When “Cobra Kai” actress Alicia Hannah-Kim was asked to help secure a team of western actors to appear in the K-drama “Tempest,” she went to work to assemble a cast that includes well-known actors like John Cho, Spencer Garrett, Michael Gaston, Brooke Smith, Christopher Gorham and Jacob Bertrand. “I think a lot of people think that K-dramas are all romantic love stories, but there are a lot of different genres,” Kim (cq) said in a Zoom interview from Los Angeles. “’Tempest’ is an international spy thriller. It’s a very sexy show with a lot of different elements.” Originally signed on as a producer, Kim also has a role in the Disney+ series, which airs in the U.S. on Hulu.
Q: What was it like when you returned to Korea not as a tourist, but as a producer?
A: When I arrived at Incheon Inte