‘Squid Game’ Star Hoyeon Makes Venice Film Festival Red Carpet Debut With Cate Blanchett

She may have broken out on the global scene with a small-screen role on Netfix’s smash hit Squid Game, but South Korean star Hoyeon looked every bit the movie star while making her red-carpet debut at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.

Hoyeon, a huge star in her home country who got her start as a model before segueing to acting, chose a striking look by Louis Vuitton. The red embroidered silk bias-cut gown featured a draped neckline and was paired with accessories from Louis Vuitton’s high jewelry collection including Galaxie Monogram earrings and two L’Elan Vital rings. The ensemble may not have been a surprise to those who have followed her fashion career closely since she serves as an ambassador for Louis Vuitton.

Hoyeon’s appearance on the Lido this year comes thanks to a starring turn in Alfonso Cuáron’s upcoming limited series Disclaimer for Apple TV+. The series stars Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline, and Hoyeon spent some time on the red carpet posing arm-in-arm with the Oscar-winning actress. When she arrived, Gen-Z festival-goers who lined the barricades along the red carpet erupted in cheers when she stepped out to join Blanchett for the cameras. After the screening, which included the first four episodes of the series, the audience inside the theater erupted as well with a lengthy standing ovation.

Hoyeon and Blanchett.

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Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jung Ho- yeon, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cate Blanchett, Kevin Cline, Louis Partidge, Leila George D’Onofrio and Alfonso Cuaron.

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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the Emmy Awards two years ago, Hoyeon talked about her love of Louis Vuitton. “I knew [Louis Vuitton creative director] Nicolas Ghesquière very well from when I was a model, and I really admired his designs because I thought it was a great combination of both modernness and antiqueness, in a way,” she explained. “I also admire the fact that he gets a lot of inspiration from art and pays so much attention to the structure of his outfits. I really wanted to work with Louis Vuitton because of his signature design philosophy. And just because I mean, it’s Louis Vuitton!”

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