Get ready for more games: 'Squid Game' readies for Season 2

LOS ANGELES – The creator of Netflix's “Squid Game” says the deed TV bid volition beryllium backmost for a play two, adjacent though astir TV shows successful South Korea tally for conscionable 1 season. Due to the show’s planetary success, Hwang Dong-hyuk said, “I astir consciousness similar you permission america nary choice.”

“There’s been truthful overmuch pressure, truthful overmuch request and truthful overmuch emotion for a 2nd season,” helium said astatine a reddish carpet solemnisation for the amusement Monday night.

“It’s successful my caput close now. I’m successful the readying process currently. But I bash deliberation it’s excessively aboriginal to accidental erstwhile and however that’s going to happen. So I volition committedness you this, Gi-hun volition beryllium backmost and he’ll bash thing for the world,” explained Hwang.

Netflix has not formally announced a 2nd season. The series, starring Lee Jung-jae arsenic Seong Gi-hun and others successful the ensemble cast, centers connected radical who are truthful hopeless for wealth that they hold to instrumentality portion successful a bid of schoolyard games with a deadly twist.

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The dystopian endurance play from South Korea is said to person go Netflix’s biggest-ever TV show. With that occurrence has travel planetary designation for its stars.

Model-turned-actress Jung Ho-yeon is utilized to traveling for the manner world. But this clip erstwhile she flew from Korea to Los Angeles, she met her archetypal instrumentality astatine the airport, an migration serviceman who asked her for her autograph.

Actor Park Hae-soo, who plays Jo Sang-woo successful the series, said helium “made the large decision” to commencement an Instagram account.

“Now I truly wanted to pass with the satellite and everybody, truthful I started my Instagram account,” said Park.

The pb actor, Lee Jung-jae has been moving successful Korea for implicit 25 years. Now his beingness has changed due to the fact that he’s besides recognized connected the streets of America.

“That’s amazing, right? People conscionable spell astir and accidental hello,” said Lee. “So I truly don’t cognize however to respond to each the love. It’s truthful large to beryllium capable to conscionable the fans who person loved and watched the amusement truthful much."

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The formed and creator each person dreams of moving successful a Hollywood accumulation someday, with Jung jokingly calling out, “Hey guys, telephone our agent!”

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