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.
The Emmy-season courtship out here really does run on dinners and backyard toasts — the Gold House thing is basically a networking room with better catering, and half the casting I hear about never touches an audition. A name like Melton gets attached over appetizers because that’s where the agents, the showrunner, and the right mutual friend all end up at the same table.