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.

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    9 days ago

    This kind of dinner-table story is already doing half the work of an awards campaign, so expect every future casting announcement from that shop to come with a charming anecdote attached. The pitch meeting is now a press asset, and the next season will be sold to us long before it’s shot.