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With season 3 of the Netflix series ‘Squid Game’ set to be released on June 27, behind-the-scenes stills of director Hwang Dong-hyeok and VIP room sets have been released, raising expectations.
Director Hwang Dong-hyuk said about the upcoming season 3 of ‘Squid Game’, which will reach its finale, “Season 3 will be darker and more brutal than season 2, but at the same time, it will be quite quirky and humorous.” This makes us look forward to a deeper and expanded story and worldview that we won’t be able to take our eyes off of for even a moment.
Also, he raised expectations by sharing his directing intentions that contained his concerns and efforts to complete an immersive series, saying, “I wanted to depict the atmosphere of childhood, the dark situations they face, moral dilemmas, and cruel fates through the game set, which is like a symbol of ‘Squid Game.’” Furthermore, he said, “I wanted to ask the fundamental question, ‘Do we have humanity, and does that humanity have the ability and power to make the world a better place?’” , making people curious about how the message that runs through ‘Squid Game’ from Season 1 to Season 3 will be delivered and completed in Season 3.
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The VIP room set stills that were released together make us truly curious about Season 3, which will be more splendid and colorful.First, unlike the previous seasons that used black marble, the VIP room that uses white marble clearly shows the difference of Season 3.Art director Chae Kyung-sun said about this, “Unlike the fiery Ki-hoon(Lee Jung-jae), the cold and indifferent frontman(Lee Byung-hun)is expressed as an icy temperature difference using white marble, expressing a stark contrast,” and explained the characteristics of the characters that are imbued in the space.
Meanwhile, the space where VIPs dine also attracts attention.As art director Chae Kyung-sun said, “The hexagon is a very solid shape, and I wanted to express that meaning because it feels like an oracle,” the VIP room in Season 3 maximizes the secretive and private feeling while presenting an even starker contrast with the space where participants risk their lives playing the game.Additionally, “I thought that poison was the evil that encompassed all things cruel and violent.That’s why I used a variety of colors to express and design the poisonous plants and composed the VIP room,” and “If Season 1 showed the world of the law of the jungle with a grassland feel, in Season 3, we created a space with a bold design using colorful but dangerous poisonous plants.”
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