Meet The Cast Of Money Heist's Korean Remake

Netflix Money Heist Korean Remake: Money Heist is ready to get adapted in Korean. Netflix has announced the actors who will be playing crucial roles in the show.

Money Heist (also known as La Casa de Papel) became one of Netflix's most popular shows. South Korea is adapting the Spanish show, which is currently in the midst of its second heist. The cast has been confirmed by Netflix Korea. Professor, the mastermind behind the show's heists, will be played by film director and fashion model Yoo Ji-tae, according to the producers.

The Cast

Money Heist, which premiered in 2017, was a hit with the 65 million households who watch it on a regular basis. That's why, when word got out that a K Drama adaptation was in the works, everyone was eager to find out who would be in the cast.

According to Netflix, the Korean adaptation of Netflix's famous Spanish Original Series La casa de Papel has been cast. Yoo Ji-tae as "the Professor" and Kim Yunjin as Seon Woojin, an inspector at Task Force Team, will star in the Korean Original Series. Previously, Yoo Ji-tae has been starred in The Swindlers, Money, Svaha: The Sixth Finger and Kim Yunjin has been cast in Seven Days, Ode to My Father, Lost, Mistresses. 

The other team members (gang members) who will be involved in the heist: Park Hae-soo will play the character of Berlin, Jeon Jong-seo of Tokyo, Park Jung-woo of Rio, Kim Ji-hun of Denver, Lee Won-jong of Moscow, Jang Yoon-ju of Nairobi, Kim Ji-ho of Helsinki, and Lee Kyu-ho of Oslo.

Park Myung-hoon is portraying Cho Youngmin, a hostage, leading fans to believe that he will be playing the Korean version of Arturo. In Parasite, the actor played the role of a different hostage, and his role in Crash Landing On You made an impression on the audience. Youn Misun, another hostage and a possible Korean equivalent of Mónica Gaztambide/Stockholm in the original series, will be played by Lee Joobeen.

Earlier Variety reported that Kim Hong-sun, the director of dramas such as The Visitor, Voice, and Black, will be directing the 12-part adaptation. Alex Pina, the creator of La Casa de Papel, quoted, "Korean creators have been developing their own language and audiovisual culture for years. They have managed, like our series, to go beyond cultural borders and become a point of reference for thousands of viewers around the world, especially among young people."