Squid Game Season 2 pays homage to Marvel’s best villains with a new character

Mild spoilers for Season 2 of “Squid Game” follow.

In the first season of “Squid Game” he was there A brain-breaking reference that understandably made some viewers’ heads explode. One of the unfortunate contestants caught up in these games of life and death talks about the famous Korean actor, Lee Byung Hun, only to have Lee Byung Hun himself play the masked front man who has been running the games all along. It makes us wonder then, given the arrival of a new contestant named Thanos in the series’ second season, if the final episode will see the Mad Titan appear as a major plot development, and it turns out that the “Squid Game” is actually all part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Maybe not, but strange things have happened.

However, in the case of Thanos specifically, the name is an absolute nod to Marvel’s fearsome world destroyer and Josh Brolin’s ribbed-chinned villain who Tony Stark was seen snapping out of existence in “Avengers: Endgame.” In deference to Marvel’s universe shaking villains, this Thanos has purple hair that matches Thanos’ skin tone and has had his nails painted to match the color of the Infinity Stones – a set of stones that would change the game a bit if they were available now. Unfortunately, “Squid Game” Season 2’s Thanos and the rest of the unlucky competitors must rely on their wits to survive. And if the final batch of players is anything to go by, backstabbing is inevitable, shall we say.

In the world of “Squid Game”, Thanos is a rapper who falls on hard times after investing in cryptocurrencies and losing everything, thanks to the advice of financial YouTuber “Amazing Myung-gi” (Yim Si-wan), who also finds himself in games as well. In an attempt to get back on top, Thanos joins the Squid Game to restore his career and, like everyone else, his bank account. For the actor behind the Marvel-obsessed character, it doesn’t take much to get into the mindset of a huge Korean rap star, since he’s been that way for years already.

next to The four original characters return for the second season of “Squid Game” Choi Seung-hyun, also known as TOP, is one of the newcomers to the show and has been in the music industry since 2006 where he was the main rapper of BigBang. In 2007, he tried his hand at acting, thus giving critically acclaimed performances in both television and film, with his role in the Korean war film ’71: Into the Fire’ earning him an Asian Film Awards nomination. “Squid Game” will be the star’s first acting performance in seven years, and while we don’t want to call it too soon, we wonder if he’ll live long enough to see The third and final season. Well, the universe needs balance after all.

Season 2 of “Squid Game” is now streaming on Netflix.