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"Squid Game" became Netflix Inc's most-watched
series ever after its release last September, creating countless
online memes and Halloween costumes and kickstarting sales of
green tracksuits.
The nine-episode survival drama offers a fable of deeply unequal
capitalist society, with cash-strapped contestants playing
childhood games for a chance of life-changing sums of money.
Director-writer Hwang Dong-hyuk won an Emmy for outstanding
directing for a drama series, while lead actor Lee Jung-jae
clinched the honour for best actor in drama. Both were the first
Asians to garner those titles, and the first from a non-English
series.
Hwang said he had already devised games to be played in the
second season and was writing a script, but was in a dilemma
over dead characters such as Ji-young and Sae-byeok.
The new season will be shot next year and released in 2024.
"I want to revive Ji-young, but her best friend Sae-byeok also
died, so I'm thinking what to do," he told a joint news
conference in Seoul with the drama's crew and cast.
"So many characters died, especially beloved ones died. I'm
sorry I killed them so easily; I didn't know this was coming."
The Emmy's directing honour epitomised Hwang's never-dreamed-of
journey with the series, but he was disappointed at missing the
trophy for best drama series, which went to HBO's "Succession".
"Of course what I wanted the most was best drama series. Because
above all else, it comes at the end of the ceremony where
everyone in the team goes onto the stage, so I was hoping for
such a moment," he said.
"When I heard an 'S' sound when they announced it, I thought it
was 'squid' but then it turned out to be 'succession,' so I
remember being a little disappointed," he added, with a wicked
smile.
(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin and Dae-woung Kim; Editing by Bradley
Perrett)
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