For nearly two decades, actor Arden Cho and orthopedic surgeon Christopher Lee lived in Los Angeles without ever crossing paths. It wasn\u2019t until they were both in their late 30s\u2014focused on their careers and ready to take a more intentional approach to dating\u2014that they connected on a dating app.<\/p>\n
\u201cDating apps felt less like a trend and more like a practical way to meet someone outside our everyday routines,\u201d Arden, who is known as the voice of Rumi in KPop Demon Hunters, says. \u201cAs a public person, dating online came with its own challenges. I had actually been kicked off a few apps because people reported my profile, assuming it wasn\u2019t really me. Fortunately, one app took verification seriously, and within just a few days\u2014and only two dates\u2014I met Chris. Looking back, it feels like timing was everything. We found each other exactly when we were supposed to.\u201d<\/p>\n
In March 2025, Chris proposed in one of Arden\u2019s favorite places: Maui. \u201cHe planned a beautiful, intimate proposal set against one of the most breathtaking backdrops imaginable, and somehow he managed to completely surprise me!\u201d Arden remembers. \u201cIt was incredibly romantic, and I\u2019ll never forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wedding took place just over a year later at Villa Cora in Florence, over the weekend of June 27. \u201cPlanning moved surprisingly fast!\u201d Arden says. \u201cBetween KPop Demon Hunters and a busy awards season, we didn\u2019t start planning until right after the Oscars, which gave us just about two months to pull everything together. Thankfully, we worked with Nancy and Pae at So Happi Together, who made the process feel much more manageable.\u201d<\/p>\n
From the beginning, the couple\u2019s goal wasn\u2019t just to host a wedding, but to curate an unforgettable weekend for family and friends in Florence. \u201cWe fell in love with Florence and wanted the weekend to feel like a beautiful vacation where everyone could slow down, celebrate, and make memories together,\u201d Arden says. \u201cItaly is special to us, not only because of the food and culture, but because this is where I decided he was my person. It became less about the event itself and more about bringing all of our favorite people together in one magical place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even though the setting was idyllic, the weekend had its fair share of challenges. \u201cLooking back, it\u2019s incredible how many obstacles arose before the celebrations even began,\u201d Arden shares. \u201cOur airline misplaced all four of our checked bags on the way to Florence\u2014including my husband\u2019s custom tuxedo, our hanboks, and the traditional attire for our Korean pyebaek ceremony. I remember sitting there in tears thinking our wedding weekend was already falling apart. Thankfully, with the incredible help of Villa Cora, we recovered everything just in time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Right after that, Christopher\u2019s family\u2019s flight was delayed and ultimately canceled. \u201cFor a while, we genuinely thought they might miss the wedding,\u201d Arden admits. \u201cWe were especially worried because our traditional Korean pyebaek ceremony is centered around honoring the groom\u2019s parents. Fortunately, they arrived safely, and we simply moved the ceremony to a beautiful midnight celebration that ended up feeling even more intimate and special.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For nearly two decades, actor Arden Cho and orthopedic surgeon Christopher Lee lived in Los Angeles without ever…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,215839],"class_list":["post-528088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-wedding-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}