{"id":133960,"date":"2025-09-05T05:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/133960\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T05:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:04:07","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-star-arden-cho-on-films-impact-perfect-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/133960\/","title":{"rendered":"‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Star Arden Cho On Film’s Impact & ‘Perfect Girl’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Arden Cho<\/a> is riding a wave thanks to the record-breaking success of Netflix\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters<\/a>, in which she voices the character Rumi.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actress and singer is soon to star with Adeline Rudolph in another KPop-themed project in the shape of horror-thriller Perfect Girl<\/a>, which as we revealed yesterday<\/a> has newly added international KPop star Jeon Somi to its cast in her first acting role. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe former BlackList script has been described as \u201cScream\u00a0meets\u00a0Black Swan\u201d and charts the story of a new K-Pop super group preparing for its debut, only to see its members mysteriously come under attack after the arrival of a talented new performer. Cho is a producer on the movie alongside Badlands and\u00a0John Wick\u00a0outfit Thunder Road.<\/p>\n

\n\tCho told Deadline of Jeon Somi\u2019s casting: \u201cThis film is so huge, and we had an extensive casting process. We had some really incredible talents audition, but we\u2019re really excited about Jeon Somi. She\u2019s so talented, has such a big range. She\u2019s not just a phenomenal dancer and singer, but she really did bring a very cool, fresh approach to the role as an actress. I\u2019m really excited to see her debut for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie will also feature six original tracks \u201cblending the worlds of music and film\u201d. No word yet whether Jeon Somi or Cho will contribute to the soundtrack. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe whole mystery will be, who is our villain\u201d, Cho says of the film\u2019s premise. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of the fun of it. You get to see these beautiful, talented, and complex characters and we\u2019re not going to know who the villain is or who we should think it is. The script is a fabulous adventure and we hope the audience will be on the edge of their seats wondering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Jeon<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tL-R: Jeon Somi, Arden Cho and Adeline Rudolph<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy\/Tim Bryan\/Seung Hyun Cho<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction is slated to begin October 27th in Asia with Hong Won-ki (Goedam) directing from a script by Lynn Q. Yu.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing its phenomenal global success, will KPop Demon Hunters inform or be reflected in Perfect Girl?<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe wave of love and support for KPop Demon Hunters has been truly incredible,\u201d Cho told us. \u201cI think the greatest part of the success is showing the world that culturally specific stories, new IP, and Asian leads, are not something to be scared of. I think quite often there\u2019s this pressure that you have to have a big star leading a film for it to be successful. Oftentimes, as Asian Americans, we\u2019re kind of seen as a risky investment or a risky project, but I think the success of KPop Demon Hunters shows us that maybe we\u2019re not a risk anymore. Maybe people really love our stories. So, I\u2019ve been very confident about Perfect Girl since I\u2019ve known about the project.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite only just turning 40, Cho, who was born in Texas to Korean immigrant parents,\u00a0says she wants to give back at this stage in her career and help nurture talent and provide platforms for the likes of Jeon Somi to enter the industry: \u201cI feel like I\u2019m sort of stepping into this era where I want to be like a big sister to a lot of like the younger Asian-American talent and the Asian talent. I feel like it\u2019s something I didn\u2019t have in the beginning stages of my career. And I feel that fits with that message of KPop Demon Hunters, which is all about doing it together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCho, also known for series including Teen Wolf and Chicago Med, says she hasn\u2019t had word yet about the next steps for the hit franchise, which follows a world-renowned K-Pop girl group as they balance their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as demon hunters. The movie has had more than three billion global streams on Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re all waiting for those calls,\u201d she says. \u201cThere\u2019s been so many rumors bumping around. We were just saying on Good Morning America that the kids will riot if we don\u2019t announce a sequel shortly. Hopefully there will be a good announcement soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Kpop<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tKpop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s been rumoured online that the hit movie could get a straight sequel, a live action version or even a stage musical. Does Cho have an inkling of the franchise\u2019s direction? <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWho knows? I\u2019m such a fan of animation and the animation world that Sony and Netflix built. So I hope for a sequel or a prequel. I hope that it lives in that space. But who knows. That\u2019s up to the creative masterminds.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCho told Good Morning America earlier this week that she\u2019d love any potential sequel to explore her character Rumi\u2019s family background, which viewers come to learn in the movie is complicated, as Rumi is part-demon.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019d love to see where Rumi\u2019s family is from,\u201d Cho said on the ABC show. \u201cI\u2019d love to know the story of how [Rumi\u2019s human] mom and [demon] dad met and how HUNTR\/X formed, and then we\u2019ve got to go find [demon character] Jinu \u2014 well, or save him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCho is next heading to Seattle to shoot indie movie Cheap AF with Margaret Cho before getting started on Perfect Girl in late October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Arden Cho is riding a wave thanks to the record-breaking success of Netflix\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[50592,88,2696,216,84350],"class_list":{"0":"post-133960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-arden-cho","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-kpop-demon-hunters","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-perfect-girl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}