The video games are coming to an finish.
“Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae teased the third and last season of the present at Netflix’s Tudum occasion in California on Saturday.
“We are going to be releasing quite soon, I am very nervous,” Lee, 52, instructed The Hollywood Reporter by way of a translator.
“I know that a lot of you out there are curious about what’s going to happen in season three, but all of us are more curious about how much you’re going to enjoy it,” the actor continued. “So I can’t wait, I’m very nervous.”
Lee Byung-hun, who performs recreation chief Entrance Man, instructed THR at Tudum that he’s equally anxiously awaiting the fan response to Season 3.
“I’m happy with how it ended but I know that the fans out there, they each have what they want to see happen, so I really am curious about how they’re going to respond to it,” he stated. “And I’m very nervous to find out.”
The ultimate season of Netflix’s Korean smash hit sequence premieres June 27.
“Squid Game” Season 2, which noticed Lee’s Seong Gi-hun reenter the brutal sequence of video games that he received, got here out in December and have become Nielsen’s most-watched sequence of the 2024-25 season.
However the sophomore version of the sequence was bashed on-line by followers and obtained largely unfavourable evaluations from critics.
The Guardian gave the season a tepid evaluate, writing, “It struggles to find its purpose … What a shame it takes so long to get there.”
The Telegraph in contrast the second season to “a difficult second album from an overnight pop star.”
“Squid Game” premiered in 2021 and have become the most-watched present in Netflix historical past, with over 2 billion hours seen. For his efficiency in Season 1, Lee received the Primetime Emmy Award for Excellent Lead Actor in a Drama Sequence in 2022.
Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk just lately instructed Leisure Weekly that Season 3 shall be extra brutal.
“In the case of season 3, I wanted to introduce games that could really show the lowest bottom of human beings, because the series itself is reaching its climax,” stated Hwang, 54. “I wanted very intense games to bring out the bottom parts of human nature.”
Hwang additionally confirmed that “season 3 is indeed a finale” that delivers an essential message.
“I wanted to focus on how [people] have to preserve their humanity amidst this intense competition in this capitalistic era,” he defined. “I wanted to focus on how we can preserve our sense of humanity and how we should remain humans even amidst this intense competition. I try to pose that as a final question.”
“Squid Game” Season 3 premieres June 27 on Netflix.
