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RUMOR ALERT: Korean Actor Park Seo Joon To Star in Marvel Sequel?

If true, he would be the third Korean actor to star in a Marvel movie.

Published June 15, 2021

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JANUARY 30: Actor Park Seo-Joon during a press conference of JTBC drama 'Itaewon Class' at Conrad Seoul Hotel on January 30, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by THE FACT/Imazins via Getty Images) (THE FACT/Imazins via Getty Images)
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Claim:
Korean actor Park Seo Joon was offered a role in the "Captain Marvel" sequel.

In June 2021, Korean actor Park Seo Joon was reportedly cast for a role in the upcoming Marvel sequel — and Korean-pop fans had something to say about it on social media.

K-pop website Soompi reported the supposed casting on June 15, saying that “industry representatives” reported that the actor would move to the U.S. for filming in the second half of 2021 after wrapping up filming for “Concrete Utopia.” The publication reported that Park would be the third Korean actor to star in a Marvel movie following Claudia Kim in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and Ma Dong Seok in “Eternals.”

But Park’s agency, Awesome ENT, did not publicly confirm the casting, nor did it post to its various social media accounts that the 33-year-old actor had been signed for the role. Snopes contacted representatives with the agency but did not hear back in time for publication. Until we do, we have rated this claim as “Research in Progress.”

“The Marvels” is the sequel to the 2019 film “Captain Marvel,” according to the movie information website IMDB. If confirmed, Park would join actors Brie Larson, Zawe Ashton, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani on the big screen for a release date of Nov. 1, 2022.

Madison Dapcevich is a freelance contributor for Snopes.

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