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‘The Roundup’ Star Don Lee on Plans to Expand the Action-Packed Franchise: ‘I Need to Entertain More People’


Don Lee packs a punch as a likable tough guy in Berlin's 'The Roundup: Punishment' and the brains behind a handful of Korean and U.S. franchises.

In Berlin with “ The Roundup: Punishment,” part four of the action movie series that he created and stars in, the larger-than-life Korean American Don Lee finds himself simultaneously in multiple timely and lucrative businesses. One of my goals is to entertain more people,” Lee told Variety on the fringes of the Berlin Film Festival, where “Punishment” has its world premiere as an out-of-competition gala screening. Only a couple of day ago, as he got on the plane from Tokyo to Berlin, Lee set off another social media frenzy by appending a Hello Kitty cover to his mobile phone.

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