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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actor Park Hae-soo will take a big step towards global movie scene after signing a contract with American agency.
Park Hae-soo signed a contract with the American agency UTA, announced BH Entertainment on Friday.
Agency UTA is considered one of the four major agencies, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, James Mc Avoy, Wes Anderson actress Angelina Jolie, director Coen borthers and more are part of the agency.
Actor Park Hae-soo who started his career as a play actor started getting noticed after starring on a very famous Korean drama “Prison Playbook” which aired in 2017, and then by appearing on “By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture” which premiered in 2019, he was awarded with the best new actor award from “Blue Dragon Series Award”
Moreover, Park Hae-soo stared in Netflix’s mega hit, “Squid Game” as Cho Sang-woo who goes against Song Gi Hun acted by Lee Jung Jae on the last battle of the series. His appearance in the hit Netflix original series “Squid Game” provided Park Hae-soo with an opportunity become famous in foreign countries as well. Especially Park Hae-soo was nominated as a Best Supporting Actor under the drama section at the 74 Emmy Award which will happen in September.
Netflix series “Suriname” and movie “Ghost” which Park Hae-soo starred in will be released soon.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo.)
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