Seoul — It has been officially confirmed that South Korean actor Park Seo Joon is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A few months after it was first reported that Park Seo Joon will be acting in The Marvels, the upcoming sequel to Captain Marvel, Park Seo Joon’s agency has finally confirmed that he would be part of the Marvel Studios film. When the news first broke, the agency had refused to comment.
Awesome ENT announced on August 3 that Park Seo Joon had flown out of Korea that day to film a Marvel movie. However, they refused to provide further information or confirm the specific film in which he would be appearing, as reported by Soompi.
“We thank the many people who have shown interest and support for Park Seo Joon as he takes on this new challenge,” stated the agency. “We are well aware that many people are curious about the name of the film in which he will be appearing, his character, the filming location, and his filming schedule, but we plan to reveal the details of the movie at a later date.”
Park Seo Joon is now the third Korean actor to star in a Marvel movie following Claudia Kim (who appeared in “Avengers: Age of Ultron”) and Ma Dong Seok (“Eternals”).
Born on Dec 16, 1988, Park Seo Joon is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television dramas Kill Me, Heal Me (2015), She Was Pretty (2015), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016–2017), Fight for My Way (2017), What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018), and Itaewon Class (2020); and the films Chronicles of Evil (2015), Midnight Runners (2017), The Divine Fury (2019), Concrete Utopia (2021), and Dream (2021).
He began his mandatory military service in 2008, when he was 19 years old, and was discharged in 2010.
Park made his entertainment debut in 2011 by appearing in the music video of Bang Yong-guk’s single “I Remember.” He then appeared in television dramas Dream High 2 (2012), Pots of Gold (2013), One Warm Word (2013), and A Witch’s Love (2014). From October 2013 to April 2015, he was the host of Music Bank./TISG