Season 3 of XO, Kitty has wrapped production in Seoul, South Korea, and Netflix revealed the addition of three new cast members, the promotion of a recurring player as well as the appointment of a new showrunner for the upcoming installment.
Sule Thelwell (Saint X), Soy Kim (Like a French Film, Sorry Not Sorry) and Christine Hwang (Law and Order: SVU) have joined the cast, and Hojo Shin, who plays Jiwon, has been upped to a series regular. Valentina Garza serves as showrunner for Season 3, taking over for Jessica O’Toole who oversaw Season 2.
The showrunner change is somewhat surprising as O’Toole was featured in the February renewal announcement, teasing what is to come in Season 3. At the time, the new season was already being written; Garza was named showrunner in the spring, just before or around the time production on Season 3 started in May, sources said. She had been a writer on Seasons 2 and 3 and penned the Season 2 finale.
Thelwel has been cast as a series regular and will portray Marius. Kim and Hwang will recur as Yisoo and Gigi, respectively. Eagle-eyed viewers may recall that Marius is the name of Q’s (Anthony Keyvan) former roommate, and there is some lore there.
The returning cast includes Anna Cathcart (Kitty Song Covey), Minyeong Choi (Dae), Gia Kim (Yuri), Sang Heon Lee (Min Ho), Regan Aliyah (Juliana), Hojo Shin (Jiwon), Peter Thurnwald (Alex), Joshua Lee (Jin), Sasha Bhasin (Praveena), Michael K. Lee (Professor Lee), Philippe Lee (Mr. Moon), Jocelyn Shelfo (Madison), Han Bi Ryu (Eunice) and Sunny Oh (Mihee).
At the end of Season 2, Kitty found herself asking to tag along with Min Ho (Lee) as his father and brother left on a music tour for the summer. The hopeful moment suggested that the romantic spark between them might finally have an opportunity to develop into a relationship. Min Ho had confessed his love for Kitty at the end of Season 1, but she had just ended things with Dae (Choi) who was one of the main reasons she went all the way to South Korea to study abroad in the first place. Kitty had done this because of feelings she started having for Yuri (Kim).
New faces last season included Sasha Bhasin’s Praveena, Philippe Lee’s Mr. Moon and Joshua Lee’s Jin. Noah Centineo also stopped by to make a cameo midway through the sophomore installment and give Kitty a pep talk.
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The Season 3 renewal of the series came on Valentine’s Day this year, almost a month after Season 2 arrived on Netflix.
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