Steven Yeun, who happens to be his cousin by marriage, and the actor signed on as Jacob. He cast Yeri Han as Monica and newcomers Noel Cho and Alan S.
Kim as their kids, with legendary Korean actress Youn Yuh-Jung agreeing to play the grandmother. «I asked my friends who gave me the script, 'Is it a real story of him?
And she said yes. So, I said, 'OK, I will do it,'» Youn remembers. «You cannot beat any story other than your story, I think.»It was when Chung began speaking with his cast about the film that he first began to realize his autobiographical screenplay had the power to connect beyond himself.
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