“We weren’t aiming for a star-studded cast,” says Kim Heewon about Disney+ ‘s new spy thriller “ Tempest .” “Rather, I believe something truly lucky happened, something that can only be described as a stroke of fortune.”

That fortune brought together Gianna Jun , Gang Dongwon, John Cho , Lee Misook and Park Haejoon for the streamer’s most ambitious Korean original to date, a political conspiracy thriller that launched its first three episodes on Sept. 10. The series follows a former diplomat uncovering an international plot stretching from Seoul to the White House – what executives are calling their “tentpole original of the year.”

In an exclusive interview with Variety , co-directors Kim (“Queen of Tears”) and Heo Myeonghaeng (“The Roundup: Punishment”) break down their collab

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