Warning, this article contains spoilers for the end of Season 1 of Squid Game. If you haven’t seen it and don’t want to be spoiled, don’t read it.
It all started on Saturday, June 17th in São Paulo, during the Tudum event attended by AlloCiné. Netflix has made big announcements by landing some of its biggest stars on its schedule. Among the most anticipated series: news from Squid Game Season 2, the real tidal wave of 2021.
The promise is fulfilled after Netflix released a teaser showing the cast of season 2. We’ll find Jung-jae Lee as Ji-hoon (ex n°456), Ha-joon as Wi-joon – yes, the cop, but also Byung-hoon Lee, who plays the front man, and Yoo Gong, who we secretly saw as the employer.
The teaser also features several confirmed South Korean actors joining the cast. The list includes former K-pop idol Si-wan Yim, who became an actor and most notably appeared in the Netflix thriller Unlocked. Sung-Hon Park, the actor who plays the villain in Netflix’s latest hit K-drama The Glory, will also be in attendance.
The other two actors are Ha-Neul Kang, well known in South Korea for the rom-com When the Camellia Blooms, and actor-rapper Dong-Geun Young, known for the historical drama The Forbidden Marriage. But we don’t have details about their characters yet.
where are the women
While there is excitement about new faces in the upcoming season, many fans are dismayed that there are no women on the cast list. “He is an amazing actor??? But it’s a little strange that there aren’t any women“, we can read A Tweet.
“Aren’t you women when one of the best things about the first season was the actress in it?“, we can read in the comment, which received more than 4000 likes Instagram post In a video from Netflix.
This comment is about the North Korean character Sae-byeok Kang (played by actress Ho-yeon Jung). Other Instagram tweets and comments echoed similar sentiments. But Netflix wanted to respond to fans and tell them Insider that prominent female characters will be revealed in future casting announcements.
“This is the first casting announcement for Squid Game Season 2. We look forward to sharing more casting information soon, which includes the main female characters.– said the representative of Netflix.
The second season of the blockbuster will begin filming later this year and will be directed and produced by director Dong-Hyuk Hwang, series creator and Emmy Award winner for best director of the first episode of the series.
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