Team Squid Game confirms expanded cast for Season 2

Netflix on Tuesday confirmed the expansion of cast in the popular Korean series Squid Game Season 2.

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The second season sees Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo reprise their roles as protagonist and antagonist survivors of the bloody elimination game.

The new story “will follow Gi-hun as he abandons his plans to go to the US and starts a chase with a motive”, said Netflix in Korea.

Earlier, photographs from Season 2 showed Lee’s Gi-hyun character with hair dyed beetroot red.

The company confirmed that Hwang Dong-hyuk, who became the first Asian to win outstanding directing for a drama series at the Primetime Emmy’s, is also re-set as director, writer, and producer and that production is through Firstman Studio.

New cast members include Yim Si-wan (The Attorney, Emergency Declaration), Kang Ha-neul (Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet), Park Gyu-young (Attack the Gas Station), Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David (The Terror Live), Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yuri, and Won Ji.

The first season of Squid Game was launched in 2021. The drama about a deadly contest among poor competitors to win KRW45.6 billion became a phenomena for Netflix and was nominated for 14 Emmys, including best drama series, winning six.