Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix’s “Squid Game,” but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go.

Alongside a fresh wave of contestants, viewers meet a new character who is capturing hearts and sparking conversation — transgender Player 120, Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon), a chara

In the wake of Squid Game Season 2’s release, series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has come out to claim that the franchise will continue even after the premiere of Season 3. Netflix’s South Korean thriller series took the world by storm in 2021.