Did you know Lee Byung-Hun's ‘Front Man' avoided his trend of dying in the shows for THIS reason?

Time of India

13-07-2025

Surprisingly, Squid Game season three appears to finally break the melancholy tendency that has characterized many of Lee Byung-hun's noteworthy appearances in television and film.
One of the main villains, Lee Byung-hun, was first presented in Squid Game season 1. The opening season of the Netflix Korean show barely revealed anything about his history but hinted at how he ended up becoming the Front Man.
Season 2 of Squid Game progressively untangled the web of his mysterious past to reveal that he was also a player in the main games at one point. He ended up losing faith in humanity as a result of the games' events, which led him to play a crucial role in enabling a system that had previously taken advantage of him.
Owing to the developments in the Front Man's story in Squid Game's seasons 1 and 2, it was hard not to believe that he would meet the same fate as many of Lee Byung-hun's other characters. However, surprisingly, Squid Gameseason 3 broke one major trend in the actor's career by ending the Front Man's story in an unpredictable way.
Lee Byung-hun has portrayed a wide range of characters in television series and films. Surprisingly, despite the fact that most of the characters he plays are very distinct from one another, they all end up dying.
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The actor's characters have died in the most bizarre and frequently terrible ways in nearly ten films.
Even when the actor appeared in Hollywood movies, like The Magnificent Seven, Terminator Genesis, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, his characters still often met with grim or sacrificial ends. On television, Lee Byung-hun's Hyun-Jun Kim died in IRIS after being shot in the head. Similarly, his character, Eugene Choi, met with a similar fate in Mr.
Sunshine.
Based on this death trend alone, the viewers, who are familiar with his extensive line of work, could not help but expect that he would die in Squid Games 3 as well. The show, however, astonished many by not only keeping him alive but also giving him a semblance of redemption near the conclusion.
Many viewers could not help but theorize that the Front Man would eventually die in Squid Game. It was believed that either Gi-hun or Jun-ho would kill him to ensure the games ended for good.
The Front Man brutally murdered Gi-hun's friend, Jung-bae, in Squid Game season 2's ending moments. This led many viewers to believe that Gi-hun would be out for blood in season 3 and would take revenge because the front man deceived him in season 2.
The Front Man spared his brother, Jun-ho, in season 1 by making sure he received medical care after shooting him, even though he had little humanity left in him. There was a lot of speculation that Jun-ho wouldn't be as forgiving to his brother.
As a police officer, his great sense of justice would drive him to kill rather than spare his brother. Unexpectedly, despite having the chance, Jun-ho also chooses not to murder In-ho, ending Lee Byung-hun's fatality streak.
The Front Man watches Gi-hun die from a distance in Squid Game season 3's ending. After watching Gi-hun sacrifice his life for the baby, the Front Man seemingly finds some of his lost humanity. Owing to this, he sends Jun-hee's baby to his brother, believing that he would do a better job at raising the child.
He also heads to the United States and gives Gi-hun's daughter access to his winning prize from the games. Although the conclusion of the Front Man's story in Squid Game season 3 is a little unclear, it confirms his survival and suggests that he might choose to pursue redemption rather than play the games again.
The Front Man receives a bittersweet ending, much like the majority of Lee Byung-hun's characters who pass away around the end of their stories. However, because he at least survives and regains some of his lost morals, his ending arc seems more sweet than bitter.