The 'Squid Game' director says he agreed to make the second season of the show for just one reason: money
"Even though the first series was such a huge global success, honestly, I didn't make much," Hwang Dong-Hyuk told BBC.
Squid Game creator reveals why he changed his mind about making season 2: "Money"
Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says the stress of making season 1 caused him to lose "eight or nine" teeth – but he has a pretty straightforward answer as to why he came back for another installment of the hit Netflix show.
‘Squid Game’ creator Hwang Dong-hyuk put his actual teeth into making the show
Squid Game” was a huge hit for Netflix, but the man behind the juggernaut South Korean drama is sharing that it wasn’t all roses for him.
“Squid Game” Creator Says He Lost '8 or 9' Teeth from 'Stress' of First Season but Season 2 Is Even More Taxing
Squid Game season 2 is set to be released on Netflix on Dec. 26 Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk knows just how bad stress can be. On Sunday, Nov. 10, Dong-hyuk, 53, revealed in an interview with the BBC that he lost several teeth while filming the first season of the hit Netflix show — which follows people in debt as they play deadly games to win a monetary prize — all due to the strain of shooting it.
Squid Game Creator Lost Teeth And Had Nightmares Because Of The Show
Whatever anxiety you felt watching people get killed for not licking a cookie fast enough or standing still for long enough in the first season of Netflix’s Squid Game is nothing compared to what series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk felt while making it.
“Money” Is What Got Squid Game’s Creator to Return for Season 2
Squid Game is coming back for Season 2 later this December, and the creator behind it all revealed that “money” is what got him back for two more seasons of the series along with telling the rest of the story.
'Squid Game' creator lost '8 or 9' teeth making Season 1, explains Season 2 twist
"Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says he lost teeth from the stress of making the first season and explains his motivations for making Season 2.
Squid Game creator says he ‘lost nine teeth’ due to stress of show
The creator of the hit Netflix drama Squid Game has admitted he lost “eight or nine” teeth because he was so stressed while making the series.
'Squid Game' creator says he lost 8 teeth due to stress of filming
Speaking to the BBC on the set of “Squid Game” Season 2, Hwang said he actually lost eight or nine teeth during the first season. As a result, Hwang vowed to never put himself through such kind of pressure again,
Squid Game creator on season 2 and wanting to ask whether there’s hope for humans
Ahead of season two’s release, Hwang Dong-hyuk talks about how it examines whether we have the power to change a deteriorating world.
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