The director of Netflix’s massive hit sequence Squid Recreation stated on Friday that he was once in a catch 22 situation over whether or not and tips on how to revive useless characters as he ready for a 2d season after making historical past on the Emmys ultimate week.
Squid Recreation changed into Netflix Inc’s (NFLX.O) most-watched sequence ever after its unlock ultimate September, developing numerous on-line memes and Halloween costumes and kickstarting gross sales of inexperienced tracksuits.
The nine-episode survival drama gives a delusion of deeply unequal capitalist society, with cash-strapped contestants enjoying early life video games for a possibility of life-changing sums of cash.
Director-writer Hwang Dong-hyuk gained an Emmy for remarkable directing for a drama sequence, whilst lead actor Lee Jung-jae clinched the dignity for perfect actor in drama. Each had been the primary Asians to garner the ones titles, and the primary from a non-English sequence. Hwang stated he had already devised video games to be performed in the second one season and was once writing a script, however was once in a catch 22 situation over useless characters akin to Ji-young and Sae-byeok.
The brand new season will likely be shot subsequent yr and launched in 2024. “I wish to revive Ji-young, however her perfect pal Sae-byeok additionally died, so I’m pondering what to do,” he informed a joint information convention in Seoul with the drama’s group and solid.
“Such a lot of characters died, particularly liked ones died. I’m sorry I killed them so simply; I didn’t know this was once coming.” The Emmy’s directing honour epitomised Hwang’s never-dreamed-of adventure with the sequence, however he was once disenchanted at lacking the trophy for perfect drama sequence, which went to HBO’s “Succession”.
“After all what I sought after probably the most was once perfect drama sequence. As a result of above all else, it comes on the finish of the rite the place everybody within the crew is going onto the level, so I used to be hoping for the sort of second,” he stated.
“Once I heard an ‘S’ sound after they introduced it, I believed it was once ‘squid’ however then it grew to become out to be ‘succession,’ so I take into accout being a bit disenchanted,” he added, with a depraved smile.
