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An actor from one of these shows had to win the Emmy on Monday night. Jason Bateman, Brian Cox, Lee Jung-jae, Bob Odenkirk, Adam Scott, and Jeremy Strong were all nominated, but Lee Jung-jae’s name was called and he was handed the Emmy.
Lee makes history with his Emmy win, as he’s the first to win a major acting award for a role in a non-English language series. He will be seen in the upcoming , as well as the second season of Squid Game.
Squid Game Season 2 isn’t in production yet, but Netflix has officially ordered it and creator/director Hwang Dong-hyuk has been working on writing the second installment.
“I’m not really in the right place to be discussing season 2 in an official setting, but if there were to be a season 2, in the first season that we saw Gi-hun is a character whose humanity is shown through or exposed in certain situations,” Hwang explained during a virtual panel hosted by EW. “In other words, his humanity is shown through a very passive manner. But I would think that in the second season, what he has learned from the games and his experience in the first season, they will all be put to use in a more active manner.”
“And at the same time, as for the Front Man [Lee Byung-hun] who was also a past winner but became a Front Man, it’s like Darth Vader,” the creator continued. “Some end up Jedi and some become Darth Vader, right? I think that maybe Gi-hun will go through a certain critical point where he is put through a test as well.”
