'Parasite' Cast Gets Standing Ovation At SAG Awards, Bong Joon-ho Adorably Films All Of It

The entire room of actors rose to its feet to celebrate the South Korean team that stars in the award-winning film directed by Bong.
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The cast of “Parasite” took the stage at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards and received a massive standing ovation from the audience.

On Sunday, Song Kang-ho, Park So-dam, Choi Woo-shik, Lee Jung-eun and Lee Sun-kyun stood onstage to address their critically acclaimed South Korean film about a poor family sneakily embedding with a wealthy one.

The Bong Joon-ho feature was nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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"Parasite" cast members Song Kang-ho, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Lee Jung-eun, Chang Hyae-jin and Lee Sun-kyung present a clip of "Parasite" onstage during the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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After the cast walked out, the entire audience of their fellow actors rose to its feet.

No one was more excited by the heartwarming moment than director Bong, who stood up with his phone in hand to record the moment for posterity: 

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"Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho at the SAG Awards Sunday night.
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The excitement in the room overflowed to Twitter, where people had much to say.

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