I want to get the biggest cheer..Squid Game 35: Will it be a success for the 5-year long journey? (Roundup)
Jun 09, 2025
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Netflix held a production presentation for the original series 'Squid Game' Season 3 (played by Hwang Dong-hyuk, directed by 'Squid Game 3') at Seoul Dragon City in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 9th. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Lim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Wi Ha-joon, Park Kyu-young, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Jo Yu-ri, Chae Kook-hee, Lee Da-wit, and Roh Jae-won attended the event.
'Squid Game 3' corresponds to the final finale of the 'Squid Game' series that sparked global syndrome. Season 3 tells the story of Ki-hoon (Lee Jung-jae), who lost his best friend in a game that he participated again with his own purpose, the frontman (Lee Byung-hun), who hid in the game while hiding his identity, and the final fate of the participants who survived the cruel game.
It is the perfect finish that director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who spent six years working on this work, dreams of. Although there was a criticism that it was somewhat insufficient in season 2, it is also expected to resolve it in season 3. Director Hwang said, `Many of you may have guessed it because you watched the trailer, but it's about how Sung Ki-hoon, who lost his best friend Jung-bae with most of his colleagues at the end of the season 3 rebellion, fell to the floor due to guilt and despair of his fault, then hit the floor to do the rest of the work, and how Sung Ki-hoon got back on his feet. I think it would be interesting to focus on values such as the story I had with the frontman at first and the confrontation between the worldview and the view of humanity.
Director Hwang then said "This is what it's like. So rather than trying to give you a decided message, 'Think like this', what I wanted to give you through seasons 2 and 3 was a question. Many of the side effects of late capitalist society, the constant stimulation of excessive competition or human desire, and the frustration and defeat that occurs there, I wanted to ask the question of whether we humans could make a better world and pass on a sustainable one to our subsequent generations" he said.
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Lee Byung-hun, who plays the frontman who made all these rounds, said, `Ki-hoon is shocked and lethargic when the frontman kills his best friend Jung-bae. However, these are stories in which Ki-hoon, who still believes in humanity and destroys all of these systems with his own beliefs, plans again as he wants to destroy everything, and the frontman plans his own plan again as he sees such Ki-hoon. In the end, if season 2 and season 3 are one story, season 3 is the last climax and ending story, so it has to come very intensely in many ways, dramatically and dramatically, and maybe it will be a story that can be said to be a full-fledged confrontation between the frontman and Ki Hoon" he forewarned.
Various games are the key to watching 'Squid Game 3'. Director Hwang said, `I think I can tell you what's in the preview. Did you all see it?A 瑁嗤? You may have seen a line turn and a person walking across a high bridge and falling over an ankle. It seems that such a game will come out, and a game in which people share a maze-like space with red and blue colors and look for each other appears. Since it is playing tag and hide and seek, many games such as police and thieves are expected and inferred, and new games containing such games will also appear. Based on the game we played in our childhood, we change it little by little. It doesn't appear in the trailer, but the last hidden game does. Please look forward to it."
Cheolsu's appearance was also a hot topic. Director Hwang said, `Young-hee and Cheol-soo are a pair. If there is a game that 100 people have to play at once in season 2 or season 3, I wanted to show you a game that the two play in pairs. I also wanted to show viewers around the world that there is a boy character like this other than Young-hee."
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Due to the spectacular success of season 1, disappointment with season 2 has grown. Critics continued to point out the collapse of Sung Ki-hoon's character in the development of the less probable story. "Season 2 and season 3 were written and filmed at once," Hwang said. It was not a work that could be changed after seeing the reaction of season 2. However, the ending of season 2, these parts, and the narrative of the character were not organized and ended, so I think the disappointment I felt in that will be resolved a lot if I watch season 3."
Nevertheless, 'Squid Game' dreams of a perfect finale through Season 3. Regarding Season 3, Lee Jung-jae said, `We worked hard to make it, and accordingly, the evaluation is based on the feelings that so many people have seen, so rather than what kind of evaluation you want, I'm very curious about what kind of opinions will come out of the many precious opinions. Season 1 and Season 2 were all different. We looked at the opinions and said, "'It's well contained, but you watched it well.'" I didn't mean to do this, but you might misunderstand. You might be disappointed. That's what we always say. As a result, I think that various words are bound to come out because it contains various characters and many topics. Season 3 also said, "I can't wait to hear more opinions.' Coach Hwang also wants to hear the evaluation that the things he has spread in season 2 have been settled well. It's the finale, and I hope the evaluation comes out well like Squid Game."
Finally, Lee Jung-jae said "I want to receive the biggest support in Korea" and Hwang did his best to make a suitable work with the end of the long journey. I hope you enjoy it and enjoy it."
It will be released on Netflix on the 27th.
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