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Daniel Day Kim plays an intelligence agent who returns to Korea to rescue his daughter, played by Reina Hardesty. Prime The glossy well-constructed spy thriller Butterfly is the story of a secret operative who risks his life to return to Seoul. It’s also a story about a father and daughter who need to resolve the pain caused by his absence. Daniel Dae Kim plays David Jung, a highly skilled secret agent, long thought to be dead. During his extended absence his daughter became an asset for the intelligence agency that he co-founded, an agency that has since turned against him. She’s a coldblooded killer and he wants to rescue her. She might be so angry to learn that her father’s alive, she may want to kill him. It wasn’t just the thriller’s rapid fire action scenes that led Kim to both star in and produce Butterfly. It was also the dangerous dynamic between Jung and his daughter Rebecca, played by Reina Hardesty (The Flash, It’s What’s Inside). Their relationship definitely needs mending. “I’m a dad myself,” said Kim. “I know that parents can sometimes make very big mistakes with the best of intentions and I’m interested in playing and watching people who are flawed, not your perfect hero. Every character in our show has made mistakes and everyone is seeking some kind of forgiveness or reconciliation. Whether the audience chooses to give it or not is the question I’m interested in seeing gets answered. That attracted me to the piece. I also love this idea of bringing together Korean culture and American culture because they both reflect two sides of who I am.” The international cast includes Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly), Louis Landau (Surprised by Oxford), Charles Parnell (Top Gun Maverick) and Sean Dulake (Dramaworld), but also features Korean drama…

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