Actor Yoo Teo seems to have established himself as a ‘blue chip’ in Hollywood.Yoo Teo, who has been receiving constant global love calls since the movie ‘Fast Lives’, has announced news of appearing in Hollywood movies one after another.

According to North American entertainment media such as Variety, Yoo Teo has been recently cast as the lead in the film ‘Stratagem’ alongside world-renowned actress Noomi Rapace, known for the ‘Millennium’ series and ‘Prometheus’.

‘Stratagem’ is a spy action thriller set against the backdrop of a cybersecurity summit in the Swiss Alps.Yoo Teo plays Daniel Sim, a mysterious genius engineer and ‘key man’ who prevents the leak of U.S.defense secrets.Noomi Rapace plays Stella Turner, a cold-blooded CIA agent who goes undercover to seduce Daniel Sim.

This film is produced by David Lancaster, a veteran producer who created ‘Whiplash’ and ‘Nightcrawler’, and novelist and film director Michael Idorf and his wife Lily Idorf are in charge of directing and writing the screenplay, respectively.

The Idov couple is the screenwriter of the Russian-French co-production ‘Leto’ (directed by Kirill Serebrennikov), which introduced the then-unknown Yoo to the world stage in 2018, so expectations are high that the Idov couple and Yoo are working together again.’Leto’ was invited to the competition section of the 2018 Cannes International Film Festival in France and received rave reviews worldwide.

Yoo Teo has also confirmed his appearance in another Hollywood film, Karoshi.According to Deadline, Karoshi, which stars Chad Stahelski who created John Wick, is being produced as a corporate action thriller with samurai elements, although the specific plot details are being kept under wraps.

Previously, Teo Yoo starred in the 2018 Korean-American film “Fast Lives” directed by Celine Song, laying the foundation for his global activities.Through “Fast Lives,” which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, he was also nominated for the British Academy Film Awards(BAFTA)for Best Actor, the first Korean actor to do so, and was selected as one of the 100 most influential Asians of the year by Gold House.Teo Yoo also starred in the second season of the American Netflix series “The Recruit,” which was released in January.


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