Ahead Of ‘Squid Game’ Season 2, Creator Says He’s ‘Sick Of Squid Game’

Squid Game season 2 is about to launch virtually on Christmas right here (the twenty sixth), the proper household present for the day after you open presents (ehh). Squid Game has turn into a very weird phenomenon, what was clearly initially meant to be a one-off collection after a decade of attempting to get both a film or one season of a present made, however its explosive success as Netflix’s hottest present of all time by a strong margin meant that extra was simply…obligatory.

Squid Game has now became a full-on model full with merch, actuality collection, video video games and naturally, a second season. But the creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, is just about over it after taking on three years to make season 2. Here he’s talking to Variety:

“I’m so exhausted. I’m so drained. In a manner, I’ve to say, I’m so sick of ‘Squid Game,’” Hwang says in a second of candor. “I’m so sick of my life making one thing, selling one thing. So I’m not fascinated about my subsequent venture proper now. I’m simply fascinated about going to some distant island and having my very own free time with none telephone calls from Netflix…Not the ‘Squid Game’ island.”

I don’t suppose Hwang Dong-hyuk is “ungrateful” for his success or something, however you possibly can think about the stress it took to crank out a second season of a present that you just had probably by no means deliberate to make, and the way Netflix wanted it to be an enormous scale hit like the primary (that continues to be to be seen, however I’d be stunned if it hit the unique’s heights). Keep in thoughts that it is a man who mentioned that 9 of his enamel fell out from stress when he was filming the primary season of the present. And that was earlier than it was even this enormous hit.

I do surprise if that Squid Game season 2 is certainly one other large hit (will probably be enormous, I simply don’t know if will probably be as enormous and viral as season 1) if Netflix is prepared to let this go, with or with out Hwang Dong-hyuk. If he’s simply…accomplished after this, and given all this, I’d not blame him, would they convey in one other director and author to maintain it going? That seems like it might be a nasty thought, however Netflix has clearly tried to make a Squid Game empire and I don’t think about they’re prepared to let that go after simply two seasons, even when they have been three years aside.

I hope Hwang Dong-hyuk will get the remainder he deserves after making this present, because it very a lot seems like he wants it.

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