- Title: 'Squid Game' director in dilemma over reviving dead characters for second season
- Date: 16th September 2022
- Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (SEPTEMBER 16, 2022) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** DIRECTOR-WRITER OF ‘SQUID GAME’, HWANG DONG-HYUK, WALKING ONTO STAGE VARIOUS OF HWANG HOLDING TROPHY AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS SOUTH KOREAN ACTRESS, LEE YOU-MI, WALKING ONTO STAGE LEE HOLDING A TROPHY AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS LETTERS READING (Korean): “SQUID GAME†NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS TROPHIES ON TABLE (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) DIRECTOR-WRITER OF ‘SQUID GAME’, HWANG DONG-HYUK, SAYING: "I want to revive Ji-young, but her best friend Sae-byeok also died, so I'm thinking about what to do. So many characters died, especially beloved ones. I'm sorry I killed them so easily, I didn't know this was coming." CAST AND STAFF SEATED ON STAGE LEE SMILING 11 HWANG AND LEE SEATED WITH OTHER CREW (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) DIRECTOR-WRITER OF ‘SQUID GAME’, HWANG DONG-HYUK, SAYING: "Of course, what I wanted the most was the best drama series. Because above all else, it comes at the end of the ceremony where everyone in the team goes onto the stage, so I was hoping for such a moment." CREW AND CAST SEATED HWANG SEATED, TROPHIES ON THE TABLE (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) DIRECTOR-WRITER OF ‘SQUID GAME’, HWANG DONG-HYUK, SAYING (ON NOT WINNING THE BEST DRAMA AWARD AT EMMYS): “When I heard an 'S' sound when they announced it, I thought it was 'squid' but then it turned out to be (HBO drama) 'Succession', so I remember being a little disappointed.†CREW AND CAST RECEIVING FLOWERS VARIOUS OF CREW AND CAST POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
- Embargoed: 30th September 2022 10:11
- Keywords: Netflix Seoul South Korea Squid Game crew director staff
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA001573716092022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The director of Netflix's huge hit series "Squid Game" said on Friday (September 16) that he was in a dilemma over whether and how to revive dead characters as he prepared for a second season after making history at the Emmys last week.
Director-writer Hwang Dong-hyuk won an Emmy for outstanding directing for a drama series, while lead actor Lee Jung-jae clinched the honor for best actor in a drama. Both were the first Asians to garner those titles and the first from a non-English series.
Hwang said he had already devised games to be played in the second season and was writing a script, but was in a dilemma over dead characters such as Ji-young and Sae-byeok. The new season will be shot next year and released in 2024.
The Emmy's directing honour epitomised Hwang's never-dreamed-of journey with the series, but he was disappointed at missing the trophy for best drama series, which went to HBO's "Succession."
"Squid Game" became Netflix Inc's most-watched series ever after its release last September, creating countless online memes and Halloween costumes and kickstarting sales of green tracksuits. The nine-episode survival drama offers a fable of a deeply unequal capitalist society, with cash-strapped contestants playing childhood games for a chance at life-changing sums of money.
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