How 'Gold Land' gave Kim Sung-cheol the role of his career

What are the odds of an actor landing a career-defining role?

For Kim Sung-cheol, that milestone may have finally arrived with the ambitious Disney+ original series "Gold Land." "I heard a lot of people calling this my 'career-defining role,'" Kim said during a press interview held in Seoul on May 29.

"It was my first time playing a delinquent.

I've portrayed a lot of darker characters before, so hearing that almost made me wonder whether all my previous roles had been failures," said Kim.

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