Carey Mulligan on January 25, 2025 in Park City, Utah.Photo:Cindy Ord/Getty
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Carey Mulliganreveals thatBeefseason 2 will look different from the Emmy-winning first season.
ThePromising Young Womanstar toldVarietyat theSundance Film Festivalon Monday, Jan. 27, that filming for the Netflix comedy-drama series “just started.”
The 39-year-oldOscar nomineesaid that “almost everything [is different]” in the upcoming season. “But it’s still [creatorLee Sung Jin] being brilliant.”
“It’s a completely new story and if I say anything else then a laser beam will appear on my head,” she joked. “But it’s very exciting.”
Charles Melton, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Cailee Spaeny.Phillip Faraone/Getty; John Shearer/WireImage; Monica Schipper/Getty; Kate Green/Getty
Phillip Faraone/Getty; John Shearer/WireImage; Monica Schipper/Getty; Kate Green/Getty
The new season will feature Mulligan,Oscar Isaac,Charles Melton,Cailee Spaeny,Minari’s Youn Yuh-jung andParasite’s Song Kang-Ho.
The new season ofBeefwill chronicle a young couple witnessing “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,” according to an official synopsis.
“It’s some of the best stuff I’ve ever read … I’m very excited,” Melton said of the season 2 script, per aVMAN August 2024 issue.
Ali Wong as Amy, Steven Yeun as Danny in “Beef”.Andrew Cooper/Netflix
Andrew Cooper/Netflix
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Creator Jin revealed toThe Hollywood Reporterafter the Emmys that he had been “constantly writing stuff down” for a potential season 2.
The series went on to score eight Emmy wins that evening.Beef’s leading starsSteven YeunandAli Wongtook home trophies, as well as Jin forwriting, directing and overall outstanding limited or anthology series.
Throughout the 2023-2024 awards season, the series became the most recognized and award-winning anthology series. It also earned four Critics Choice Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Gotham Awards, two Film Independent Spirit Awards, two SAG Awards, in addition to PGA (Producers Guild Association), WGA (Writers Guild of America) and AFI Honors.
Steven Yeun as Danny, Ali Wong as Amy in “Beef”.Courtesy of Netflix
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Season 1 ofBeefis available to stream on Netflix. A release date for season 2 has not been announced.
source: people.com
