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How Did A Phone Salesman Who Won ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ End Up Soundtracking One Of ‘Squid Game’s Bloodiest Season 2 Moments?


SPOILER ALERT: This story gives away details of the second season of Netflix’s Squid Game. Paul Potts used to sell cellphones at a British store called Carphone Warehouse before he won the first season of Britain’s Got Talent. He is not someone you expect to be soundtracking a bloody game of Russian roulette in the […]

Paul Potts used to sell cellphones at a British store called Carphone Warehouse before he won the first season of Britain’s Got Talent. But it is his version of Nessun Dorma, an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot – a song popularized by Luciano Pavarotti during the 1990 FIFA World Cup – that plays over the violent subplot in the first episode of the Korean drama series. Before he finds him, The Salesman manages to capture two men who are helping Gi-Hun track him down and forces them into a deadly game of rock, paper scissors mixed with Russian roulette.

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