The winner takes it all! But were the sacrifices you made to get the ultimate prize worth it? squid gamewhich is Hwang Dong-hyuk’s critically acclaimed and Netflix’s most-watched series, taught us that usability is more than important to achieving your goals, but you should always watch your back on your own.
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Hwang Dong-hyuk spices up Gi-Hun in Squid Game’s second season
Hwang’s hard work has paid off, with the 51-year-old director reportedly working on the script for the TV show for at least 10 years before it was finally approved in 2019, and he’s reaping the benefits.
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During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the director talked about the character of Gi-Hun and what awaits him in the second season of Squid game. He also said that he won’t let the fan reactions of the first season affect the plans he has for the second season-
“I’ve seen a lot of reactions from people about the show, but I don’t want to make season two a response to those reactions. The philosophies that I put into the first season all extend naturally to season two. Instead of trying to live up to viewers’ expectations, I just thought about the last moment when Gi-hun turned away from boarding, and thought about what he was going to do. do next. There will naturally be a stream of events leading up to the end of the season. I can’t share any details yet, but you know that Seong Gi-hun has become a totally new person at the end of the first season, so season two is going to be about what this new Gi-hun is going to do and how things are going to play out with this new type of character.
It’s good for him not to have to give in to fan demands, another victory for creative freedom.
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Hwang also received advice from Korea’s top-rated director.
It appears that Parasite Director Bong Joon Ho, who shared a similar level of success outside of Korea alongside Hwang Dong-hyuk, also gave Hwang some good advice.
Here’s what Hwang said when asked if he had ever met the memories of murder director-
“I actually met director Bong a few times and got advice from him. He told me how exhausting the Oscar campaign process was. He was actually sick at that point. time – he thinks it could have been COVID – but he had to do the whole campaign. Director Bong was preparing for his next project and he told me that working on his script and getting away from the campaign of the Oscars was the way he healed himself He said to me, “You’re going to heal by getting ready for the next one.” [project].””
The fact that the two have met means that they could work together on a project one day, or that’s what we hope, at least.
Source: Movie Web
