Mark Ruffalo To Play Mr Kim In HBO's Adaptation Of Parasite?
Bong Joon Ho's Parasite won 4 Academy Awards over the weekend and is also getting an adaptation with HBO in English. While is early stages, Mark Ruffalo is being considered for lead role.
Parasite
made
history
at
the
92nd
Academy
Awards
on
Sunday
night,
it
won
four
Oscars
2020
in
major
categories
including,
best
picture,
best
international
feature
film,
best
director
and
best
screenplay.
The
director
Bong
Joon
ho
become
the
first
South
Korean
film
to
win
an
Oscars
and
also
first
non-english
to
win
best
picture.
Many
Parasite
fans
may
already
be
aware
of
the
fact
that
an
English
adaptation
is
already
underway
in
collaboration
with
HBO.
The
limited
series
will
be
directed
by
Bong
Joon
Ho,
along
with
The
Big
Short
director
and
Hustlers
producer
Adam
McKay.
The
series
as
reported
by
Collider
will
have
5-6
episodes
and
it
is
also
being
said
that
Avengers
star,
Mark
Ruffalo
is
being
considered
for
the
lead
role
of
Mr
Kim,
played
by
Song
Kang-ho,
in
the
original
film.
No
details
about
other
cast
members
have
been
out
yet,
but
a
statement
by
HBO
says,
"The
HBO
limited
series
inspired
by
Parasite
is
in
the
early
stages
of
development,
and
to
speculate
on
any
characters
or
casting
is
wildly
premature."
Bong
Joon
Ho
post
Oscars
talked
about
the
project
and
revealed
he
met
Adam
McKay
recently
and
had
a
fun
conversation,
"It
feels
like
we
are
starting
to
build
things
one
by
one.
He's
amazing.
Right
now
we
are
still
talking
about
the
structure
of
the
narrative.
I
can't
wait
to
talk
about
the
actors.
I'm
very
excited
to
see
who
will
join
the
cast."
Mark
has
already
collaborated
with
HBO's
upcoming
screening,
I
Know
This
Much
is
True,
based
on
the
best
selling
book
of
the
same
name
will
release
in
April
2020.