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This is an archive article published on January 1, 2024
Korean actor Cho Yeo-jeong remembers late Parasite co-star Lee Sun-kyun in New Year’s post
Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun, 48, was found dead last Wednesday in Seoul by South Korean authorities following up a report that he had gone missing.
Cho Yeo-jeong shared a picture with Lee and other Parasite co-stars Choi Woo-shik and Park Myung-hoon. (Pic: Cho/Instagram, AP)
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite was a stinging satire on class divides in South Korea and etched history in 2020 when it became the first non-English film to win an Academy Award for best picture. It also bagged three more Oscars, including best director trophy for Bong.
Cho played Choi Yeon-gyo, the Park family matriarch, opposite Lee Sun-kyun, who essayed the role of Park Dong-ik, the Park family head, in the genre-defying movie. The actor shared a throwback selfie on Instagram on Monday with Lee and other Parasite co-stars Choi Woo-shik and Park Myung-hoon from an awards show.
“I will never forget the honour of being together (with you). I will never forget (your) cheerfulness of always making everyone smile. I will be a warm and good actor like you. I’ll embrace a new year that is not pleasant. I’ll try to do well,” she wrote in the caption.
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Lee, 48, was found dead last Wednesday in Seoul by South Korean authorities following up a report that he had gone missing.
The actor had faced investigation over accusations of illegal drug use amid a government crackdown in which police questioned him three times, with one session running 19 hours over the weekend.
Lee had said he was tricked into taking drugs by a bar hostess trying to blackmail him, the Yonhap news agency reported.
The actor is also known for Koreans films such as Helpless and All About My Wife as well as K-dramas Coffee Prince and My Mister. Lee was nominated for best actor International Emmy for his titular role in Apple TV ‘s first Korean-language original series Mr Brain.
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Earlier, popular Korean actors like Kim Go-eun, Lee Je-hoon and Kim Nam-gil also paid homage to Lee.
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