'BEEF' Steven Yeun "Winning 8 Emmy Awards? I didn't expect it... but I was confident."
Actor Steven Yeun talked about the Netflix series 'Angry People (original title BEEF)' winning 8 Emmy Awards.
On the morning of the 2nd, an online press conference for the Netflix series 'Angry People' (written and directed by Lee Seong-jin) was held. Director Lee Seong-jin and actor Steven Yeun (Korean name Yeon Sang-yeop) attended the event.
'Angry People' tells the story of a conflict between Danny (Steven Yeun), a contractor whose work is not going well, and Amy (Allie Wing), a businesswoman who is dissatisfied with her life, triggered by a reckless driving incident that stimulates the dark anger within them. This is a work that has been dealt with. At the 75th Emmy Awards, it won a total of 8 awards, including Best Picture in the TV Miniseries/TV Movie category, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Casting, Best Costume Design, and Best Editing.
When asked on this day whether he had predicted 8 Emmy Awards, Steven Yeun smiled and said, "Actually, it's not easy to predict something like this. I just hope that it happens."
He continued, "What made me happy was that all of us who were involved in the entire process of making this work were deeply involved in the story we were trying to create and knew each other's thoughts very well. We were immersed in the process." “I don’t know what the reaction will be, but I thought that how you react and feel when it is first released will have more implications about ‘what kind of person you are’ rather than ‘what kind of work is this?’” he explained.
Steven Yeun proudly said, "We all had a lot of confidence in the story we wanted to tell and the intention we wanted to convey through it. We even had that much confidence and trust in the parts we couldn't stimulate at the time." .
He added, "So when the work first came out and received a lot of attention, what I felt most deeply was gratitude. I am deeply grateful that we can tell stories that we believe are true, and that people respond to those stories like this."