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'Squid Game' Cast Then And Now
This is what the cast of Netflix's 'Squid Game' has been up to since the first season premiered in 2021.
It’s the K-drama that got everybody talking and, finally, three years after its first series burst onto Netflix, Squid Game is finally making a return to the small screen later this year.
The premise of the show is simple: Squid Game focusses on 456 people (all with serious debt issues) as they compete in six children’s games over six days to win £28 million ($38 million). But all is not quite as it seems: the games are gorier and more life-risking and disturbing than any children’s game we’ve ever seen before. For those who are yet to treat themselves to binging the series for the first time, just remember that all is not quite as it seems.
Once the dystopian thriller series hit our screens in September 2021, it quickly became Netflix’s number one ‘must-see’ show across 90 countries and the streaming platform’s most successful non-English show of all time. It soon also became Netflix's biggest ever series launch, and the hashtag #squidgame had over 27.5 billion (yes, billion) views on TikTok in a matter of weeks after the show’s release.
The second season, which will be released later this year, sees four of the first series’ main characters, played by Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo, reprise their roles. Netflix has confirmed that the storyline of the second season will follow the first series’ protagonist, Seong Gi-hun (played by Jung-Jae), as he ‘abandons his plans to go to the U.S. and starts a chase with a motive.’ Talk about a cliff-hanging teaser.
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The countdown until the second season is on, but if you’re missing your favourite Squid Game players, here’s a refresher of what they’ve been up to since the first season premiered.
Naomi May is a freelance writer and editor with an emphasis on popular culture, lifestyle and politics. After graduating with a First Class Honours from City University's prestigious Journalism course, Naomi joined the Evening Standard as its Fashion and Beauty Writer, working across both the newspaper and website. She is now the Acting News Editor at ELLE UK and has written features for the likes of The Guardian, Vogue, Vice and Refinery29, among many others.
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