Interesting Facts About Netflix’s Squid Game Series

Squid Game, which came to Netflix on September 17, is the subject of hundreds of money-strapped people’s experiences after they accepted the offer to compete in various children’s games in exchange for money. There will be only 1 winner of the competition entered by hundreds of people who want to win the grand prize. A big surprise awaits those who fail in the competitions.

SPOILER ALERT!
If you’ve watched the first serial on the most watched list for days, you can easily browse through these easter eggs and information. Otherwise, let me state that you will be met with unpleasant details. Here are the details and information:

Squid Game was almost unwatchable. First born in 2009, the idea was rejected by producers and actors over 10 years by 10 studios.

Thanks to the director’s persistence, he is now at the top of the world.

The series was originally thought of as a movie, but later it was decided to turn it into a series.

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk is known mostly for his movies. Especially his 2011 film Silence (Do-ga-ni) was highly appreciated.

When Squid Game was first announced in September 2019, the series was called “Round Six”.

In the main hall where the characters were held, the games they had to play were depicted on the walls, but the vast majority still did not notice them.

The spooky giant doll in the first episode has been transported to a village in South Korea. You can visit it at the entrance of the horse-drawn carriage museum called Macha Land (if you dare).

Stairs used by staff are inspired by M. C. Escher’s engraving “Relativity”.

The red costumes, which were expected to be very popular this Halloween, were originally planned to be very different.

Director Hwang Dong Hyuk planned for the staff to look like scouts, but found that the scout outfits showed too much of their body lines. Because he wanted these characters to look like an ant colony, he later decided to wear overalls.

Staff uniforms were designed with inspiration from photos of factory workers.

While designing the tracksuits of the players, they were inspired by the green sports tracksuits in primary school.

The boxes in which the dead characters are put look like the box in which Ga-yeong’s gift from Gi-hun is wrapped.

Some details that the characters experience in real life actually give clues about the way they die in the games.

Deok-su jumps off a bridge while dodging people trying to kill him. Later in the game, he falls from the bridge and dies.

Sae-byeok, on the other hand, holds a knife to a man’s throat while threatening to kill him. He is then stabbed to death in the following episodes.

There are similar details for other characters as well.

Actors who played the painted characters in the VIP hall where the rich people watch the games received 5,000,000 KRW (4243 USD) for 3 days of work.

This amount was revealed by a YouTuber who turned down the role.

It turns out that the phone number used in the show was actually a used one.

Using the number found on strange business cards, the woman received more than 4000 calls per day. Some people even stated that they wanted to participate in the games. On top of that, Netflix announced that it would remove this scene from the series.

Another actor nearly played Abdul Ali, one of the most beloved characters in the series.

Filipino actor Carlo Aquino was to play the role, but was unable to enter Korea due to travel restrictions due to COVID-19. Then Anupam Tripathi got the role, although he plays a Pakistani character, he is actually an Indian actor.

Lee Yoo-Mi, who plays the character number 240, was also one of the names that will almost not be in the drama.

Because in the first place it was designed as a man, but later on it was changed.

After the drama, Jung Ho-yeon (Kang Sae-byeok) became the most followed Korean actress on Instagram.

The 27-year-old actress, who debuted with Squid Game, is a name that has moved from modeling to acting.

Gong Yoo is also a name identified with the train in the movie Zombie Express. It is thought to be a reference.

The actor also acted in the famous film of the director of Squid Game, Silence (Do-ga-ni, 2011).

The place where the protagonist Gi-Hun was taken for the play in the first episode is the same place where the homeless man froze to death in the last episode.

Its location is in Yeouido, the financial center of the Korean economy. This is a place like Wall Street.

According to the creator of the series, there is no plan for a second season yet.

The director wants to work on several film projects. However, after this popularity, Netflix does not seem to leave the director alone. According to the finale of the series, the signals of the second season are given, but it may be necessary to wait a few years.

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