Parasite’s Song Kang-Ho has joined the cast of Beef Season 2.
The first season of Beef, created by Lee Sung Jin, was released on Netflix in 2023. The series was a massive hit for the streaming platform, as it won eight awards at the 75th Primetime Emmys (including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series).
Beef was renewed for a second season, which will feature new cast members, in October 2024.
While details are being kept under wraps at this time, Song has now been tapped to play a character in Beef Season 2, per Deadline. He’ll join the previously announced Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, and Youn Yuh-jung.
Song is known for playing Kim Ki-taek in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, which was released 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 includes 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 know about Beef Season 2?
“In Season 2, a young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion 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 producer 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 producers.
A release date for Beef Season 2 has not yet been announced.
