The actors of ‘Squid Game 3’ shared their thoughts on wrapping up the production.

On the morning of the 9th, the production conference for the Netflix series ‘Squid Game Season 3’ (hereafter referred to as ‘Squid Game 3’) was held at the Grand Ballroom Hanla on the 3rd floor of Seoul Dragon City in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.Actors Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Im Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Wi Ha-joon, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-wook, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-shim, Jo Yu-ri, Chae Kook-hee, Lee Da-wit, Noh Jae-won, and director Hwang Dong-hyeok attended the event.

On this day, regarding his thoughts on wrapping up ‘Squid Game 3’, Wi Ha-jun said, “We had our first filming of Season 1 in May 2020.Five years have already passed.It’s such a new feeling that I don’t know how time passed.I’m happy to have received so much love.It was an honor and a fortune to be a part of a work that raised the value and status of Korean culture and art.I think I’ve grown a little as an actor and as a person.I hope it will be a work that will be remembered for a long time.”

Lee Byung-hun continued, “It’s a bittersweet feeling.Every time a production ends, I feel bittersweet.What was new was seeing the fans ‘warm welcome while promoting Season 2, and I received support and hospitality that I hadn’ t felt even when I did a Hollywood movie.It was a new experience to receive such great hospitality for Korean content.I’ve been an actor for a long time, but I’ve never had such new and happy experiences, so I always think that this production has a very different and big meaning to me.”

Lee Jung-jae said, “In terms of the production, it was a good experience to experience Director Hwang Dong-hyuk’s deep and grand worldview together.It is very difficult to create everything from a large theme to the smaller themes in each episode.That’s why I think the greatest achievement so far has been to distribute the social issues for some characters and the emotions that different characters can feel.” He also said, “When I meet fans of ‘Squid Game’ from abroad and in Korea, each of them has a different character they root for.I also feel proud that we are communicating well with so many people with such long content.I would like to give a round of applause to everyone who participated.”

Meanwhile, ‘Squid Game 3’, which will be released on the 27th, is a story about Ki-hoon(played by Lee Jung-jae)who loses his best friend in a game he re-entered with his own purpose, the Frontman(played by Lee Byung-hun)who hid his identity and entered the game, and the final fate of the participants who survived the cruel game.

Following the release of ‘Squid Game Season 1’ in 2021, ‘Squid Game Season 2’ was released in 2024, and will end with ‘Squid Game 3’.

Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga

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