“Our bodies have completely let go”: the actors of this distressing Netflix series have cracked

A ten-episode miniseries landed on Netflix on April 6. A distressing show that marked the viewers, but also the main actors, Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, who revealed that they had fallen in love…

A grueling shoot that they should remember for a long time. Since this Thursday, April 6, Netflix subscribers have the opportunity to watch the mini-series relentless (Beef in VO). This scary show consists of ten episodes. It is available in its entirety on the streaming platform. This comedy-drama was created by Lee Sung-Jin, a South Korean screenwriter (Girlboss, Philadelphia, 2 Broke Girls or Tuca & Bertie). Comments written on Twitter by Internet users prove that Beef marked them. And it seems that they are not the only ones if we believe the recent testimonies of the actors Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead, Nope, Burning) et Ali Wong (Always Be My Maybe, Tuca & Bertie, Birds of Prey), who landed the lead roles. No doubt they will not forget what they have been through. Indeed, as relayed by the media Entertainment Weekly, they confided that their “corps (had) completely let go” as soon as the filming is over.

Ali Wong : “It cost us dearly”

It was in mid-March, during a question-and-answer session given after the world premiere of the series, that Steven Yeun and Ali Wong explained that the chaos offered to viewers had really invited into their lives. In question : difficult performance which forced them to play in permanent tension. “Our bodies completely let go“revealed the 39-year-old actor, while his playmate added as follows: “Steven and I both had hives after shooting. Mine appeared on my face. His was visible all over his body.”

Beef (Netflix): a grueling shoot

And the American actress and humorist continues in these terms: “It cost us dearly, but we didn’t even realize it until after the show.” Before then admitting that if she and Steven Yeun had known what they were going to “subject to (their) body and to (their) esprit” turning in Beefthey would not have “maybe not say ‘yes'”. And then to qualify his point of view in this way: “We are (all the same) really glad we did.” In this series, Netflix subscribers will also be able to find other personalities who are not unknown to them. Among them: actress and singer Ashley Park (Emily in Paris), artist David Choe (The Choe Show), Mary Bello (Emergency room), Patti Yasutake-Fumi (Star Trek: Generations) or even Joseph Lee (Searching: missing).

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