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The Business

On set with Sebastian Lelio; Steven Yeun on life after ‘The Walking Dead’

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this year, actor Steven Yeun joined us to talk about his role in the Oscar-shortlisted Korean film, ‘Burning.’ We talked about other topics too, and this week, for the first time, we’re airing that part of the conversation. Yeun tells us about getting his start in the industry and what he’s looking for in future roles. Plus, a visit to the set of Sebastian Lelio’s new film ‘Gloria Bell.’

Transcript

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0:00.0

From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

0:04.7

Korean-American actor Stephen Young moved to L.A. and was quickly cast in AMC's The Walking Dead.

0:10.6

Now off the show, Yon reflects on six seasons playing friendly zombie fighter Glenn.

0:16.0

A character, he says, could sometimes feel a little colorless.

0:20.0

I guess the reason I can call it beige now is, like like in the rear view, we didn't go all the way.

0:25.7

And now I'm interested in playing full humans that can go all the way, that can be bad or good,

0:34.2

or just live in the duality of which is all of us, you know.

0:37.1

Yung joined us in the studio recently to talk about his role in the Oscar shortlisted Korean

0:42.1

film, Burning, in which he played The Mysterious Ben, a nuanced character, definitely not beige.

0:49.1

But we covered many more topics in our conversations, so we're airing that part of our

0:53.1

interview for the first time now.

0:55.0

Yon tells us about failing to make it an improv in Chicago and the fateful audition that gave him his start in Hollywood.

1:02.0

He also explains why after The Walking Dead, he's embraced roles in movies with Korean directors.

1:08.0

Plus, Sebastian Lelyo won the foreign language Oscar for his 2017 movie,

1:13.7

A Fantastic Woman. His new film, Gloria Bell, is in theaters now. We visited him on the set of

1:19.7

Gloria Bell when the movie was shooting and talked about the transition from making Spanish

1:23.9

language films to working in English. He and some of his crew members tell us about shooting in The Vortex.

1:31.1

But first on the news banter, Disney starts digesting Fox.

1:35.7

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

1:42.6

I am joined by my partner in Bander, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter.

1:47.1

Hello, Matt.

1:47.7

Happy spring.

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