Netflix Casts Squid Game, Avengers Stars in Korean
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- Netflix casts Park Hae-soo, Claudia Kim, and Cho Jung-seok to lead its Korean crime thriller series Paper Man, now in production
- Cho Jung-seok plays Cha Myung-jo, a man who creates undetectable counterfeit money and is drawn into a dangerous criminal world
- Park Hae-soo portrays Oh Seung-eop, a relentless anti-counterfeiting investigator at the Korea Mint and the main obstacle to the protagonist
- Claudia Kim plays Ko Hye-seok, the protagonist’s elite judge wife who hides personal and family struggles beneath a composed exterior
- Lee Il Hyung directs Paper Man, a series developed amid Netflix’s broader push into Korean-language content, which has drawn over 4.5 billion streams since mid-2023
Why it matters: Netflix’s continued investment in Korean originals strengthens its global content dominance, leveraging proven talent to capture audiences beyond Squid Game’s success—directly boosting demand and retention in key international markets.
