Squid Game star Hoyeon is opening up about her personal and professional life, including those ones Devin Booker dating rumors.
In a new cover story for SHEthe 30-year-old model-turned-actress answered questions about her possible return as Kang Sae-byeok in the acclaimed Korean drama series – which is should premiere its second season still this year.
Unfortunately, for Hoyeon — whose full name is Hoyeon Jung — a reprisal for her SAG and Emmy-nominated role is all but out of the question, considering the fate her character met in the first season, which premiered on Netflix in 2021. Fans will remember that Hoyeon squid game The player was stabbed in the neck by Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo) before she could reach the end of the competition.
Unless Kang-Sae-byeok appears through a flashback, dream, or other magical TV method that brings the dead back to life, Hoyeon says a return is pretty much out of the question. “No,” she said SHEwho noticed that she laughed and smiled while shaking her head. Could she just be pretending to be shy?
We know that Emmy Winner Lee Jung-jae will reprise his role as the sole winner, Seong Gi-hun. Also returning are season 1 actors Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho, Lee Byung-hun as the frontman, and Gong Yoo as the salesman.
As for Hoyeon, fans will have to wait and see if she was trying to keep a cameo a secret or if she was telling the truth. One person who will definitely be watching whenever season two premieres? That would be Booker, 27, who showed up to shoot Hoyeon earlier this year.
In April, Hoyeon posted a photo on Instagram and received a comment from the Phoenix Suns player, who was apparently expressing his interest in her.
“check your dm shawty,” Booker wrote in a message, via TMZ. At the time, Hoyeon responded to the NBA player, “No❤️.”
Asked by SHE about where she is with Booker – her ex-boyfriend Kendall Jenner – Hoyeon responded in a comical way to the Instagram comment left by the athlete in the spring.
“I don’t even know who he is,” the South Korean actress shared, telling the outlet that she doesn’t watch the NBA.
ET last conversation with the promising actress by her side Squid Game co-star at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards. There, she explained her excitement about the huge impact the Netflix show has made and what’s next for her career.
“I feel so good and amazing,” she said. “I can’t wait to see lots of adventure and happy things coming.”
In addition to her win at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards — which made her just the second actress of Asian and Korean descent to be nominated in the Best Performance by a Female Actor category — she has a lot to celebrate in her professional life.
Hoyeon next stars alongside Cate Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kevin Kline and Lesley Manville in Alfonso Cuarón’s film. Disclaimer series for Apple TV+. The show follows a journalist (Blanchett) who receives a book that exposes her darkest secrets. Hoyeon plays Blanchett’s character’s assistant.
She said SHE that although she was nervous about taking on the role in the star-studded cast, she took solace in seeking out the uncomfortable and deciding to sign on to a project where she knew she could learn a lot.
Hoyeon explained that a veteran actor told her, “‘If you’re having trouble figuring out your next move, go to a project where you can learn more,'” and that the words of wisdom turned out to be “exactly the advice I needed .”
Disclaimer premieres on Apple TV+ on October 11th.
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