LOS ANGELES, April 15 (UPI) -- Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Charles Melton said they had enough input into their characters on Beef Season 2, premiering Thursday on Netflix, to influence the scripts. The actors joined Beef creator Lee Sung Jin at a Los Angeles press conference.
Season 2 tells a new story about country club owner Josh (Isaac), his wife Lindsay (Mulligan), and their employees Austin (Melton) and Ashley (Cailee Spaeny). Austin and Ashley record a fight between Josh and Lindsay, and blackmail them with the evidence.
Isaac said he already related to Lee via Season 1, which starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as drivers involved in a vehicular incident who escalate their feud. In the third episode, Yeun's character visits a church and cries.
"It's both hilarious and also deeply unsettling and emotional," Isaac said. "I felt like, does this guy know my life? As an immigrant and being part of the evangelical community, and then the song, the Incubus song at the end, I was like this guy kind of knows me."
Lee and Isaac got to know each other further via Zoom. Lee had prepared detailed backstories for all the characters, but replaced much of them with material inspired by the actors.
