{"id":20454,"date":"2025-12-16T21:09:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20454"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:09:35","slug":"how-kpop-demon-hunters-gave-arden-cho-her-golden-moment-after-years-of-acting-heartbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20454","title":{"rendered":"How KPop Demon Hunters gave Arden Cho her golden moment after years of acting heartbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Three years ago, Arden Cho was ready to walk away from acting. She had landed her first lead role in the Netflix series <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Partner Track<\/em>, only to see it cancelled after one season. She was heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Her agent would not let her quit. \u201cShe refused to say \u2018You\u2019re done.\u2019 She just kept sending me things,\u201d Cho recalls. \u201cShe just [kept] being like, \u2018Look, I know you\u2019re not auditioning. I know you\u2019re done, but I think you\u2019d like this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Now, Cho is juggling multiple projects after voicing the lead character Rumi in Netflix\u2019s animated summertime sensation <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">KPop Demon Hunters<\/em><\/span>. The film has become the most-streamed movie on the platform and spawned the earworms \u201cGolden\u201d and \u201cSoda Pop\u201d as its soundtrack dominated pop charts.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI am so ready,\u201d Cho says. \u201cIt feels like it is my golden moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"(From left) Characters Mira, Rumi and Zoey in a scene from KPop Demon Hunters. Photo: Netflix via AP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/15\/db0ae649-217a-4619-b607-57242bcccd6b_c20abec8.jpg\" title=\"(From left) Characters Mira, Rumi and Zoey in a scene from KPop Demon Hunters. Photo: Netflix via AP\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">(From left) Characters Mira, Rumi and Zoey in a scene from KPop Demon Hunters. Photo: Netflix via AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The timing feels almost cosmic. Netflix announced that <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> was its most-watched movie ever on August 26 \u2013 exactly three years after it began streaming <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Partner Track<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3336444\/how-kpop-demon-hunters-gave-arden-cho-her-golden-moment-after-years-acting-heartbreak?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three years ago, Arden Cho was ready to walk away from acting. 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