CNN
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“Squid Recreation” was an enormous hit for Netflix, however the man behind the juggernaut South Korean drama is sharing that it wasn’t all roses for him.
Producer Hwang Dong-hyuk mentioned he misplaced “eight or 9” tooth throughout filming of the primary season in an interview with BBC.
So why return for a second season?
“Cash. Though the primary sequence was such an enormous international success, truthfully I didn’t make a lot,” he mentioned. “So doing the second sequence will assist compensate me for the success of the primary one too. And I didn’t absolutely end the story.”
“Squid Recreation” explores a darkish world through which contestants who’re deeply in debt play youngsters’s video games with a view to win a ton of money.
In a time of precise struggle, local weather change and, sure, financial inequality, the creator sees the present as a technique to discover clashes between lessons but in addition genders, generations and political events
“New traces are being drawn,” he mentioned. “We’re in an period of us vs them. Who’s proper and who’s incorrect?”
The sophomore season finds Seong Gi-hun/Participant 456 (performed by Lee Jung-jae) returning to attempt to save different contestants. Count on loads of drama and stress.
However what in regards to the stress of the present’s creator, which brought on him to free tooth final time?
“I haven’t seen my dentist but, however I’ll in all probability have to drag out a couple of extra very quickly.” he mentioned.
The second season of “Squid Recreation” premieres December 26 on Netflix.