Season 2 of Squid Game might look less like a death game and more like a "Fiesta" due to a rumored casting of a former IZ*ONE member.
According to Pop Base, Jo Yuri, a K-Pop solo artist who debuted in the idol industry as one of the 12 members of IZ*ONE, has reportedly been cast for the second season of Squid Game. Along with Jo, Park Gyuyoung (Sweet Home and It's Okay to Not Be Okay) has also been reportedly cast for the hit Netflix series. These announcements come after netizens criticized the creators of Squid Game for seemingly casting an all-male cast. The production team has yet to confirm Jo and Park's acting involvement in the series as of this article's writing.
Squid Game Season 2's Star-Studded Cast
Previously, Squid Game announced the series welcomed four new faces to the second season. Im Siwan, Kang Haneul, Park Sunghoon and Yang Donggeun will join Lee Jungjae, Lee Byunghun, Wi Hajoon and Gong Yoo. A character announcement trailer released at Netflix TUDUM, did not yield much information other than the four actors accepting Squid Game's invite to participate in the death games. Details about the characters the four will portray have not been released since this article's publication.
After debuting in IZ*ONE in October 2018, Jo found a huge amount of success where IZ*ONE won numerous awards, including Rookie of the Year at the Asia Artist Awards and Golden Disc Awards, New Artist of the Year at Gaon Chart Music Awards. The K-Pop group disbanded in April 2021 as a result of their contract termination. Since then, Jo has transitioned into a solo singer career and debuted as an actor in the web series Mimicus in 2022.
Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game premiered in September 2021 and became the most-watched program in 94 countries, gaining 1.65 billion viewing hours in the first four weeks. The series follows Seong Gihun, played by Lee Jungjae, a divorced gambling addict who receives an invitation from a mysteriously charismatic man to play in Squid Games for a chance to win an enormous amount of class. Gihun joins 455 other players, all desperate to win the prize money, in a series of sadistic death games that ironically imitate the games the players used to play as children. The first season ended with a dramatic cliffhanger. The series has also inspired a reality television show spin-off called Squid Game: The Competition, which premieres in November.
Squid Game Season 2 will stream exclusively on Netflix. The first season is available on the platform.
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