"Beef" is finally returning for its second season on Netflix and, with it, comes a new cast of characters who find themselves in conflict with each other. What remains the same, however, for this latest season is the setting, which is still California. It’s for that reason that we’ve long been wondering whether this is the same Cali that serves as the backdrop for the original episodes. We asked series director Jake Schreier about that during a recent interview for CinemaBlend, and I wasn’t expecting his answer.
Jake Schreier has certainly been in the position of having to watch his words when it comes to talking about his projects. After all, he did direct Marvel’s Thunderbolts* (or New Avengers), and he’s also helming the upcoming X-Men reboot (which we discussed). Still, we’d be lying if we said we expected the director to be cagey in regard to the inner workings of producer/writer Lee Sung Jin’s "Beef" continuity. When we asked Schreier whether the seasons take place in the exact same California, he said the following.
