Creator of The Acolyte, Leslye Headland, advised American media IGN that casting the position of Sol was difficult, however Lee resolved it.
“I assumed (about) Squid Recreation and I used to be like, ‘that’s the man, that’s him. I don’t know the way I get in contact with this particular person, I don’t know in the event that they need to carry out in English.’ To me, it turned so clearly (Lee)’s half, versus (casting him for) the very fact he’s a Korean film star,” mentioned Headland.
She added that he’s the “finest actor” she has ever labored with. “Watching him carry out in English for the primary time, and monitoring the emotional beats, doing a lot of his personal motion.”
Netizens, nevertheless, have combined reactions about Lee’s half within the present.
Whereas some have been blissful in regards to the Asian illustration, others voiced issues about his previous feedback and actions, together with a few assault expenses in 1999 and 2000 whereas he was in his mid-twenties.