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| Actress Jung Ho-yeon / Courtesy of Netflix |
Actress Jung Ho-yeon will be joining filmmaker Na Hong-jin's upcoming star-studded film "Hope," co-starring with Hwang Jung-min and Zo In-sung, as well as Hollywood actors Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender.
The new sci-fi thriller will revolve around the residents of a small town, called Hopo Port, in a remote countryside. One day, a mysterious being is discovered near the town, and as the residents work to uncover it, they find themselves in a fight for survival to save their town.
Jung will play the role of a police officer named Sung-ae, along with Hwang who will also play the role of the town's policeman named Bum-seok. Zo will play a hunter named Sung-ki.
Na, known for having directed the 2016 horror film "The Wailing," will reunite with his cinematographer from that movie, Hong Kyung-pyo, who has also worked on 2018's "Burning" and 2019's "Parasite." since Na's last project, "The Wailing."
The film is scheduled to start filming in the latter half of this year.
Jung, who debuted as a model, made her way into acting with her breakout role in Netflix's 2021 smash-hit series "Squid Game." She won numerous awards with her role, including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series.
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