Casting Director Noh Min-mi Reveals How She Cast BTS’s Jungkook

By Sohee, Kim

Aug 23, 2025

Casting Director Noh Min-mi Reveals How She Cast BTS’s Jungkook



Casting Director Noh Min-mi Reveals How She Cast BTS’s Jungkook
Third Guest - Casting Director Noh Min-mi" was uploaded on the YouTube channel "Kazoo Friend".On this day, child actor Kim Kyu-ram met with entertainment planner Noh Min-mi and talked about various things, including the role of the casting director and the back story of casting BTS Jungkook.

First of all, director Noh Min-mi said about the job of "casting director"It is true that the casting director of the entertainment rookie development team is looking for people, but it is a little different from ordinary actors and acting advertising models. The rookie development team is divided into casting and training parts. Casting refers to finding friends who fit the company's project, such as auditioning and street casting", he explained.

In the case of the training part, it is a part that manages the visual, skill, personality, etc., and in my case, I am in charge of those two parts", he introduced.




Director Noh Min-mi said, `To put it simply, you can think of it as a team that finds gemstones and turns them into jewelry," he added.

Casting Director Noh Min-mi Reveals How She Cast BTS’s Jungkook
Director Noh Min-mi also recalled an anecdote about casting world star BTS. "When I joined the company, RM and J-Hope were already at the company," he said. "It was Suga who started to get involved in casting." The skills were so outstanding and his smile was so attractive that he recalled to his senior, "'I hope he picks it.'"

He then said "Jungkook was the friend who cast from the beginning", and there was a famous anecdote that he received so many business cards on "Superstar K", and there were so many casting directors at the scene. So I decided to meet good friends quickly in a good place, and I had a friend with bright eyes, cute eyes, and a halo," he recalled his first meeting with Jungkook.




Director Noh Min-mi said, `I gave my business card as if I was really possessed and sent it to you after receiving my contact information, but as soon as I did that, all the other company teams grabbed the political situation. Originally, even if I cast, I would go through an audition, but I didn't want to miss this friend. So I told the company 'Min-mi, if you don't mind, do you sign a contract?' I did. After that, I contacted Jungkook right away. "I kept in touch with my father. Tell your father 'You're signing a contract right away, right?' I did it, and my father said, `Other companies set audition dates, but Big Hit wants to sign contracts right away,' and I said, `There's a possibility.'

Since then, Big Hit has kept in touch with Jungkook's father several times and pushed for a contract. Director Noh Min-mi said, "One day, I got a call suddenly and I'll sign a contract with Big Hit."' He did. Later, I heard that other companies said 'Please meet me for 5 minutes' and 'I'll wait at Seoul Station', but my father said 'I'm going to sign a contract with Big Hit'.

Director Noh Min-mi said, "It was fate to cast Jungkook"My father believed in us, and it was amazing to be able to proceed with the contract right away without auditions."




Casting Director Noh Min-mi Reveals How She Cast BTS’s Jungkook
Director Noh Min-mi also talked about BTS's 'Evitable Success'. When asked what possibilities did he see for the trainees that no one had noticed, he said, `I had faith that it would work out really well. Like the song 'Blood Sweat & Tears', they were practicing until the soles of their shoes went down, so I thought they would succeed," he said.

At the same time, he said about BTS, who has now become a world-class world star, "I'm so proud"When we meet now, we go back to those days. When I meet new development team sisters or employees, I go back to that time even though I am a world star. There are times when I forget that I'm a world star when I joke around and talk," he said, expressing his affection for the BTS.



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