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The squid gameCreator, director and writer, Hwang Dong-hyuk, broke down the second season of the series, reminiscing a difficult scene that made everyone “really sick”.
Netflix’s hit South Korean thriller — in which hundreds of penniless individuals compete in deadly children’s games for a life-changing sum of money — returned for its second season on December 26.
The new season welcomes back Lee Jung-jae as player 456 Seong Gi-hun, who infiltrates the competition to try to end it once and for all.
*Spoilers ahead – you have been warned*
After re-entering the competition, Gi-hun faces a new set of games that he must overcome in order to survive.
One of them involves a six-legged race, where players are brought into an indoor room full of sand. Divided into groups of five, the contestants must complete a series of challenges within a set time while running around a mini-track. While waiting for their turn, the other teams sit in the middle and cheer each other on.
In a new interview with The WrapHwang and Lee Byung-hun, who plays Hwang In-ho/Front Man, recalled filming the scene.
“It was the only game where the participants cheer for each other. I thought [while writing the game]if we can increase opportunities for people to support and support each other, society will become better,” Hwang said.
Lee recalled that the scene was “the most fun, but also the most exhausting”.
“Every time a group would run around, [the set] it was completely filled with dust and it was hard to breathe,” he said, and Hwang added: “Everyone got really sick. As soon as I said ‘Cut’, everyone started coughing, including me. It took more than two weeks to shoot the scene.”
While the spectators were mostly impressed with the sequel and its new character stringthe rest were split over the action-packed finale, which ended in a bang is preparing for what will be the third and final season in 2025.
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Addressing fan anger over the split end of the seasonHwang said Entertainment Weekly: “Of course, those watching would feel like, ‘Oh, no. What will happen next? Give us the next episode now.’
“But I think because, at that moment, Gi-hun loses everything, fails all his attempts [to stop the games]then he goes through another character transition. So I thought it was the best place to end the season.“