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‘Beef’ Creator Lee Sung Jin on Writing a Possible Season 2: “I Need to Look Into the Abyss and See What’s Staring Back”

The first-time showrunner personally won three of the Netflix limited series’ five Emmys on Monday night.

After a packed nine days in which the Netflix dark comedy swept at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, the show was officially crowned best limited series at the 2023 Emmys on Monday night, with seven additional trophies between the Primetime and Creative Arts ceremonies, including best actor for Steven Yeun and best actress for Ali Wong as the feuding duo Danny and Amy, respectively. The next day, creator Lee Sung Jin – who personally also won for writing the pilot and directing the finale – phoned The Hollywood Reporter to talk about lessons learned as a first-time showrunner as well as what he would do with a potential (not yet officially greenlit) second season. I’m constantly jotting ideas down and there’s so much that I want to explore, but this awards season has been pretty nonstop, so I’m excited to have a chance to settle and, Netflix willing, look hard in the mirror and start observing myself and some uncomfortable things about my own psyche and then dive back into something.

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