EXCLUSIVE: A hot project just got hotter. Emmy-nominated Korean actress and model Hoyeon, who made headlines with Netflix Squid Gamewill make her film debut in director Na Hong-Jin’s Korean thriller hopewhich we revealed earlier today.
She joins Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender.
This is award-winning Korean director Na’s first project since the 2016 hit the cryand this will be Hoyeon’s first lead role in a Korean project since her film debut in Squid Game.
The mainly Korean-language film follows the residents of Hopo Port, where a mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote port city. Soon the residents find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against something they have never encountered before. Hoyeon plays a policeman.
Additional casting and pre-production for a shoot later this year in Korea is underway. We know married couple Fassbender and Vikander will be speaking English in the film and wanted to be a part of it after being impressed with the director’s work so far. This is the second time they have appeared together in the same film since then The light between the oceans.
Korean producer and distributor Plus M Entertainment, owned by multiplex chain Megabox, is behind the project, which recently signed a financing and distribution deal with Na, also known for Korean films. The hunter And The Yellow Sea.
Cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo, known for his work on parasite And combustionis also on board, marking his second collaboration with Na since then the cry.
hope it sounds like it’s cut from the same cloth as the filmmaker’s previous films, all of which were blockbusters. Thriller 2016 the cry starred in Cannes before grossing $50 million worldwide from an estimated budget of $6 million. This film showed how a mysterious disease spreads after a stranger arrives in a village. A police officer involved in the incident is forced to solve the mystery to save his daughter.
Picture is produced under Na’s Forged Films production banner. Plus M handles international distribution and UTA Independent Film Group and Plus M handles North America. The Korean company is already exploring other IP options for the project.
“Everything about Hoyeon matched what I had in mind for Sung-Ae,” Na said. “Her brave, radiant energy will be a great source of strength for this film.”
Hoyeon was already a model star when she became the first non-English-speaking artist to be recognized at the SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Squid Game. She was also the first Korean nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards. After her big screen breakthrough, there was a race between Hollywood agencies to sign her. CA won.
She will next be seen in Alfonso Cuaron’s Apple TV+ thriller series Disclaimer and will do Joe Talbot’s film The Governors with Lily-Rose Depp and Renate Reinsve after she made it hope.
In 2013, she was runner-up in Korea Next top model and starred in campaigns for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, Lancome and Adidas. She has walked the catwalks for Burberry, Jean Paul Gaultier, Miu Miu, Gucci, Oscar de la Renta, Roberto Cavalli, Schiaparelli and many others.
Hoyeon is repped by CAA, Saram Entertainment and Sloane, Offer.
Source: Deadline
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