

Gold House honored ‘Beef’ showrunner Lee Sung Jin at its third annual One House Toast to the Emmys, where he revealed how a dinner conversation landed Charles Melton for the Netflix anthology’s 16-nominated second season.

Gold House honored ‘Beef’ showrunner Lee Sung Jin at its third annual One House Toast to the Emmys, where he revealed how a dinner conversation landed Charles Melton for the Netflix anthology’s 16-nominated second season.
Casting deals struck over appetizers feel like they’d be the exception, yet the ones that pan out are the only ones we ever hear about. What’s a performance you’re convinced only happened because someone talked their way into it across a dinner table — and did the result actually justify skipping the audition?