Squid Game 2: Controversy on the making of the Netflix series

It is one of Netflix’s most popular and profitable series and its return is highly anticipated by fans. Planetary phenomenon Squid Game returns for second episodes after the huge success of its first season.

Subscribers were able to discover the first teaser during the TUDUM event in Sao Paulo, which confirmed the return of actors Lee Jung-jae (Song Gi-hoon, ex n°456), Lee Byun-hoon (Hwang In-ho, Masked Agent). ), Wi Ha-joon (Hwang Joon-ho, a police officer) and Gong Yoo (a game recruiter).

Season 2 is already under the influence of controversy

This new season of the Squid Game opened with much fanfare, but controversies have been linked ever since. The announcement of the four new cast members for Season 2 – Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon, and Yang Dong-geun – has been heavily criticized since the cast is, so far, 100% male.

Netflix responded to the controversy by clarifying that it was only part of the cast, and then revealed the rest of the cast: Park Gyu-young, Jo Yoo-ri, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Lee Jin-wook, Choi Seung. Hyun, Roh Jae-won, and Won Ji-an.

With this statement, the American giant caused a stir again, because the casting of actor Choi Seung-hyun did not go well. This 35-year-old rapper and former member of the boy group Big Bang, whose stage name is TOP, really created a scandal a few years ago in South Korea for using marijuana, for which he was sentenced to ten months of probation. and a two-year probationary period.

Despite this controversy, TOP has joined the filming of Squid Game Season 2, which is currently underway in Seoul and Incheon, according to Maeil Kyungjae. Korea. Neither director Hwang Dong Hyuk nor Netflix have commented on the matter.

By the way, it seems that TOP is playing the role of a retired idol and his character should be bigger than expected.

In turn, star Lee Jung-jae, who asked An incredible amount per episode, was already filming his first shots secretly. Filming started not too long ago, but hiccups have already ruined it.

according to AllKpop, an anonymous netizen posted a complaint about the filming of Squid Game Season 2 at Incheon International Airport on July 11th. According to this person, during filming, the employee forbade people to use the public escalator and did it rudely.

A representative of Squid Game apologized: “We saw a report from a citizen who felt uncomfortable on July 10 at Incheon International Airport during the filming of Squid Game Season 2. We tried our best to let the public know the details while filming on location. I’m sorry. You make people feel uncomfortable. We sincerely thank those who found out about the filming and will be even more careful when filming in the future.”

At this time, Netflix has no release date for Squid Game season 2. But it looks like we’ll have to wait a while before we discover the new episodes that are just starting. The team hopes that no other controversy will arise during the shooting.