When #Beef creator #LeeSungJin finally settled on the premise for season two of the hit anthology series, he had one actor in mind — #CharlesMelton.⁠ ⁠ Lee decided to take matters into his own hands, calling up Gold House founder Bing Chen to cash in a favor. The writer-director asked to be seated next to Melton at a dinner they’d both be attending to honor the actor, so he could pitch him the second season. "I remember just being immensely flattered because I didn't know he went to the extent that he went to sit next to me," Melton tells The Hollywood Reporter during the show’s season two junket.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in bio.