SEOUL – How did Park Seo-joon’s much-hyped role in The Marvels end up being a glorified cameo?
That’s the question some disappointed netizens asked themselves after watching Marvel’s new superhero movie, Cinematic Universe, which screened in theaters in Singapore.
After all, the popular South Korean actor appears in a composite symbol on the official foreign poster of The Marvels alongside leading actors such as Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani and Samuel L. Jackson. He also has his own solo character poster.
In this sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel, Larson reprises her role as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, while Parris returns as Monica Rambeau/Photon and Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms Marvel. Parris and Vellani were last seen in the Disney series WandaVision (2021). and Mrs. Marvel (2022).
Park, 34, who plays Captain Marvel’s ally and love interest Prince Yan, is said to have under three minutes of screen time. The Marvels has a runtime of 105 minutes.
“I thought he was one of the main characters. I can’t believe her screen time is less than the time it takes to cook noodles,” one fan wrote on South Korean website The Qoo, according to a translation by Entertainment. Koreaboo website. ” It gives me a bad taste in my mouth. It just bothers me the way they treat the Asian character. “
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However, some enthusiasts have pointed out that Park is clearly destined to be a major character in The Marvels and are pleased that his appearance has already sparked so much discussion.
He was joined by big names in Hollywood who also made brief on-screen appearances: Bill Murray as Lord Krylar in Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) and Russell Crowe as Zeus in Thor: Love And Thunder (2022).
And despite being part of the titular organization of 10 super-powered beings in Eternals (2021), Korean-American actor Don Lee, who played the mighty Gilgamesh, spent less screen time than most of his co-stars after his character was killed. Halfway through the movie.
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