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‘Squid Game’ Returns With A Vengeance: Creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk & Star Lee Jung-Jae Reveal Why


Squid Game, Netflix’s biggest ever series, returns for its second season December 26 and it’s just as dystopian, violent and vicious as ever.

He’s using the ₩45.6 billion prize to fund this search, helped by a large group of ne’er-do-wells and underworld figures, from the safety of a disused motel that he’s turned into his HQ fortress. “The one thing that I had most in mind was this current world and how it makes all of us divided, it separates us from the other group, creates different sides to become hostile,” he said, speaking days before Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency for a second time. I wanted to channel that pressure into a positive way forward, so the season one finale was [Seong] Gi-hun not getting on the flight, saying that he’ll find the guys [responsible].

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