Making the “Squid Game” is as dangerous as playing it.
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the mastermind behind South Korean thriller series on Netflix, recently reported BBC He lost “eight or nine” teeth while shooting the show’s first season.
In a 2022 interview DiversityThe 53-year-old producer said he lost six teeth during production of the show – but he fixed that number this week.
Hwang’s Emmy Award-winning series follows hundreds of destitute citizens as they participate in a mysterious “survive or die” contest that promises to reward one winner with a transformative sum of money, so long as they stop raising deformed children. The sick survive in a Field Day-inspired tournament. game.
“Even though the first series was such a huge global success, to be honest, I didn’t make much money,” the Seoul native told the BBC while promoting it. season 2 Which will premiere on 26th December.
He added, “So doing a second series will also help me compensate for the success of the first series.” “And I didn’t quite finish the story.”
When asked why he changed his mind about doing another season, Hwang replied, “Money.”
Hwang based “Squid Game” on his own struggles following South Korea’s 2009 economic crisis.
it became Netflix’s most watched show ever When the first season drops in September 2021.
Season 2 is introducing all new characters except Lee Jung-jae’s Seong Gi-hun, the reigning champion, who returns to the game to end the game once and for all.
“The stress I’m feeling now is very high,” Hwang said of making the new season.
After the first season came out, Hwang revealed he didn’t get rich Despite the show’s massive success. He told the guardian in October 2021 that the chain only gave him “enough to put food on the table”.
“It’s not like Netflix is giving me a bonus,” he said at the time.
Hwang also revealed how seriously making the show took a toll on his body and mind.
The director said, “It was physically, mentally and emotionally exhausting.” “While we were filming new ideas kept coming to my mind and the episodes were revised, so the amount of work increased manifold.”
Hwang has confirmed that “Squid Game” will end with season 3, which is expected to be released in 2025.
“When I was thinking about the idea of the end of season three, I thought it just naturally came to my mind that it was the finale,” he explained. hollywood reporter Last week.
“I was confident that with that story, I was able to tell everything I wanted to tell through the story of Squid Game and also the perspective of Gi-hun as a character, and I thought we could And the story is not needed from here,” he added.
“Squid Game” season 2 will premiere on Netflix on December 26.
