Squid Game’s Season 2 Cast Has Been Announced: There Are Both New Members And Returnees To The Team

Squid Game has gained huge popularity around the world since it was released in September last year. The South Korean thriller series became one of Netflix’s most-watched series of all time and brought its actors to global fame. Squid Game, which tells the story of people trying to survive in a dystopian world where childhood games have become deadly, in order to win a cash prize that will change their lives, attracted the attention of audiences from different cultures.

With this interest, Netflix, the producer of the series, which is deemed worthy of the Emmy award, announced which characters from the first season will return and which new players will join the second season of Squid Game at the Tudum event it held on Saturday.

Squid Game season 2 cast

In season 2 of Squid Game, four actors were added: Yim Si-wan of South Korean boy group ZE:A, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon, and rapper Yang Dong-guen, who has appeared in many Korean dramas. announced. Four new actors will join Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-Hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo, who took on the main roles in the first season.

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk said at Netflix’s press conference in September 2022 that the second season will premiere in 2024. It was already very likely that the earliest date for the 2nd season, which will start shooting this year, will be next year.

Alongside announcing the cast for season 2 at the Tudum event, Netflix announced that its controversial no-script competition spinoff, Squid Game: The Challenge, will premiere in November.