Arden Cho revealed that she had already stepped away from acting before KPop Demon Hunters was offered to her. She voices the film's main character, Rumi.
"It was one of those things where, 'O.K., yes, I'm still retired, I'm done. I'm not doing any auditions. I'm not doing this anymore.' But this is different, an animation. And I love animation, and this is for the kids," she said in an interview with The Playlist.
She went on: "This one was for me, this is for Baby Arden, who grew up feeling like I didn't see myself in a lot of these stories, and K-Pop Demon Hunter is really the movie that I always hoped for, dreamed for. And again, to be able to have a part in it is just such an incredible honor. And I'm so grateful people are seeing it and loving it," she said.
With the success of the Netflix animated movie, Arden shared that what changed for her was discovering a new surge of motivation.
"I will say that probably the biggest change in the last two months is that I have had this newfound, immense wave of energy. And this new feeling of maybe it’s not too late. No, it's never too late. Maybe now is the time," she remarked.
Reflecting on the film's success, Arden said it reminded her why she became an actor in the first place.
"I just feel like this is crazy. But also, it's so interesting because it's sort of like happening as we speak, but I also feel like it just feels so natural and easy because it's easy to talk about a project I love. It's easy to have conversations with people that I feel like you genuinely love the movie, and it just makes people feel good. And I know that's why I became an actor. I became an actor because I love stories. I love storytelling. I want people to feel good, and I want us to escape from the stress and sadness of life and have a moment of joy. I feel so lucky to have been almost re-inspired to want to continue this grind," she stated.
When asked what she hopes to see in a potential sequel, Arden said she's eager to learn more about the characters' backstories.
"Oh man. I mean, storyline? I don’t know. I'm not a writer. I can't do that, but I really do want to know her backstory. I want to know who Daddy Demon is. I want to know what happened to Mom. Is this a 'Romeo and Juliet' story? What happened here? I want to know more about Celine," she said.
"And then I want to see the girls' babies. I think Baby Rumi is so cute. I'd love to see Baby Mira and Baby Zoe. And then I think it would just be really cool to just know how they all became Hunters, right? It's such a big responsibility. I want to know how it started."
She added: "Oh, oh my gosh. And then we can't forget. We got to go find Jinu!"