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20 INTERESTING FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SQUID GAME

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You have probably seen Squid game, an original Korean Netflix series shown on the platform of recent that has gained popularity and taken all social media platforms by storm. The show is about 456 cash strapped contestants that accepted an invitation to play children’s games for a tempting offer with their lives at stake.


This article brings to your view some mind-blowing things you may want to know or remember from the thrilling series.

Here’s the trailer:


1) Squid Game is multi-genres. Once you watch the ‘Squid game‘ trailer you’ll know exactly that this series is a survival game drama. Nevertheless, the director and writer, Hwang Dong-hyuk, didn’t forget to give more taste for the viewers to enjoy. ‘Squid Game‘ includes an edgy thriller, horror, as well as drama. It even contains dark comedy, which makes it more exciting.


2. It is written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk.


3. It comprises nine episodes.


4. It was initially named Round six.


5. The story was inspired by a popular Korean game meant for children called squid game, which was commonly played during the 1970s and 1980s.


6. He began working on the script over a decade ago, 2008 to be precise, and finished the first draft the following year.


7. Squid game was originally meant to be a movie instead of a series.


8. On September 2, 2019, Netflix announced it was going to release another Korean series.


9. On September 17, 2021, it was released worldwide by Netflix.


10. Only 456 people participated in the filming of Squid game.


11. The eerie oversized doll from the first episode of Red Light, Green Light is real and is situated at Jincheon County which is around three hours north of South Korea’s capital city Seoul. As per reports, this doll was borrowed for filming Squid Game and later it was returned. This doll guards the entrance of a horse-carriage museum.


12. If you notice closely, the dormitory which originally had beds had all sorts of clues on its walls. Those drawings served as clues for the players to see which games would be played.


13. In the series, participants wore green tracksuits, while the game managers wore pink tracksuits with black masks.


14. Despite the violence and the amount of blood shown, Squid Game features traditional games, such as the game ‘Mugunghwa has bloomed‘, which is similar to the game ‘What’s the time, Mr Wolf‘. The game ‘Red Light Green Lights‘ is indeed similar to the game ‘Daruma-san‘ from Japan or Tak Patung‘ from Indonesia.


15. The shapes on the masks were inspired by an ant colony.


16. Upon entering the filming location, the cast of Squid Game was surprised by the design of the filming set. The size and details are the same as what we saw in the series.


17. Squid Game tells the story of a group of people who risked their lives in a mysterious survival game with over 45.6 billion Won prize.


18. Actors Lee Jung-jae and Park Hae-soo were always the first-choice actors for Hwang Dong-hyuk, to play the roles of Gi-hun and Sang-woo respectively. While Actress Jung Ho Yeon who played the role of Kang Sae-byeok, the pickpocketer was the exact character Hwang was looking for.


19. The phone number in the first episode of the show is also real. The owner of the phone number reportedly gets thousands of calls each day.


20. Squid game has a game with dalgona candy which has challenged TikTokers to create their version.



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