The 27-year-old Korean model lands the gig after sending the director an audition tape. Photo: Jung Ho-yeon/Instagram
Director Hwang Dong-hyuk admitted he auditioned a lot of actresses for the role of Sae-byeok for his new Netflix series Squid Game, but no one felt right.
That is until he received an audition tape from top Korean model Jung Ho-yeon, which the latter recorded in New York where she was walking the runway for the New York Fashion Week.
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