Squid Game 3: the Creator and the cast speak of the final season

“Crazy, out of mind, crowds”. Are the adjectives with which the Hwang Dong-Hyuk director and screenwriter defined the ending of Squid Game 3**, Netflix’s-fenomena series, coming with his last chapter available on the platform from June 27th. Of the show that began in 2021, but written back in 2008 and snubbed up to that moment by all the producers to which it was presented, there was no continuation, with its showrunner which in the end made for the streaming service more two seasons. «While I was writing the second, that it was supposed to be the final, I realized that the story had taken much more space»Declares Hwang Dong-Hyuk. “And, to give rhythm and meaning to the progress of the story, I found it suitable that the second season ended with the rebellion of the players, and then left with the third and the real final clash between Seong Gi-Hun and Front Man”.

Squid Game 3 In fact, he restarts where the protagonist, who had tried to convince the other challengers to leave the games, is at his lowest point, taken by despair after seeing his mission fail and led his friends to suffer. «After the failure of the rebellion I needed to reset everything to leave»Explains the director, giving a suggestion on where the third season will start again. “I needed to open another chapter and, to do it, it was necessary to find a new question: what would happen if the protagonist put all his efforts aside instead of investing them to stop the games?”. It is just one of the many decisions in front of which the screenwriter found himself to try to make ends meet all the pieces of his puzzle. Also because for Hwang Dong-Hyuk it is a great ending, given the intention of closing an important parenthesis of his life. “It’s time to say goodbye and move on to the next project», He says. “Squid Game It allowed me to deal with the beauty and the ugly, with praise and with criticism. I carry everything behind, including the best things of this ending ».

Squid Game 3what is to be expected since the last season?

Final that for Lee Jung-Jaenumber 456 of Squid Gameit will be “the most unpredictable, entertaining, intriguing and sensible that you could expect. And, of course, it will not be what you think». In fact, it seems that, despite the comparison with the actors and the crew, the director Hwang Dong-Hyuk has been able to find alone the most suitable closure for the series from worldwide success, which is obvious suffering from a sort of performance anxiety. The same that the protagonist Seong Gi-Hun will have to face, also confronting his inner disturbances. “When the third season begins we find Seong Gi-Hun desperate, determined to give up everything, convinced that what happened is his fault,” says his interpreter. “But it will be in try to make sense of their existence and that of the people around who will find the courage to get back on his feet. And, above all, that I have once again faith in people. Which is then the most important message of Squid Game: give space to humanity ».

Certainly not easy to do, especially in front of some of the most sadistic and painful of the games in the series. As a gathering, in which the participants must run at the end of the time inside a room with the correct number of people indicated while those who remain outside are brutally killed. “Some of the games are a carousel of emotions“Says Lee Jung-Jae. «Gathering, for example, requires some cold blood. Although with the seasons two and three it was easier to know what to expect, unlike when we started ». An authentic race that will end at the end of June and of which the actor will hold the memory with him of the exciting response received and of the many people from all over the world with whom he could dialogue. “And thanks to all the fans for the memes!”, He wants to underline. “I wait for those of the third season.”

The psychological component of the games

Also Lee byung-hun focuses on the traumatic component of Squid Gamethat is, having chosen the childhood games of the Korean culture and then entered into contrast with the atrocities that happen in the series. “These are moments of leisure well rooted in our tradition,” says the interpreter of the villain. “To which the show went to add a psychological component: Not only are the games of when you were small, but through these you have to betray and hurt your friends and people you love. But what allowed Squid Game To cross the boundaries is that in reality it speaks of social and political issues that concern everyone. Including loss of humanity “. The same that perhaps (or maybe not?) We could see in the post-according to the season front Man: “In my opinion there has been a small change in him, even if perhaps it takes place under the mask”, says Lee Byung-Hun, who has brought the iconic stage object at home and which also gives him his vision of the ending. “For me it can also represent a new beginning. We will have to see if people will love him. Maybe”.

What will therefore be necessary to expect from Squid Game 3 It is a showdown between the good and the bad guys, even if the real challenge is perhaps to understand who I am. As for the actress Park Gyu-Youngwhich offers the point of view of the guards with the pink suit, now entered the imagination of TV series enthusiasts. “You cannot distinguish everything between black and white, even for my character it is necessary to understand what are the choices that move it.” And in which the interpreter has invested both internally and in terms of physical energies: «I trained for my stunt And, having different choreographed action scenes, there was a need to do tests. I must say that putting the body moving for the role also helped me from the point of view of emotions ». Squid Game 3with his last season, will be available from June 27 on the Netflix platform.