Bronca (Beef) was conceived as a miniseries. Lee Sung Jin, the creator, considers that he gave a proper farewell to the dramatic arc of the characters played by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, who began in this fictional universe as two strangers who, after almost colliding in a parking lot, decided to make a life for themselves. impossible to each other.
Luckily for the platform and for the director and screenwriter born in South Korea, one of the traditions of television in the last decade is the proliferation of anthology series with seasons that renew plots and casts. And, according to The Dish, Bronca could have a stellar cast for the second season.
Sung Jin, for now, is trying to get two established Hollywood stars known for their successes in movie theaters and two promising industry stars. These would be Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny, who would play two couples who, as happened in the first season with Yeun and Wong, detest each other.
Hathaway, Oscar winner for Les Misérables and known for her work in films such as The Devil Wears Prada and who fascinated on television in WeCrashed, and Gyllenhaal, seen in Brokeback Mountain, Prisoners or Spider-man: Far From Home, would not be the first time they have worked together: in 2010 they starred in Love and Other Drugs, a bittersweet romantic comedy for which they were both nominated for the Golden Globe.
As for Melton and Spaeny, they are two faces that are suddenly at the top of Hollywood casting directors’ lists after their most recent roles. Spaeny, who had supporting roles in acclaimed miniseries such as Devs or Mare of Easttown, won the Volpi Cup at the 2023 Venice Film Festival for playing Priscilla Presley in the biopic signed by Sofia Coppola.
Melton, on the other hand, came out of a teenage drama like Riverdale to surprise in this latest awards season with Secrets of a Scandal by Todd Haynes sharing the spotlight with Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.
It will be necessary to see if this casting proposal is the definitive one: they have just been offered the roles and it remains to be seen that the acting tests work, that the agendas allow it and that they reach an agreement on salary level. What is clear is that this second season of Bronca is candy for any actor: the work lasts only two seasons and, if we pay attention to the performance of the first, it can benefit the actors.
You just have to see that Ali Wong and Steven Yeun have won the Emmy, the Golden Globe and the SAG award from the Screen Actors Guild for the leading characters in Bronca. In addition, the series won the Emmy for best limited series, just as Sung Jin won statuettes as director and screenwriter, and the Golden Globe.
