The lead stars and creator Lee Sung Jin talk the meaty dark comedy.
Yet, “for some reason I thought, ‘Ah, I’m going to follow you.'”
Even having a show roll out on Netflix doesn’t fill it.
Steven Yeun in ‘Beef’.Andrew Cooper/Netflix
“It becomes very literal.
“I didn’t particularly want to.
It’s so well covered.”
Ali Wong in ‘Beef’.Andrew Cooper/Netflix
“I remember hearing Sunny go, ‘I’m thinking about this road rage thing.’
I was like, ‘That’s it.’
And then when Ali came in, it was like, ‘That’s it.’
Steven Yeun and Ali Wong on ‘Beef’.Courtesy of Netflix
And then when we started pitching it, people were like, ‘That’s it.’
“And it just kept going.
There were struggles and difficulties, but there was always a ‘That’s it.’
It felt like what people say about sculpting or carving marble, where you’re just uncovering the thing.
You’re not making it, you’re uncovering something.”
“And it’s a part of you that you’ve processed and it doesn’t control you anymore.
You have control over it, or you know how to soothe it, how to be with it.
“It’s a lot of envy.
I think we’re all trying to get away from ourselves.”
Beefis now streaming on Netflix.
