Squid Game character you’ve forgotten has a ‘major role’ in season 2-Sabrina Barr-Entertainment – Metro

It’s been three years since Squid Game was first released on Netflix, quickly becoming one of the streaming platform’s most popular TV shows ever.

Now, with days to go until season 2 is released, it’s been revealed that a character who barely featured in the first season is going to play a pivotal role in the new episodes.

Metro recently had the chance with other media to speak to the creator of Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk, about what fans can expect when the South Korean dystopian series finally returns.

Season two will see the lead character Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) enter the lethal game again after previously winning ₩45.6billion (£24.9million) as the sole survivor.

This time around, he has one goal – to seek revenge for those who died when he previously participated and to put an end to the game once and for all.

However, a spanner is thrown in the works when Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan), a close friend of Gi-hun’s from the outside world, also joins the game as a player.

Gi-hun is back with a mission to bring down the game from the inside (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix)

However, he might not expect his friend Jung-bae to be there too (Picture: Dong-won Han/NohJu Han/Netflix)

As Dong-hyuk explained, if viewers were to rewatch the first season of Squid Game, it would be worth taking note of Jung-bae’s minor role before he comes back in season two.

‘This time around, Squid Game is not only about the games – it’s more about the players that play the games, the dynamics between them and the emotional arc that each of them go through. That’s of most importance,’ the TV writer outlined.

‘This time around, you will get to see that the most important thing is about the players and how they play the game. So compared to season one, you will be introduced to even more relatable characters.’

Dong-hyuk went on, emphasising how key Jung-bae is to the trajectory of the second season, as Gi-hun sets out on a vengeful mission to bring down the game from the inside with the help of his fortune.

Jung-bae was seen in a couple of scenes in season one (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix)

How will Gi-hun and Jung-bae’s friendship be impacted by the game? (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix)

‘If I were to give you one example, this character actually appeared in season one. His name is Jung-bae. He is Gi-hun’s childhood friend that actually goes to the racehorse tracks with him. Also he tries to lend [him] money, but he ends up not being able to do so because of his wife berating him,’ he stated.

‘He actually appeared only in two scenes in season one. This character, Jung-bae, will return in season two, and he is going to be a key character in allowing for the viewers to see how Gi-hun changes in the context of his relationship to Jung-bae.’

Dong-hyuk concluded with a piece of advice for fans of the show before they find out what happens next in the horrifying story.

‘I suggest going back to season one, try to see where you’ll see Jung-bae, and it’s going to be so much more fun for you to watch season two, if you do that,’ he said.

While speaking to Metro and other media, lead actor Jung-jae opened up about the violence of Squid Game, stressing that the aim of the bloody sequences in the show ‘is not for entertainment, nor is it meant to make the show more provocative’.

Season two will introduce a host of new characters who join the game as players (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix)

Emotions will run high yet again (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix)

‘I think it’s there to show the tragic situation of the people who are thrown into this kind of violence,’ the 51-year-old said.

‘So violence is basically like a vehicle or medium to show the characters’ desperations and their backstories, which are even more heartbreaking than the violence themselves.’

Dong-hyuk, 53, added that the violence is a ‘metaphor’ for horrors that occur in real life on a daily basis.

‘The violence that you see portrayed in Squid Game, people being gunned down when they’re eliminated from these games, these are metaphors, or an allegory, to the social system where the level of violence or brutality that’s posed on the weak and those that are losers of the competition,’ he said.

‘That’s the context that I would suggest for the viewers to interpret the brutality or violence depicted in the show.’

Squid Game season 2 will be released on Thursday December 26 on Netflix.

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