Whatever fear you felt watching people get killed in the first season of Netflix because they didn’t lick a cookie fast enough or didn’t stand still long enough Squid game is nothing compared to what series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk felt while making it. According to the acclaimed South Korean director, the stress of producing the show caused his body to break down in strange ways.
In an extensive Interview with the BBC from the set of Squid gameIn the second season, Dong-hyuk reveals that he was so stressed during the first season that he lost “eight or nine teeth.” What makes matters worse is that this was just the beginning. He later stated that he felt even more stress while working on the second season. Some of this stress comes from real-life problems in society, which is what the series is based on.
The focus is on the penniless but determined Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-jae), who takes part in a mysterious competition to change his fortune. Squid game examines the deleterious effects of economic inequalities in Korean societies. In the first season, the game is paused after most players wanted to leave the game following the horrific “Red Light, Green Light” game, which is a life-or-death competition. After players return to the financial ruins of their reality, the vast majority decide to return to the game, underscoring how hopeless their current life is, which may inspire them to risk their lives for a chance at something better to get. Channeling that fear into a television show would definitely be enough to drive me crazy.
However, he is now filming the second season and finds it even more stressful. Although he admits that he allegedly lacked adequate compensation in the first season brought in $900 million for NetflixAlthough he was the central catalyst for him filming the second season, he points out that it was all a gift and a curse. “I have about two nightmares a week, mostly about something going wrong during filming or people saying it’s not good,” said Dong-hyuk told The Hollywood Reporter. “Will the games be as entertaining as the first season? Are the characters just as charming?”
Hopefully after the new season of Squid game Released on Netflix on December 26, Dong-hyuk sleeps soundly and gets paid a lot of money while keeping the rest of his teeth intact.
