Definitely about the existence of a Korean series "Playing squid" almost everyone knows, and some even managed to review the picture several times. The popularity of the project is largely due to the presence of a non-trivial plot and a special atmosphere inherent exclusively in Asian cinema. However, not all the details of the production of the series become known to the viewer, so it can be very interesting to look behind the scenes.
Like every other painting "Playing squid" went through a thorny path, from idea to release on the screens. We will lift the veil of secrecy and talk about interesting and even unexpected facts related to the series, which has become a favorite for a huge number of people.
'The Squid Game' Shouldn't Have Been a TV Series
hwang dong hyuk thought about making a movie in 2008 year, and it was supposed to be a feature film. However, the script remained unclaimed for a long time and only the service Netflix expressed interest in the project. It was decided to adapt the original version to the format of the series, which the director did.
The series got its name not by chance.
The picture immediately attracts the viewer with its unusual name and you need to figure out where it came from. Surely, you already know that the “Squid Game” is not an invention, but a real entertainment for Korean children, which became especially widespread during the youth of the older generation.
hwang dong hyuk decided that this game can be considered a symbol of the era, the personification of Korean society. That is why the series is called "Playing squid"which turned out to be extremely successful.
Well-known artists were invited to the main roles
It's about characters like Ki Hong and his good friend San Woo. The director initially wanted to see in these images, respectively, Lee John Jae и Park Hae-soo. In Korea, these artists are quite famous, so their consent was in question, according to hwang dong hyuk, he could only make the guys a good offer and pray to god that they would be interested in the project.
However, the director deliberately looked for little-known actors for the rest of the roles so as not to distract the viewer's attention from the action. I must say that this bet fully played, and the proper magnetism was achieved.
Some actors started to be friends in real life
But this did not happen at the call of the heart. The Korean actors turned out to be so professional that they decided to build chemistry between their characters on screen by spending time together. So Lee John Jae (Ki Hong) began to make friends with Parkom Hae-soo (San Woo), the men went to visit each other and communicated closely so that the connection between them in the film looked obvious.
The girls did the same trick Jeon Ho Young (Sae Beck) and Yu Mi (Ji Yong). Their characters on the screen gradually imbued with sympathy for each other and looked incredibly strong at the most dramatic moment, when it was decided which of the heroines would survive.
Ali is not actually Pakistani
Many while watching the series noted that Ali looks like a resident India. This guess turned out to be correct, because the actor Anupam Tripathi originally from this state. The director was worried that Korea he would not be able to find a suitable foreign artist, but he was lucky to quickly find an excellent candidate.
Anupam admired the script and noted that survival is the main feature of the series, which creates incredible tension and makes you look at the plot with different eyes. After filming, Tripathi took back his number 199 jumpsuit as a souvenir.
The creators of the picture paid special attention to games
Many of the games that were offered to participants may seem a little naive, and this is no coincidence. The director specifically chose children's entertainment, because they cause nostalgia in the Korean audience. The playgrounds were deliberately made huge to simulate the feelings of young children when they find themselves in such places.
Giant game doll "red light, green light" (“You go quieter - you will continue”) is not computer graphics, but a very real mechanical design. And for "sugar honeycombs" a real specialist was invited, capable of creating the highest quality confectionery product.
The cop storyline was not meant to be
If it seemed to you that the storyline of the young policeman was “sucked out of your finger,” then it didn’t seem to you. The director was forced to integrate it into an already finished story, as he agreed to produce the series. For the sake of the format, many additional characters were introduced, and the games were shown in more detail.
Wi Ha Joon (Chun Ho) is the same policeman who is trying to find his brother. He is known for filming in romantic dramas, so few people in his homeland expected such a sharp change in role from him. By the way, Ha Joon is a big fan of creativity Lee John Jae (Ki Hong).
Participants could learn about all the games in advance
In the series, many lines were broken around the need to know what game was next. This is natural, because the participants wanted to understand the principle of team formation in order to emerge victorious. Only the doctor had sacred knowledge, who, together with the guards, was engaged in the sale of organs of retired players and received information for this.
However, each player by looking at the walls could guess what test would be next. In fairness, it should be noted that many of the drawings are made schematically, and correctly interpreting some images is another task.
Why did the attendants get such strange costumes?
Of course, the uniform of the guards is a bright detail of the series, which did not leave the viewer indifferent. However, the director originally planned to dress the staff in Boy Scout costumes, but abandoned this idea in order to depersonalize the caretakers. As a result, the guards received masks resembling fencing headgear, where the image of a circle, triangle or square flaunts.
hwang dong hyuk made this decision, inspired by the example of ant colonies that have a clear hierarchy. The circle on the mask singled out the personnel who were entrusted with the dirty work, the triangles carried a punitive function, and the squares took on administrative duties.
Did you guess that Oh Il Nam is the organizer of the game?
Of course, the grandfather told us about his role in the last episode, but the director left the viewer with little clues throughout the series.
- Oh Il Nama did not detect the doll in the game "red light, green light" because it did not emit the glow shown on the motion scanner.
- Grandpa wasn't handcuffed to a rope during the tug-of-war, so he would have survived anyway.
- There was a massacre at the dorm during the night, but the caretaker only sent the guards to clean up the mess when Oh Il Nam started asking for it.
There are a number of other minor clues, but even many of these points have remained out of the public eye.
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