The following accommodates spoilers for Squid Game Season 1
It’s been three lengthy years since Squid Game’s protagonist Seong Gi-Hun (also referred to as participant 456) doubled again on an airplane jet bridge and determined to finish the murderous competitors as soon as and for all. In the following time, we’ve been left to surprise precisely how Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) would perform his vendetta and if he would as soon as once more emerge victorious.
Now Squid Game Season 2 is upon us, and for those who haven’t watched the primary season recently, we’ve bought you coated. IGN not too long ago sat down with Lee, Writer / Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, and far of the solid to disclose which pivotal moments from Season 1 are important to look at once more.
Hwang Dong-hyuk (Writer / Director)
Squid Game’s creator reveals two pivotal scenes from early in Season 1 he considers value a rewatch. The first happens only a few minutes into the premiere episode and units up the actually dire circumstances that result in Seong Gi-hun’s determination to affix the sport. The second ties a seemingly minor character into the primary plot of Season 2.
Hwang Dong-hyuk: Because I killed off almost the complete solid and all your favourite characters from Season 1, there aren’t many characters that proceed on from the primary season to the following. But there are two, one being Jung-bae, Gi-hun’s good friend. The second one (is) Kim, who’s the mortgage shark. And so (there are) two scenes I like to recommend watching once more earlier than going into the second season.
The first one (is) within the rest room when Kim is thrashing Gi-hun up. And then the second scene (is) the place Gi-hun goes and tries to borrow cash from Jung-bae outdoors of his pub that he runs. I feel it might be actually enjoyable so that you can test them out earlier than you go into the second season.
Where to look at it:
- Season 1, Episode 1: Red Light, Green Light (Gi-hun will get beat up by the mortgage shark)
- Season 1, Episode 2: Hell (Gi-hun asks to borrow cash from Jung-bae)
Lee Jung-jae (Player 456 / Seong Gi-hun) & Lee Seo-hwan (Player 390 / Park Jung-bae)
Both Lee Jung-jae and Lee Seo-hwan agree with Hwang Dong-hyuk that the scene wherein Seong Gi-hun asks his good friend, Park Jung-bae, for cash is vital to understanding Season 2. Jung-bae solely seems briefly in Season 1, however totally enters the sport in upcoming episodes.
Lee Jung-jae: So it simply actually naturally progresses from Season 1 to Season 2, however one factor to remember is the character of Jung-bae. He goes to look extra in Season 2, so look out for him.
Lee Seo-hwan: I must speak about my character Jung-bae. In Season 1, there’s a scene the place Gi-hun tries to get cash from the ATM. He forgot the birthday of his mother, so he is struggling to get that cash out of the ATM. And I used to be cursing at him standing behind him, “how will you not know the birthday of your mom?” And I used a really sturdy curse phrase then. So I used to be at dwelling in my rest room attempting to determine which curse phrase would actually match my scenario and I used to be practising the curse phrase. And after I met with Gi-hun once more in Season 2, I form of needed to make use of the identical curse, but it surely’s fairly a powerful phrase in Korean, so I made a decision to make use of a extra frequent curse phrase that we normally use with our mates.
Where to look at it:
- Season 1, Episode 2: Hell
Lee Byung-hun (Front Man / Hwang In-ho)
At the tip of Season 1 Lee Byung-hun’s Front Man, the masked mastermind charged with overseeing the sport, is revealed to be the long-lost brother of Detective Hwang Jun-ho. Front Man is again in Season 2, and Lee insists that his character’s unmasking is vital to what comes subsequent.
Lee Byung-hun: For me, I must say the scene on prime of the cliff when the masks comes off Front Man and he is standing nose to nose along with his youthful brother. I feel in that scene not lots of people most likely relate to and even perceive the form of feelings that he’s going by. You might need (been) left questioning “why is he making that face?” and “what’s with the hand gesture?” And I really feel like after you watch the complete second season, you’re going to get to grasp somewhat bit extra as to what went on inside his head and what feelings he was going by.
Where to look at it:
- Season 1, Episode 8: Front Man
Jo Yu-ri (Player 222 / Kim Jun-hee) & Yim Si-wan (Player 333 / Lee Myung-gi)
In addition to returning castmembers, Squid Game Season 2 is stuffed with new faces. Yim Si-Wan performs a younger man who will get caught up in a disastrous crypto scheme that impacts quite a few different gamers, together with his ex-girlfriend performed by Jo Yu-Ri.
Jo Yu-ri: First of all, I used to be an enormous fan of Season 1. That’s why I used to be so completely happy and in addition really feel honored to affix Season 2. And from Season 1, I might say if the followers bear in mind the relationships or the dynamics that had been constructed between Gi-Hun and different characters, that might assist them perceive why (he developed) such anger (and) resentment. So a lot in order that he determined to return to the sport.
Yim Si-wan: I feel the important thing from Season 1 is in fact this protagonist character Gi-Hun. So the followers can discover the explanation for Gi-Hun not (getting) on the airplane, which was the tip of Season 1, to grasp his final motive (to go) again into one other spherical of Squid Game in Season 2.
Where to look at it:
- Season 1, Episode 9: One Lucky Day
Kang Ae-sim (Player 149 / Jang Geum-ja) & Yang Dong-geun (Player 007 / Park Yong-sik)
Also new to Season 2 are mom / son contestants performed by Kang Ae-sim and Yang Dong-geun. Both had been followers of Season 1 and suppose the important thing to understanding upcoming episodes is diving again into scenes that includes the repulsive VIPs who bankroll the sport.
Kang Ae-sim: There’s so many nice scenes in Season 1, however one which involves thoughts is a scene the place we see the VIPs and their method and their understanding of the sport. And I feel if the viewers thinks about that scene, they’re going to be very curious and to see what occurs in Season 2.
Yang Dong-geun I might say that it is the similar scene, the place the VIPs are speaking. In-ho’s brother (Detective Hwang Jun-ho) is ready to sneak in and form of see what is going on right here. And I feel it is a actually fascinating scene as a result of it is Director Hwang shedding mild into this world that the majority of us could not have entry to or actually may even think about. And as an viewers you understand, wow, that is actually how the higher echelon of the world operates. And I feel that is necessary context to have (whereas) watching Season 2.
Where to look at it:
- Season 1, Episode 7: VIPs
These quotes have been edited for readability.
