Squid Game, which Netflix presented to the audience in 2021 and made its mark on the list of the most popular TV series in the world, managed to lock millions of people on the screen with its story and successful cast, being a first in the world of cinema in terms of its subject matter. However, it has a huge fan base. We have prepared interesting information for you that you will hear for the first time about the Squid Game series. Let me tell you in advance that there are minor spoilers.
Interesting information about Squid Game!
Many studios rejected the show.
Hwang Dong-hyuk, who sits in the director’s chair of the drama, started writing the script for Squid Game in 2008 and finished it a year later. Afterwards, he started to meet with the studios to bring the project to life.
However, for 10 years, Dong-hyuk was unable to convince any studio to invest in the Squid Game project. Because the show contained a lot of violence. Finally, Dong-hyuk, who knocked on Netflix’s door, signed an agreement with the company and started working on the Squid Game series.
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Originally it had a different name
Netflix announced the title of the series as “Round Six” in 2019. This name, which was found strange by those who heard it, represented 6 games played by the players. Later, the name of the series was changed to Squid Game without any announcement and it was published in this way in 2021. Squid Game is a game played by small children in Korea. It is also the name of the game played to the players in the last part of the series.
The phone number in the first episode of the show belonged to a real person.
Squid Game started with the main character Seong Gi-hun being invited to the game in the first episode. A person approached him and, inviting him to the game, handed him a business card. In the series, all the contestants were participating in the game by calling the number on this business card.
However, this phone number was not fictional. It belonged to a real person. The owner of the number said in an interview with MBC magazine that he started getting calls after the drama aired. He also added that during the night, along with phone calls, text messages and pictures were sent, but he could not change his number as he had been using it for 10 years and was linked to his job.
Later, a Korean presidential candidate made an offer to buy his phone number for 100 million won (approximately $85,000). Finally, Netflix hid the number by editing the relevant scenes.
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It was actually going to be a movie.
Series producer Hwang Dong-hyuk said in an interview with Variety magazine in September 2021 that Squid Game was originally written as a long-running movie. Later, he added that it was turned into a series because the script was long. Dong-hyuk has previously sat in the director’s chair of many successful films such as Silenced and The Fortress.
The uniforms worn by the contestants became a nuisance to the drama set
The green uniforms, which all the contestants who accepted to participate in the game had to wear, literally caused trouble for the drama team. Hwang Dong-hyuk, producer of Squid Game, said in Netflix’s Still Watching video that the uniforms are made of poor quality materials.
Dong-hyuk also said that these uniforms made the drama set dusty, making it hard to even breathe sometimes. He also stated that some players’ faces were red because they were allergic to dust and they had difficulty because of this.
Player 240 was originally going to be male
Ji-yeong, played by Lee Yoo-mi, who is the 240th player in Squid Game, was originally going to be a male character. However, the director thought that the number 240 was more suitable for a woman, and a slight change was made in the script.
Real tempered glass used for squid game
In the squid game played in the last episode of the series, the contestants have to step on tempered glass panels on a narrow bridge. The aim here was to cross the bridge by pressing the windows. While some of these glasses were broken, some were not. Therefore, they had to make a thoughtful choice.
The director of the series used tempered glass that can actually break during filming instead of unbreakable glass. In an interview on this subject, he said that players should feel real fear and that is why tempered glass is used.
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Director lost a few teeth from stress
Director Dong-hyuk said in an interview that he lost 6 teeth because he was under extreme stress while writing the script. In addition, he added that only the first two chapters took six months to complete and there were some problems.
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