Netflix Squid Game creator shares 'mixed feelings' about show's ending at London premiere

Daily Record

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Squid Game season three premiered in London on Thursday with the official Netflix release date being June 27 for the final season of the record-breaking show.
Squid Game's season three premiere was held this week and director Hwang Dong-hyuk had shared his mixed feelings about his smash-hit Netflix show coming to an end. The Korean series premiered its third and final season in London last week, welcoming the director and cast members including Lee Jung-jae, Park Gyu-young and Lee Byung-hun to the red carpet event.
Squid Game first launched in 2021, with the first season breaking records on Netflix as the most watched non-English language TV series of all time, bringing in a whopping 265.2M views in its first three months. The show follows hundreds of cash-strapped individuals as they compete in a series of deadly psychological games for a life-changing amount of money, and their own survival.
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Squid Game's third season will premiere on Netflix on June 27 with Hwang telling the audience at the premiere that he is feeling a mixture of "happiness", "relief" and "sadness". Hwang said: "I've devoted six years of my life into this show, and to think that it's all done and over, I do also feel quite sad".
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In the teaser trailer, which was released last month, player 456 Seong Gi-hun, portrayed by Lee Jung-jae, is brought back into the dormitory in a giant black gift box, after his rebellion plan at the end of season two failed and led to the death of his pal Jung Bae, played by Lee Seo Hwan.
At the premiere, Lee Jung-jae shared his experience of returning to the show's iconic dormitory set, saying it 'brought back such intense memories'.
He added that he knew it was only a matter of time until the immaculate set would be covered in blood again.
He said that the new cast members were ecstatic to be on the famous set.
He recalled: 'They were in awe, they were saying, 'Oh my God, we're at the Squid Game dormitory set. I couldn't bear to tell them what was going to happen.'
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The leading actor also gave a glimpse on what we can expect from his character this season.
He said: 'The most intriguing point that you want to look out for as you enter season three is, from that rock bottom that Gi-hun hit after season two, where is he headed to next?'
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"Is he going to return to the old Gi-hun who use to have a good heart and wants to help others, or is he going to cross over to the dark side?'
The recent trailer showed fans that the third season's first episode will introduce a new game as the remaining players stand in front of a massive gumball machine that divides them based on the colour of the balls dispensed.
The show's creator confessed that it was hard to come up with another new set of games for seasons two and three, admitting he 'used all the games' in season one.
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However, he found a way as Hwang revealed during a Q&A that the final game of season three will be one that no one has seen before, explaining he felt it would be the 'best fit' for the ending of the show.
Meanwhile, Park, who plays Kang No-eul, offered some insight into what playing an iconic pink guard is like.
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She revealed that while the costume looks very cool on screen, it is far more uncomfortable in real life, especially due to the heat and how difficult it is to breathe in it.
She said: 'I was very honoured to be able to portray this character, to show the backstories of a pink guard and the emotional landscape that they hold, it was very meaningful that we got a peek from the other side of the system.
'I thought of my character Kang No-eul as just one person who's lost something that's so important to her, which is her baby.
"So when a person loses something that's so important to them and they want to reclaim it and have it back, they become very strong and very resilient. This is how I wanted to approach her.'