John Cho Joins “The Afterparty”

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17 MAY 2022 - There’s another big name headed to “The Afterparty.” Deadline says John Cho is joining the show’s second season. A sort of off kilter “whodunit,” “the Afterparty” features a detective (played by Tiffany Haddish) taking statements from suspects in a murder, with each of their tellings presented in the styles of various film genres. Season one was set after a high school reunion. Season two will be set after a wedding.

Cho you may know from the “Harold and Kumar” movies, the Netflix live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, and the most recent “Star Trek” films. Regarding his Apple gig, Deadline says:

Cho, who has been tapped as a series regular, joins fellow new cast members Elizabeth Perkins, Zach Woods, Paul Walter Hauser, Poppy Liu, Anna Konkle, Jack Whitehall, Ken Jeong and Vivian Wu, as well as returning stars Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson and Zoë Chao.

We know nothing about Cho’s character, except that his name is Ulysses. The rest is a mystery, which works great for a mystery. No word on when season two will hit Apple TV+.