# @hollywoodreporter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXVCntik_Wn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64448820-hollywoodreporter-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-19T21:43:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hollywood Reporter (@hollywoodreporter) — https://gondola.cc/hollywoodreporter

## Caption

When #Beef creator #LeeSungJin finally settled on the premise for season two of the hit anthology series, he had one actor in mind — #CharlesMelton.⁠
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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.⁠
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charlesmelton, beef, leesungjin

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