Here's a glimpse of the 'Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area' characters in action
Meet the cast of the upcoming "Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area"!
Netflix just unveiled a special video introducing the actors who will breathe life into the Korean adaptation of the hit Spanish series "La Casa de Papel."
The full main cast includes Yoo Ji-tae (Professor), Kim Yunjin (Seon Woojin), Park Hae-soo (Berlin), Jun Jong-seo (Tokyo), Lee Won-jong (Moscow), Park Myung-hoon (Cho Youngmin), Kim Sung-o (Cha Moohyuk), Kim Ji-hun (Denver), Jang Yoon-ju (Nairobi), Lee Joobeen (Yun Misun), Lee Hyun-woo (Rio), Kim Ji-hoon (Helsinki), and Lee Kyu-ho (Oslo).
In the video, we get to see these characters in action, wearing iconic red jumpsuits and traditional Hahoe masks.
It also shows that the characters have backgrounds that vastly differs from the original series.
"Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area" is set in a world where Korea is on the brink of unification. North and South Korea establish the Unified Korea Mint and are printing one common currency as the groundwork to build a stable joint economy.
Despite people’s expectations, “only the rich got richer,” leading to severe inequality. Against this unfair world, a crew of thieves, including Tokyo, an ex-soldier from the North, unite under the leadership of a mastermind known as the Professor to plan an unprecedented heist — stealing money yet to exist.
"The North and the South Korean situation is something I wanted to depict in the show," said director Kim Hong Sun during a mediacon on Wednesday. "I was thinking that the story of the two Koreas could be told to the global audience because that will spark curiosity."
Part 1 of "Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area" will premiere on Netflix on June 24. —JCB, GMA News