Netflix confirms main cast for Sea of Silence
On 8th September 2020, Netflix Korea confirmed that Bae Doona, Gong Yoo, and Lee Joon will form the main cast of their new sci-fi drama, Sea of Silence. In the announcement post on Netflix Korea’s Instagram page, the trio posed with seasoned actor Jung Woo-sung – best known for Korean movies Innocent Witness and Steel Rain – who will be producing the drama.
Main cast of Sea of Silence with producer Jung Woo-sung
Image credit: @netflixkr
New sci-fi drama Sea of Silence
Back in April this year, Netflix announced that they’d be producing an 8-episode sci-fi series called Sea of Silence.
Based on a short film of the same name, Sea of Silence is set in a dystopian future where the Earth is suffering from a lack of food and water. It follows a special task force as they attempt to recover peculiar samples from a deserted research lab on the moon.
Bae Doona, Gong Yoo and Lee Joon in main cast
This will be Bae’s second Netflix production after the widely acclaimed Kingdom. Known globally for her box office hits Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending, she’s more recently starred in Korean movies The Tunnel and The Drug King. She will be taking on the role of Dr. Song Ji-an, an astrobiologist who wants to reveal the secrets of the abandoned lab on the moon.
Bae Doona in Kingdom (left) and Cloud Atlas (right)
Images adapted from: Forbes and Vancouver Sun
She will be joined by Goblin and Train to Busan actor, Gong Yoo, in his first Netflix project. He stars as Han Yoon-jae, the leader of the taskforce and a soldier who comes into conflict with Dr. Song over the mission.
Gong Yoo in Train to Busan
Image credit: CINEMACHINA
Former boy band MBLAQ member and Ninja Assassin actor Lee Joon will round up the main cast in his first drama role since 2017. He plays Ryu Tae-seok, a former elite soldier from the Ministry of Defence who hides mysterious secrets under a caring and friendly demeanour.
Lee Joon in Ninja Assassin
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Veteran Korean movie actor Jung Woo-sung will be joining Sea of Silence not as an actor, but as an executive producer instead. This is his second production work after the movie Don’t Forget Me, which he also starred in.
Jung Woo-sung at a press conference for Don’t Forget Me
Image adapted from: The Korea Bizwire
Official release date to be confirmed
Given the success of recent original Netflix Korean dramas like Love Alarm and Extracurricular, we can’t help but have high expectations for the new series.
An official release date has yet to be announced, so you’ll have to wait to hear from Netflix.
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Cover image adapted from: Viki, HanCinema and ChannelKorea