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Cho Hyun-ju was created by series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, who compared her in purpose to the character Ali Abdul from the first season of Squid Game. Where he included Ali to represent people in South Korea who are marginalized in non-financial ways, he wanted to include a trans character to do the same in season 2. [1]
One of the breakout new characters in Squid Game season 2 is Hyun-ju, a transgender woman who is a former special forces soldier entering the game to win money to complete her gender-affirming ...
Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is explaining why cisgender actor Park Sung-hoon was cast as transgender character Hyun-ju in season 2. Hwang, 53, who also wrote and directed both seasons, knew ...
Park Sung-hoon knew there would be pressure placed on him after taking on the role of Cho Hyun-ju, a trans woman in “Squid Game” Season 2 who participates as a player in the games in order to ...
On December 18, 2024, during press day for Squid Game 2, director and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk spoke to a group of journalists, about why he wanted to include a trans character this time around: The people who come to join the games in Squid Game are usually marginalized or neglected from society, and not just financially speaking, but people ...
Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임; RR: Ojing-eo Geim) is a South Korean survival drama series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion won prize (100 million per person eliminated).
Seong Gi-hun – Player 456. Gi-hun returns to Squid Game with a new haircut and an appetite for revenge. Although he is now rich beyond his wildest dreams, Gi-hun remains traumatised by his ...
Squid Game: Former special forces soldier and trans woman who enters the Squid Game to fund her gender-affirming surgery. [54] (2021–Present) Chris: Theo Germaine: Work in Progress: Chris is a young trans man, barista, and boyfriend to the lead character. [55] Germain appears in all episodes of the show but is credited as a special guest star.