Daniel Dae Kim is sharing his thoughts about the upcoming seventh and final season of The Good Doctor, on which he serves as an executive producer. “It’s been a wonderful ride”, he told Deadline in an interview on the red carpet Thursday night at the premiere of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Kim portrays Fire Lord Ozai in the Netflix live-action series.
“Seven years nowadays is actually saying a lot,” Kim remarked on the length of The Good Doctor‘s run, noting that this is his third series that has gone over 100 episodes (the others are Lost and Hawaii Five-0). “I know that’s rare and I appreciate that for what it is,” he added as he thanked “everyone who has been a part of the show” for its success.
Will he reprise his Dr. Jackson Han character from The Good Doctor? Kim played Dr. Jackson Han in a 5-episode arc over seasons 2 and 3. Kim told Deadline he’d “love to come back” but he has several things he’s working on right now. He’s now headed to South Korea for his next project Butterfly, a six-episode series at Prime Video in which he stars in his first solo lead television role, and produces. His production company, 3AD, which also produces The Good Doctor, developed the series under its first-look deal with Amazon Studios.
Based on Arash Amel’s graphic novel series published by Boom! Studios, Butterfly is a character-driven spy thriller that explores complex family dynamics within the treacherous world of global espionage. It centers on David Jung (Kim), an enigmatic, highly unpredictable former US intelligence operative living in South Korea, whose life is blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him.
