“Squid Sport” creator, director and author Hwang Dong-hyuk joined manufacturing designer Chae Kyoung-sun, editor Nam Na-yeong and director of images Kim Ji-yong and members of the “Squid Sport 2” forged (Lee Jung-jae, Kang Ae-shim, Park Sung-hoon, Lee Byung-hun and Choi Seung-hyun) for a panel and screening on Friday evening that was a part of Netflix‘s FYSEE LA collection.
When it got here to selecting which seemingly-innocent schoolyard video games would develop into demise traps within the second installment of his dystopian black comedy, Hwang says he seemed for challenges that will pressure gamers to vote en masse.
“An vital theme I needed to discover within the second season was the notion of elections,” stated Hwang. “So many free democratic international locations around the globe are selecting their leaders, and due to this fact their futures, by means of the act of casting a vote.”
“Elections exist to supply the correct route for society to go in, however as all of us see, it’s truly main individuals to even additional division and hostility – nearly the alternative approach of what it was initially meant to do. I actually needed to poke on the theme of majority rule in elections throughout the liberal democratic world, and pose the query: can [democracy] actually carry us down the correct path? Is it able to permitting us to decide on the correct leaders?”
For Park Sung-hoon, who performs Cho Hyun-ju (a particular forces agent ostracized by her friends when she got here out as a transgender lady) becoming a member of the forged of “Squid Sport 2” allowed him to type a deeper bond with an understanding of the LGBTQ+. group.
“[The fans] have given me a lot assist and love regardless of me being a cisgender actor enjoying a transgender character,” stated Sung-hoon. “I feel the world is turning into a greater place for the LGBTQ+ group, however prejudices and biases nonetheless exist, and Geum-ja is a personality who represents that sort of angle in the direction of the group.”
“However in a while within the present, Geum-ja warms as much as her, she embraces her as one in every of her family and friends. I hope the viewers really feel the identical approach about Hyun-ju, warming as much as her as household. In season three, we undergo so much collectively, so we develop a good stronger bond.”
Sung-hoon wasn’t the one newcomer impacted by the present’s writing – Choi Seung-hyun, (a rapper and former member of the Ok-pop group BIGBANG) says understanding the psychology of his character Thanos helped him replicate on his personal previous.
“Thanos and I’ve some widespread floor, as a rapper who went out second in a contest present and had drug points,” Seung-hyun defined. “When you may consider me as a profitable rapper, I additionally had my failures, so I needed to come face-to-face with my previous errors once I was Thanos. It took a number of braveness for me to tackle this function, however Director Hwang put a lot belief in me.
“I don’t assume Thanos is a villain, however he’s a man-child,” Seung-hyun continued. “Taking part in this character, it was a chance for me to self-reflect on my previous and take into consideration what I’ve carried out incorrect. By means of ‘Squid Sport,’ and Thanos, I really feel like I’m prepared to maneuver on to a brand new chapter of my life. I realized a lot from him.”
The day after the FYC occasion, the “Squid Sport” stars walked the crimson carpet, the place Lee Jung-jae advised Selection he nonetheless needs to see Leonardo DiCaprio on the present. Watch the video beneath to listen to what he needed to say.
