struggling immigrant whose luck only seems to go from bad to worse. When the two bitter souls nearly have an accident in a parking lot, they proceed to track each other down and cause further havoc in their lives. Their vendettas escalate into life-threatening situations as other parties become involved, leaving the season emotionally tied up with a poignant ending.
However, the second season of ‘Beef’ will not continue the story of the multi-Primetime Emmy-winning first installment but instead narrate a new one, taking the former limited series down an anthology route. The new season will likely revolve around two couples, with Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton set to depict the younger couple, while Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan will portray the older one. The couples are involved in triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner. As per reports, the latter couple’s roles were earlier offered to Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, but talks did not result in a deal.
Isaac received acclaim for his performance in HBO’s ‘Scenes From a Marriage,’ which earned him an Emmy nomination. He is also part of the cast of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein.’ On the other hand, Mulligan recently completed work on the James Griffiths-directed comedy ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island,’ which was previously called ‘One For The Money.’
Lee Sung Jin also co-wrote Marvel Studios’ ‘Thunderbolts.’ Los Angeles is a significant filming location of Paul Schrader’s ‘Non Compos Mentis,’ a noir tale of sexual obsession that is based on the veteran filmmaker’s original screenplay, and Naomi Watts’ ‘Harmonia,’ a thriller inspired by true events surrounding a woman’s involvement with a 1980s cult.
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