According to Variety, Blackpink's Jisoo spoke candidly with journalists after accepting the Madame Figaro Rising Star Award at Canneseries, expressing a clear desire to take on a wider range of characters as her acting career accelerates.
Why K-pop's Biggest Stars Are Becoming Hollywood's Most Interesting Casting Conversation
Jisoo's Canneseries recognition isn't just a feel-good moment — it's a signal that the industry is taking K-pop-to-acting crossovers seriously at the highest levels. She joins a growing wave of artists from the Korean music world who are proving they have real screen presence, and her stated ambition to stretch into varied roles opens up a genuinely exciting casting conversation. What genres suit her? What kinds of characters would let her surprise audiences who only know her from the stage? These are exactly the questions that make fancasting so much fun.
For myCast users, this is a wide-open opportunity. Jisoo's filmography is still relatively short, which means the dream cast landscape hasn't been locked in yet. She's a blank canvas in the best possible way — someone fans can imagine in everything from action-driven blockbusters to prestige drama to animated voice work.
What myCast Fans Are Already Imagining
The myCast community has been ahead of the curve on Blackpink casting for a while now. The most vote-rich Jisoo story on the platform is a delightful deep cut: Kung Fu Panda 3: Jennie & Jisoo Blackpink Edition, a fan-built reimagining of the animated franchise with Blackpink members woven into the cast. Fans have given Jisoo 2 votes for the role of Soora, slotting her into an ensemble that also features fan picks like Jack Black as Po and Kate Hudson as Mei Mei. It's a fun, creative story that hints at something real — fans can picture Jisoo holding her own in a big-ensemble, high-energy format.
Beyond that, the platform has a handful of Blackpink-focused stories just waiting to catch fire. BLACKPINK Movie has 10 roles mapped out but zero votes so far — meaning it's a completely open field for fans who want to shape how the group's members get cast in a potential narrative feature. Similarly, lays out four roles with no votes claimed yet. These stories are essentially invitations: the fancasting conversation about Jisoo's next chapter is ready to happen, it just needs fans to show up and make their voices heard.