The new installment of ‘Beef’ — which also stars Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny — will follow what happens after “a young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife”
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The cast for the upcoming season of Beef has been revealed.
Netflix announced on Tuesday, Oct. 22 that Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny will star in the second season of the acclaimed series.
The new season of Beef will 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.
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Season 2 of Beef — which will feature eight 30-minute episodes — will see Lee Sung Jin return as creator, showrunner and executive producer while Jake Schreier is set to join season 1 stars Steven Yeu and Ali Wong as executive producers.
As fans may recall, season 1 began with an entertaining road-rage incident between Yeun and Ali Wong’s characters, which becomes something far more as it progresses.
In the event’s aftermath, the main characters find their lives intertwined in unexpected ways and explore the complex push and pull between the shackles of cultural expectations and being one’s real self.
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The show went on to become the most recognized and award-winning anthology series of the 2023-2024 awards season. It scored eight Emmy Awards, four Critics Choice Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Gotham Awards, two Film Independent Spirit Awards, two SAG Awards, in addition to PGA, WGA and AFI Honors.
After the Emmys, Jin revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that he had been “constantly writing stuff down” for a potential season 2.
“I think Beef will just by its title always have [conflict] simmering underneath,” he explained at the time. “But in terms of what the other layers could be, that’s something that I’d really need to take some time and see deep inside what wants to come out.”