‘Squid Game’ Creator Reveals He’s Lost Over 10 Teeth Filming Netflix Series

Contestants on “Squid Game” could also be shedding their lives, however its creator is shedding his tooth!

Creator, author, and director Hwang Dong-hyuk lately revealed that he misplaced about eight tooth filming the primary season of the Netflix smash hit, and now he is misplaced just a few extra!

Just a few weeks forward of the season 3 premiere of “Squid Recreation,” Hwang opened up on the stress that he has skilled whereas creating the Netflix hit. He informed Entertainment Weeklythat whereas he misplaced about “eight or 9” tooth whereas making the primary season, there have been nonetheless just a few extra to go.

“I assumed it was going to be okay, however this time I needed to pull out two extra tooth as effectively,” Hwang informed the publication. “I needed to pull out about eight tooth in season 1, and now I’ve two extra tooth out, and I have never put them again in but. So I am ready for them.”

Regardless that it nonetheless took a toll on his well being, Hwang admitted that it was simpler for him to complete seasons 2 and three, which can wrap up the story of Gi-Hun (also called Play 456), who Emmy-award-winning actor Lee Jung-jae performs.

“I do have already got the universe and the house that I’ve envisioned come to life, so in a way, season 2 and season 3 have been simpler in comparison with season 1,” Hwang defined. “However the issue is that for season 2 and season 3, we needed to shoot and write in a single go.”

“It was as if we have been making one season, and we tried as finest as we may to usher in season 3 as quick as doable,” he continued. “So the full quantity was a lot bigger, and we needed to shoot for round one yr, so it was very bodily demanding.”

Final yr, followers of the hit Netflix collection watched Gi-hun lead a failed riot towards the Entrance Man, performed by Lee Byung-hun. The second season ended on a dramatic be aware, with the Entrance Man killing Gi-hun’s shut buddy, Jung-bae, proper in entrance of him. With a number of contestants nonetheless remaining, Hwang teased that the video games are going to be extra grotesque than ever.

“Within the case of season 3, I needed to introduce video games that might actually present the bottom backside of human beings, as a result of the collection itself is reaching its climax,” Hwang beforehand informed Leisure Weekly. “I needed very intense video games to deliver out the underside elements of human nature.”

“In season 1, we had a lot of video games like Tug of Warfare that basically utilized peak and the worry that this peak offers, however within the case of season 2, we did not have that component,” he defined. “That’s the reason in season 3, I made a decision to introduce video games that might actually infuse worry in individuals with sheer peak.”

Though there’s a whole lot of bloodshed in retailer for his characters, Hwang revealed that “season 3 is certainly a finale” that won’t finish in a totally darkish place.

“Within the case of season 3, I needed to take a barely completely different method — I needed to concentrate on how [people] need to protect their humanity amidst this intense competitors on this capitalistic period,” Hwang stated.

He went on to say, “I needed to concentrate on how we will protect our sense of humanity and the way we should always stay people even amidst this intense competitors. I attempt to pose that as a ultimate query.”