Who Is Park Seo-joon Playing In Captain Marvel 2? | Screen Rant
The cast of Captain Marvel 2 (officially titled The Marvels) has reportedly added South Korean actor Park Seo-Joon - but who is he playing? Directed by Nia DaCosta (Candyman), the sequel began filming this year and is set for release in 2023.
Park stars in the hit K-drama series Itaewon Class, and also had a small role in the Oscar-winning thriller Parasite as Min-Hyuk, the wealthy friend of Kim Ki-Woo who gets him a tutoring job in a wealthy household. According to South Korean entertainment news site Star News, which reported the casting, Park is expected to travel to the U.S. to film his role in The Marvels in the second half of 2021, after production wraps on his upcoming movie Concrete Utopia.
The casting has led to some speculation that Park could be playing Amadeus Cho, the best known Korean superhero in Marvel Comics, who became the Hulk after acquiring Bruce Banner's powers. However, Amadeus Cho isn't strongly connected to Captain Marvel or the other members of the Marvel family, so it seems unlikely that he'd made his debut in Captain Marvel 2. Moreover, Park Seo-Joon is 32 and therefore slightly too old to play teen genius Amadeus Cho, even accounting for Hollywood's tendency to cast older actors in teenage roles. Park is almost the same age as Claudia Kim, who played Amadeus' mother Helen Cho in Avengers: Age of Ultron, so casting them as mother and son wouldn't make much sense.
If Park Seo-Joon is playing an established Marvel superhero, the most likely candidate is Noh-Varr a.k.a. Marvel Boy. Like Carol Danvers, Noh-Varr was a soldier within the Kree Empire, but his life was changed when a villain called Dr. Midas attacked his ship and brought it crashing down to Earth, killing Noh-Varr's parents and girlfriend. Interestingly, the ship crashes in New Jersey, which is where some of the filming for The Marvels is taking place. In addition to the usual Kree powers of super-strength and durability, Noh-Varr's DNA has been manipulated to include insect genes, making him "half-man, half-cockroach." He's incredibly strong, incredibly tough, and can also run along walls and ceilings. If any set photos emerge of Park with white hair, it'll be a safe bet that he's playing Noh-Varr.
Though it would be exciting to see Marvel Boy introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's also possible - and perhaps more likely - that Park Seo-Joon is simply playing a side character with no powers. He could be an agent of S.W.O.R.D., the Earth agency that's expected to play a significant role in The Marvels' storyline. Whatever role he appears in, Park's presence is sure to be a draw for at the South Korean box office, which is currently one of the top five biggest film markets in the world.