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‘Squid Game 2’ Cast on Connecting With Fans and Relating to Their Characters: ‘Thanos Isn’t A Villain, But He Is A Man-Child’
The cast and creatives behind Netflix's "Squid Game 2" took part in a panel as part of FYSEE LA.
When it came to choosing which seemingly-innocent schoolyard games would become death traps in the second installment of his dystopian black comedy, Hwang says he looked for challenges that would force players to vote en masse. For Park Sung-hoon, who plays Cho Hyun-ju (a special forces agent ostracized by her peers when she came out as a transgender woman) joining the cast of “Squid Game 2” allowed him to form a deeper bond with an understanding of the LGBTQ+. Sung-hoon wasn’t the only newcomer impacted by the show’s writing – Choi Seung-hyun, (a rapper and former member of the K-pop group BIGBANG) says understanding the psychology of his character Thanos helped him reflect on his own past.
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