After the launch of "Squid Game", it quickly became popular all over the world, surpassing the French drama "Lupin" in only ten days or so, becoming the highest-rated non-English original drama in Netflix's history, and is very likely to become Netflix's highest-grossing work.
With the popularity of "Squid Game", the behind-the-scenes story of the show has also been continuously excavated.
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01, "Squid Game" director Huang Donghe lost 6 teeth
Before the launch of "Squid Games", it received 110% to 120% of the investment of its broadcast platform Netflix, which completely relieved the concerns of insufficient funds and poor ratings.
Although this move can allow the producers to have no worries, they still encountered many difficulties in the process of creation, so that the director of the play, Huang Donghe, lost 6 teeth due to excessive pressure.
Hwang Dong Hyuk and the actors discuss how to act
In the process of directing "Squid Game", director Hwang Dong Hyuk was too tired to do it mentally or physically.
The main reason why Huang Dong hyuk is so physically and mentally exhausted is that "Squid Game" is a very adventurous and experimental work.
On the one hand, the director is worried that the setting of playing games with his life will be ridiculed by netizens;
On the other hand, the shooting cycle of "Squid Game" is long, and from time to time it will find loopholes in the plot, and you have to change the script to shoot again.
Hwang Dong-hyuk and the actors look back at the filming footage
02, Lee Jeong-jae fake eating?
In the scene of Cheng Qixun eating in the play, the sharp-eyed audience found that he was not eating a box lunch but eating in the air, which made people wonder if he was wearing a gang.
In this regard, Lee Jung-jae revealed that he ate very hard during the first shooting, and by the third, fourth, and fifth times, his stomach could no longer stuff things, and at that time, he was facing the camera with his back, thinking that he would not be captured, so he played a little clever.
In the end, the picture of the front camera eating very seriously was deleted, leaving a picture of pretending to be eating very well, and the editor may not have noticed it.
Lee Jeong-jae fake eats
03, the movie emperor Lee Jeong-jae almost collapsed
In the second level, the player gives each contestant a box of candy and asks them to use a thin needle to cut out the full shape of the candy in 10 minutes.
The male protagonist, Cheng Qixun, came up with a clever plan to melt the lime candy with saliva and helped many contestants pass the level.
As Lee Jung-jae, the actor of Sung Ki-hoon, he must show his crazy candy licking acting skills in front of the camera.
Lee Jeong-jae frantically licks the candy
When filming this scene, the scene has been going back and forth between making lime candy and filming the scene of licking lime candy, making it full of the sweetness of lime candy.
Afterwards, Lee Jung-jae revealed that he was very upset at the time and couldn't help but question whether he needed to lick to this extent? Isn't there any other way?
Lee Jeong-jae questions the candy game
04, Kong Liu really beat Li Zhengzai
In the first episode of "The Squid Game", the game salesman played by Kong Liu plays a game of drawing with Sung Ki-hoon at the subway station, with a bet of 100,000 won or a slap.
After constantly losing the game, the poor and sloppy Cheng Qixun could only be slapped frequently, and Sheng Sheng turned his toss into a pig's head face.
In an interview, Lee Jung-jae mentioned that he and Kong Liu have known each other for nearly 10 years and have a good personal relationship.
The two originally had a friendship, and Li Zhengzai was still a senior, which made it difficult for Kong Liu to start, and he couldn't help but ask: "Do the seniors really want to fight?" ”。
In order to have a better shooting effect, Lee Jeong-jae resolutely replied that of course he should really fight.
After a fierce ideological struggle, Kong Liu hardened his scalp and seriously slapped Li Zhengzai a lot.
Kong Liu really slapped Li Zhengzai
It is precisely because of the efforts of director Huang Donghe, Lee Jeong-jae, Kong Liu and others that "Squid Game" has today's achievements.
So, are you looking forward to their second season reunion?