BEEF - New Netlix Series - Interview with Young Mazino and Joseph Lee

The new Netflix series, BEEF will have you screaming at your TV asking the question, What is wrong with people?

It all starts off with a little road rage. The series, starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun and follows the aftermath of a road rage incident between two strangers. Danny Cho, a failing contractor with a chip on his shoulder, goes head-to-head with Amy Lau, a self-made entrepreneur with a picturesque life. The increasing stakes of their feud unravel their lives and relationships in this darkly comedic and deeply moving series.”

Speaking about the process of writing the script, showrunner Lee Sung Jin discussed how Beef came to be both “completely unpredictable” and yet “deeply personal in surprising ways.”

“Once the writer’s room opened up and we brought in all these great people, we didn’t spend a lot of time trying to write the scripts per se,” he said. “We spent a huge chunk of time just gathering personal stories, anecdotes, and observations about people in our lives.” 

Not only do we get deeper and deeper into why the two main characters are hell bent on revenge and why they just won’t leave well enough alone, but we see how it affects their loved ones and other people in their lives.

Joseph Lee, Steven Yeun and Paul Mazino at the Premiere of, beef

Two of those characters are Paul and George played by Young Mazino and Joseph Lee. Young, as Paul is Danny’s younger brother who have their own beef to contend with. Joseph, as George is married to Ali’s character Amy and as time progresses we discover all is not perfect in their seemingly idyllic union.

Beef will make you angry, but it will also realize that sometimes it just pays to take a deep breath and count to ten.

I spoke with Young Mazino and Joseph Lee about working on the series.

BEEF IS STREAMING ON NETFLIX