Squid Game’s evil front man in his character’s surprise second season

Squid 2 game Finally here! If you haven’t downloaded the episodes yet On NetflixTurn away now, because this interview is with the star Lee Byung Hun reveals The story is for his characterthe front man – someone we barely got to know in the first season, but he plays a much bigger role this time around. io9 had the opportunity to ask Lee more about what it was like to revisit and significantly expand his previously very obscure role.

As Season 2 reveals, the Front Man takes a more active role in the games: he’s actually one of the competitors, a shocking revelation that comes a few episodes later after we’ve already seen him in his masked ensemble.

For Lee, delving into the character of Front Man — whose real name is In-ho, but he introduces himself in-game as “Young-il” — was an acting pleasure.

“In the first season, she played the front man in a secondary role, he explained through a translator to io9 and other journalists. Squid 2 game Press event. “And also the character was limited to an executive role with the mask. In Season 2, the mask is lifted and you learn more about his story, and I tell more about it.

Thanks to the events of Season 1, we know that In-ho — the brother of determined police detective Jun-ho, whose search for Squid Game justice is a major part of Seasons 1 and 2 — is a former winner of the Games.

“(Season 2 explores) why he first got into the Squid Game in the first place, and how he became this very pessimistic person,” Lee said. “He reveals his backstory in Season 2 to other people he’s playing games with. He creates this fake persona, almost a new persona, and deceives those he’s playing games with. So, in the end, it’s like you’re getting three different types of… Characters within one character There’s the front man, there’s In-ho, and then there’s Young-il.

He continued. “As an actor, being able to play a character that has such complex and multi-faceted sides is a very challenging and fun thing to do. In terms of the degree to which I would showcase each of the different elements of the character, this was something that director (Hwang Dong) and I were going to run.” Hyuk) has constant conversations about it so we can make it right.

The front man’s journey still has a long way to go, as the Season 2 finale certainly shows – especially since none of the players have yet realized who Player 001 is. truly He is. He watches Squid 2 game On Netflix now.

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