<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11995412" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sandra-oh" source="Orion">Sandra Oh</keyword> revealed she got "very, very sick" when "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>" first began getting popular. </li><li>"I learned that I had to take care of my health first," she told "<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" star <keyword id="12250732" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jung-ho-yeon" source="Orion">Jung Ho-yeon</keyword> for Variety.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-ellen-pompeo-show-could-continue-without-her-2022-5">"Grey's Anatomy" star Sandra Oh</a> recently revealed in a conversation with actress Jung Ho-yeon <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/features/sandra-oh-jung-ho-yeon-squid-game-killing-eve-mental-health-1235285027/">for Variety</a> that she got "very, very sick" as her fame grew in the early years of filming the hit medical drama. Around the 20-minute mark of the conversation, the 27-year-old "Squid Game" star asked Oh, 50, how she handled getting more notoriety in Hollywood. While Oh acknowledged that her rise to fame was a lot more gradual than Ho-yeon's, she said "my life changed very much" after portraying the character Christina Yang for 10 seasons.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pBNKhCIkAww?start=1196" frameborder="0"></iframe>The "Killing Eve" star noted that while the business looks very different today than it did in 2005 when <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-jackson-april-japril-complete-relationship-timeline-2022-5">"Grey's Anatomy" </a>premiered, "the stress" and "confusion" of a sudden rise to fame is the same. "Honestly, I got sick. I think my whole body was very, very sick," Oh said. "Even though you keep on working." She said she began to suffer from sleep deprivation, back pain, and issues with her skin.Oh told Ho-yeon, "I learned that I had to take care of my health first." The "Chair" star was sure to clarify that she wasn't just referring to the physical body. "That is your soul, and that is definitely your mind," the actor said about what wellness encompassed. "You can't ultimately depend on anyone else," Oh continued, explaining how every actor has to make decisions about their career and well-being. "We are alone with ourselves," Oh added. <div type="image" title="Sandra Oh" height="1500" width="2000" msid="92152326" hostid="261"></div>She played Dr. Cristina Yang on "Grey's Anatomy" from 2005 to 2014, and <a href="https://www.today.com/video/sandra-oh-talks-the-chair-grey-s-anatomy-and-season-4-of-killing-eve-119711301913">previously told Willie Geist for "Today"</a> that her <a href="https://www.insider.com/sandra-oh-saw-therapist-to-cope-with-greys-anatomy-fame-2021-8">rise to fame was "traumatic." </a>"I have a good therapist," she said during the conversation in August. "I'm not joking, it's very, very important."Oh revealed that sometimes being a public figure was so overwhelming that she would often be "hiding in restaurants" while trying to eat a meal. Though Oh appreciates that her character is still <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-sarah-drew-japril-spinoff-sexier-2022-5">a fan-favorite character on "Grey's"</a> she's maintained she wouldn't return to the series. "It's very rare, I would say, to be able to see in such a way the impact of a character," Oh said in a 2021 episode of the Los Angeles Times' <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-05-11/sandra-oh-greys-anatomy-killing-eve-asian-enough" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Asian Enough" podcast</a> according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/sandra-return-greys-anatomy-moved/story?id=77643392#:~:text=Oh's%20character%2C%20Cristina%20Yang%2C%20left,of%20season%2010%20in%202014.&amp;text=Kelly%20McCreary%20and%20Chandra%20Wilson,entertainment%20industry%20as%20Black%20women.">ABC News</a>. "In some ways, you do your work as a bubble, and you let it go. I left that show, my God, seven years ago almost. So in my mind, it's gone."

'Grey's Anatomy' star Sandra Oh says she got 'very sick' during the early years of filming the hit medical drama

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" star <keyword id="12250732" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jung-ho-yeon" source="Orion">Jung Ho-yeon</keyword> has gained over 13 million Instagram followers in under 3 weeks.</li><li>She is the most followed Korean actress on the platform, according to NME.</li><li>"Squid Game" is massively popular on TikTok, with its hashtag amassing over 26 billion views.</li></ul>"Squid Game" star Jung Ho-yeon has gained over 13 million Instagram followers in less than 3 weeks. <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-star-says-show-taught-her-faith-humanity-2021-10">Ho-yeon, who plays the North Korean defector-turned-pickpocket Kang Sae-byeok</a> in the Korean survival drama "Squid Game," had just over 400,000 followers on Instagram before the show premiered on <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> on September 17, according to <a href="https://socialblade.com/instagram/user/hoooooyeony">the data analytics website SocialBlade</a>. Within a week, the 27-year-old skyrocketed to 3 million followers, SocialBlade data shows.As of Tuesday morning, 18 days since the acclaimed show was released to the public, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hoooooyeony/">Jung has catapulted to 13.9 million followers.</a> She appeared to be gaining hundreds of thousands of followers by the hour. On Monday, Ho-yeon passed Song Hye-kyo, who starred in "Encounter," to become the most-followed Korean actress on Instagram, as <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/tv/squid-game-jung-ho-yeon-most-followed-south-korean-actress-instagram-3061758">NME</a> and <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/squid-game-star-jung-ho-yeon-becomes-the-most-followed-korean-actress-on-instagram-1860681-2021-10-04">IndiaToday</a> reported.The actor, who made her debut in "Squid Game" and is a South Korean fashion model, has shared behind-the-scenes pictures from the Netflix set. <div type="image" title="Squid Game" height="2677" width="3570" msid="86788697" hostid="261"></div>Jung has gained over a million new followers on a majority of the days since September 17, according to SocialBlade, and will surpass the 34-year-old Lee Min-ho - who has 26 million followers and whom <a href="https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/top-korean-actors-kdrama-stars-on-instagram-park-seo-joon-hyun-bin-park-min-young">Vogue reported in June</a> was the most popular Korean male actor on the platform - by the end of October if she continues at this rate.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/squid-game-netflix-south-korea-lawsuit-2021-10">"Squid Game"</a> follows a group of people down on their luck and trapped in debt who participate in a series of deadly games in the hopes of attaining a big cash prize. On TikTok, the hashtag #SquidGame has notched up over 26 billion views, as <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-netflix-red-light-green-light-tiktok-meme-2021-9">fans post memes</a> related to the show and tributes to cast members, including Ho-yeon. The show is on track to become <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-squid-game-on-pace-to-be-biggest-hit-show-2021-9">Netflix's most-watched original of all time</a>. "I used to be a person who focused on personal benefit, but after playing this character who puts her family before herself, and seeing her life hold a lot of meaning, I'd like to trust people more and help them out," Jung <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/squid-game-new-netflix-series-hoyeong-jung-hwang-dong-hyuk-interview-korean-thriller-7ttqr2wv5?utm_source=twitter">told The Times about her role in the show.</a> "The most powerful lesson I learnt was to have faith in humanity."<a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">Read more stories from Insider's Digital Culture desk. </a>

'Squid Game' star Jung Ho-yeon has gained over 13 million Instagram followers in under 3 weeks

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" star Jung Ho-yeon said she used her past modeling career to help her develop her character.</li><li>Model-turned-actress Jung Ho-yeon portrayed Kang Sae-byeok on the hit <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> original series.</li></ul>The supermodel-turned-actress Jung Ho-yeon from hit Korean survival drama "Squid Game" said being on "Korea's Next Top Model" prepared her to play her character on the Netflix original series.Jung Ho-yeon starred as Kang Sae-byeok (Player 067), one of 456 adults on the brink of financial ruin who are invited to play children's games to win 45 billion won, or about $40 million - but losing the games has deadly consequences.Jung was tasked with portraying a North Korean defector who participated in the deadly games with hopes of using the prize money for her younger brother and to help her mother escape the country.Prior to starring in "Squid Game," Jung was one of the runners-up in season four of "Korea's Next Top Model" in 2013, and in 2016, she landed a contract with Louis Vuitton and walked the runway for luxury brands like Chanel and Gucci.Jung said she tapped into aspects of the modeling competition show to develop her character."I didn't think I grafted the competitive and strong-willed versions of myself from 'Korea's Next Top Model' to Sae-byeok's character," Jung told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/jung-ho-yeon-squid-game-sae-byeok-rcna2919">NBC Asian America</a>. "But thinking of it now, maybe I still have those aspects within me, which helped me understand the role. And I've grown to accept that part of me, as well."She acknowledged the difficulty in physically trying to portray a North Korean defector given her career as a model, and said she instead focused on psychologically understanding Sae-byeok's life to accurately portray her character."To tell you the truth, people might think going from a model to a North Korean defector would've been difficult in appearance," Jung said. "For me, the focus was not on the external but internal side of things, to fully understand Sae-byeok's life."In preparation for the role, the actress said she wrote in-depth, extensive journal entries in the mindset of her character, painting a backstory to Sae-byeok that never made it to the screen. She included specific aspects that explored her family separation, describing details she would have felt the day she last saw them or the last words they would have shared."I tried to write it down as much as possible to understand her character," Jung said.The Korean drama became <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-squid-game-on-pace-to-be-biggest-hit-show-2021-9">Netflix' most popular series ever</a>, trending as the platform's top show in more than 90 countries. It has been subtitled in 31 languages and dubbed in 13, with about 95% of viewers outside <keyword id="11944254" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="south-korea" source="Orion">South Korea</keyword>, Netflix told <a href="https://www.insider.com/reviews/out?platform=browser&amp;postSource=in%7C6164bb856b02d851417547be&amp;sc=false&amp;sessionid=1634000451372&amp;type=LINK-WITH-REVIEW-SLASH-OUT&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fnetflixs-squid-game-is-the-dystopian-hit-no-one-wanteduntil-everyone-did-11633183200yone-did-11633183200">The Wall Street Journal</a>.Her <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-star-jung-ho-yeon-gained-13-million-followers-2021-10">fanbase skyrocketed</a> in the wake of the show's success, going from less than 1 million <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hoooooyeony/">Instagram followers</a> to more than 20 million after it premiered on September 17.

'Squid Game' star Jung Ho-yeon said she channeled the competitiveness of 'Korea's Next Top Model' to develop her character

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" star Jung Ho-yeon told The Hollywood Reporter that she couldn't follow the show's success.</li><li>Jung, who made her debut in "Squid Game," said she "lost 6 pounds" after the show was released.</li></ul>"Squid Game" star Jung Ho-yeon told <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/squid-game-stars-interview-netflix-show-success-1235055801/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> that she lost 6 pounds in the week after the series was released on <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword>."Squid Game," a Korean drama series about people who take part in <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-ruined-red-light-green-light-play-with-toddlers-2021-10">children's games with deadly twists</a> for money, became Netflix's most-watched series ever in October.The series quickly become a pop culture sensation after being released on the platform with <a href="https://www.insider.com/south-korean-union-workers-squid-game-costumes-demand-job-security-2021-10">costumes from the show being used for protests</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/mrbeast-squid-game-netflix-real-life-tiktok-10-million-likes-2021-10">YouTubers</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/real-life-squid-game-is-being-organized-in-abu-dhabi-2021-10">other groups</a> recreating the games in real life, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-netflix-red-light-green-light-dancing-fan-video-2021-9">new memes</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/dalgona-candy-squid-game-toffee-honeycomb-challenge-tiktok-viral-netflix-2021-10">Tiktok trends</a> inspired by the games within the show."Squid Game" stars Jung Ho-Yeon, Lee Jung-jae, and Park Hae-soo spoke to THR about the reaction to the success of the show. In the interview, Jung, who plays North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok, said she realized the show was going to be a big the week after it was released."I think [I knew] a week after it opened," Jung, whose <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-star-says-show-taught-her-faith-humanity-2021-10">first acting role</a> was in "Squid Game," said. "I couldn't follow the speed of the growth of the 'Squid Game' success because, since COVID, I think everything is faster and even online, it happens just so quick."<div type="image" title="Squid Game" height="2662" width="3549" msid="88131213" hostid="261"></div>The Korean actress <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-star-tapped-into-modeling-career-to-develop-character-2021-10">and model</a> added: "It was hard to follow. I lost 6 pounds in a week when it became successful. I couldn't eat — it wasn't stress, I just didn't know this feeling. 'What's going on out there, who am I?' I was kind of losing myself."Now, I feel very comfortable with the 'Squid Game' team, so I can slowly get used to this success with people. But when I was at home by myself watching this growth, I was like, 'What?'"Whilst Park said that he had expectations for the show being successful after seeing the ensemble cast, Lee, who played the series protagonist Seong Gi-hun, said that he was in the same boat as Jung."I don't know how to deal with this," Lee said. "I don't know what this is. Even though I have [more acting] experience. … Even in Korea, it was very popular and the show was getting a lot of responses from people that they really enjoyed it."The creator of the hit series has confirmed that <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-season-2-confirmed-netflix-2021-11">the show will have a second season.</a> Hwang Dong-hyuk <a href="https://variety.com/2021/global/asia/squid-game-director-hwang-dong-hyuk-korean-series-global-success-1235073355/">told Variety</a> after the initial success of the show that he's in no rush to make a second season due to the stress of making the first one. Hwang said in an interview with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/squid-game-creator-season-2-meaning-1235030617/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THR</a> that he lost <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-director-lost-six-teeth-during-filming-stress-2021-10">six teeth during the production of making the show.</a>

'Squid Game' star Jung Ho-yeon says she lost 6 pounds in the week the show became successful: 'I couldn't eat'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Netflix revealed the cast for the long-awaited "Squid Game" season 2 on June 17.</li><li>Fans are disappointed that the list didn't include any women. </li></ul>On Saturday, Netflix released details for the second season of "<a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-questions-we-have-after-finale-2021-10">Squid Game</a>" — almost two years after the premiere of its first — but some fans are disappointed with the lack of women in the new casting. The cast of the new season was <a href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/squid-game-season-2-cast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed to comprise a mix of old and new faces</a>. Season 1 returnees will include the protagonist Gi-hun (played by <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-actor-open-to-starring-overseas-productions-no-offers-2021-10">Lee Jung-jae</a>), the game's mastermind known as "Front Man" (played by Lee Byung-hun), and detective Hwang Jun-ho (played by Wi Ha-jun). Gong yoo, the actor who played the mysterious recruiter in season one, will also be featured in the sequel.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6MzxihE41b8" frameborder="0"></iframe>Meanwhile, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MzxihE41b8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teaser trailer</a> also features several established South Korean actors who will be joining the cast.The list includes former K-pop idol turned versatile actor Yim Si-wan. Yim starred in the top-rated Netflix thriller "<a href="https://www.insider.com/latest-korean-movies-you-should-watch-on-netflix-2023-4#unlocked-2023-3">Unlocked</a>."Park Sung-hoon, the actor who plays the villain in Netflix's latest hit K-drama "<a href="https://www.insider.com/bullying-netflix-kdrama-the-glory-inspired-by-real-cases-2023-2">The Glory</a>" will also be a part of the cast. The other two actors spotlighted are Kang Ha-neul, who's well-known in South Korea for his performance in the rom-com "When the Camellia Blooms," as well as actor-rapper Yang Dong-geun, known for the historical drama "The Forbidden Marriage." Further details on their characters were not included in the latest press release.While new faces in the upcoming season are causing excitement, many fans are dismayed that the casting list didn't include any women."This is an amazing cast??? But kinda wild not a single woman is featured," read a <a href="https://twitter.com/TamarWrites/status/1670251871603179520?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a>. "No females when one of the best things of the first season was the female actress in it?" read a top comment with over 4,000 likes on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctmv6rfgfsP/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Netflix's Instagram post</a> of the new season's teaser trailer. The comment references the North Korean character Kang Sae-byeok (played by model-actress Jung Ho-yeon). Other tweets and Instagram comments echoed a similar sentiment. Fortunately for fans, Netflix told Insider that leading female characters will be unveiled in upcoming casting news."This was the first cast announcement for Squid Game season two. We're excited to share more casting news soon, which will include the leading female characters" said a Netflix spokesperson to Insider.Production of the <a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-netflix-squid-game-season-2-teaser-trailer-2022-6">blockbuster's second season</a> is slated to begin later this year, and will be directed and executive produced by Emmy-winning director <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-creator-paused-writing-script-sell-laptop-for-cash-2021-10">Hwang Dong-hyuk</a>, per a press release on June 17.

Fans are disappointed with the lack of women in the latest 'Squid Game' season 2 casting news, but Netflix reassures that it'll reveal the leading female characters soon

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" star Jung Ho-yeon said that her role has changed her outlook on life.</li><li>The series was the debut role for the Korean model who has been on the cover of Vogue.</li><li>She told The Times of London that the show taught her to "have faith in humanity."</li></ul>"Squid Game" star Jung Ho-yeon said that her role in the hit <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> Korean Drama has changed her outlook on life."Squid Game," which the director Hwang Dong-hyuk <a href="https://variety.com/2021/global/asia/squid-game-director-hwang-dong-hyuk-korean-series-global-success-1235073355/">explained to Variety</a> was inspired by "Battle Royale" comics, follows the multiple contestants who take part in a series of children's games with deadly spins in order to win enough money to get rid of their debts. Ho-yeon's debut role was in the new series as a pickpocket who defected from North Korea called Kang Sae-byeok. "Korea achieved economic development in a short span of time, which is why competition can be more intense here than in other countries," Ho-yeon said when speaking to <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/squid-game-new-netflix-series-hoyeong-jung-hwang-dong-hyuk-interview-korean-thriller-7ttqr2wv5?utm_source=twitter">The Times</a> about the success of her first role. "I used to be a person who focused on personal benefit, but after playing this character who puts her family before herself, and seeing her life hold a lot of meaning, I'd like to trust people more and help them out. The most powerful lesson I learnt was to have faith in humanity."The Korean actress was already a successful model who has starred in the fourth season of "Korea's Next Top Model" and had been on the cover of Vogue. However, "Squid Game" launched her to new heights. <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/tv/squid-game-jung-ho-yeon-most-followed-south-korean-actress-instagram-3061758">NME reported</a> that the model-turned-actress is now the most followed South Korean actress on Instagram with over 13 million followers.<div type="image" title="Squid Game" height="2361" width="3149" msid="86760397" hostid="261"></div>The series' main actors Lee Jung-jae (Seong Gi-hun) and Park Hae-soo (Cho Sang-woo) also recently joined Instagram after the buzz of the "Squid Game.""Squid Game" is the first South Korean show to top the US charts for Netflix and <a href="https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/netflix-most-popular-tv-shows-movies-1235075301/">Variety reported</a> that the co-CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos said the show could be the platform's most-watched show ever. Variety reported that Sarandos said that the success of the show surprised even those at Netflix.There is currently no confirmation on whether the series will get a second season however the show's creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told Variety that he would bring in multiple writers and experienced directors for the second season. He also said in an interview with <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/squid-game-new-netflix-series-hoyeong-jung-hwang-dong-hyuk-interview-korean-thriller-7ttqr2wv5?utm_source=twitter">The Times</a> that he would like to explore the story of The Frontman (Lee Byung-hun) if the show had a second season. The Frontman was the ex-cop who turned out to be the mastermind of the games.

'Squid Game' star says her role has taught her to 'have faith in humanity'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In "<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>," Jung Ho-yeon plays North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok.</li><li>Korean-speaking viewers noticed that Sae-byeok tries to hide her North Korean accent in the game.</li><li>Her true North Korean accent only comes out when speaking to her brother.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-cool-details-you-missed-2021-10">"Squid Game"</a> actress <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-star-says-show-taught-her-faith-humanity-2021-10">Jung Ho-yeon</a> has seen her career and <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-star-jung-ho-yeon-gained-13-million-followers-2021-10">her Instagram blow up</a> since the release of <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-is-squid-game-on-netflix-2021-10">Netflix's South Korean survivalist drama phenomenon.</a>The former "Next Top Model" star has gone on to become the most followed South Korean actress on Instagram after <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-star-jung-ho-yeon-gained-13-million-followers-2021-10">surging from 400,00 followers to over 13 million followers in just three weeks.</a>In the <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> series, Jung plays player number 67 Kang Sae-byeok, who participates in the brutal game to try and win money for her younger brother and her captured mother in China following their family's unsuccessful attempt to defect from <keyword id="11935793" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="north-korea" source="Orion">North Korea</keyword>.<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUYyAxCBEXy" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by HoYeon Jung(Chung) (@hoooooyeony)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>In her acting debut, Jung gives a great performance as a fan-favorite character - but Korean-speaking viewers have noticed an impressive detail about Jung's performance that elevates her work to the next level.Sae-byeok is from North Korea, so has a North Korean accent. As observed by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/squidgame/comments/pxf523/details_you_may_have_missed_due_to_the_language/">Redditor soyfox</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ymmayer/status/1443695287827116034">podcaster Youngmi Mayer</a>, however, when she is around the other players, who are predominantly South Korean, she actively tries to hide her North Korean accent. Her real accent only comes out when we hear her speaking to her brother.She most likely hides her North Korean accent around the South Korean players to avoid discrimination and negative comments, which tracks in the show as she is referred to as a "spy" and "communist" when some players notice she is North Korean.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-youngmi mayer (@ymmayer) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1443695287827116034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2021</a></blockquote>While non-Korean speaking viewers will likely not pick up on this, it's a neat detail that adds further depth and complexity to both the character of Sae-byeok and Jung's performance.In an interview with <a href="https://www.wkorea.com/2021/09/23/%eb%8b%a4%ec%8b%9c-%eb%a7%8c%eb%82%9c-%ec%84%b8%ea%b3%84-%ec%a0%95%ed%98%b8%ec%97%b0/">W Korea</a>, Jung said that she learned how to put on a North Korean accent by watching "a lot of documentaries about North Korean defectors." She also spent a lot of time practicing the accent with a teacher who helped her to prepare for the role as a North Korean defector.

Korean-speaking 'Squid Game' viewers notice clever detail about Kang Sae-byeok's accent

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" was nominated for four awards for the upcoming annual <keyword id="12940273" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="screen-actors-guild" source="Orion">Screen Actors Guild</keyword> Awards. </li><li>The series made history as the first foreign-language series and Korean series to receive a SAG nod.</li></ul>"Squid Game" has become the first foreign-language series and first Korean series nominated for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award, a representative for SAG confirmed to Insider.The Korean series about a death-game competition became a pop culture sensation in 2021, with <a href="https://www.insider.com/south-korean-union-workers-squid-game-costumes-demand-job-security-2021-10">costumes from the show being used for protests</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/mrbeast-recreats-squid-game-watch-youtube-cash-prize-2021-11">Youtubers</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/real-life-squid-game-is-being-organized-in-abu-dhabi-2021-10">other groups</a> pledging to recreate the games in real life, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-netflix-red-light-green-light-dancing-fan-video-2021-9">new memes</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/dalgona-candy-squid-game-toffee-honeycomb-challenge-tiktok-viral-netflix-2021-10">Tiktok trends</a> inspired by the games inside the show popping up all over social media. Now the <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> series, which had already broken records to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-squid-game-on-pace-to-be-biggest-hit-show-2021-9?r=US&amp;IR=T">become the most-watched series on the platform</a>, has been nominated for four awards at <a href="https://www.insider.com/sag-awards-nominations-2022-ted-lasso-belfast-house-of-gucci?utmSource=twitter&amp;utmContent=referral&amp;utmTerm=topbar&amp;referrer=twitter">the upcoming 28th annual SAG Awards.</a>"Squid Game" was nominated in two ensemble categories: best stunt ensemble in a television series and best ensemble performance in a drama series. Stars Lee Jung-Jae, who played the series protagonist Seong Gi-hun, and Jung Ho-yeon, who played <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-detail-kang-sae-byeok-actress-accent-north-korea-2021-10">North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok</a>, were also nominated for individual male and female in a drama series acting awards.<div type="image" title="Contestants in green jump suits on the floor in a frame from the show Squid Game" height="2680" width="3573" msid="88862155" hostid="261"></div>"Squid Game" was Jung's acting debut, and she had previously <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/squid-game-stars-interview-netflix-show-success-1235055801/">told The Hollywood Reporter</a> that she lost 6 pounds after <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-jung-ho-yeon-lost-6-pounds-show-successful-2021-12">the initial success of "Squid Game" because she "couldn't eat."</a>"I couldn't follow the speed of the growth of the 'Squid Game' success because, since COVID, I think everything is faster and even online, it happens just so quick," she said. "I lost 6 pounds in a week when it became successful. I couldn't eat — it wasn't stress, I just didn't know this feeling. 'What's going on out there, who am I?' I was kind of losing myself."Jung <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-star-jung-ho-yeon-gained-13-million-followers-2021-10">gained over 13 million Instagram followers in under 3 weeks</a> after the show was released on Netflix in September."Squid Game" was previously nominated for three awards at the Golden Globes 2022 and Oh Yeong-Su, who played Oh Il-nam, won <a href="https://www.insider.com/golden-globes-2022-complete-list-of-nominees#best-supporting-actor-television-16">best supporting actor in a television series on Sunday.</a>"Squid Game" creator, writer, and director Hwang Dong-hyuk has <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-season-2-confirmed-netflix-2021-11">confirmed that the series will return for a second season.</a>

'Squid Game' makes history (again) as the first foreign-language series ever nominated for a SAG award

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The creepy robot in "<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" will introduce viewers to her boyfriend, Cheol-su, in Season 2.</li><li>Young-hee and Cheol-su are well-known characters from <a href="https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/squid-game-production-design-sets-1235285691/">1970s South Korean textbooks</a>.</li></ul>The creepy robot doll in the hit Korean series "Squid Game" is set to introduce viewers to her boyfriend in Season 2, <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> announced on Sunday."A whole new round is coming," wrote Hwang Dong-hyuk, the show's writer and director, in a letter posted on the streamer's <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cetij8DsKDT/?hl=en">Instagram</a> account, in which he teased some details from the show's upcoming season.For one, audiences will get to meet Cheol-su, the boyfriend of the doll Young-hee, he wrote.<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cetij8DsKDT" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Netflix US (@netflix)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>As "Squid Game" actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9Ri1qPInM">Jung Ho-yeon said</a> during an appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," both Young-hee and Cheol-su are well-known characters from old South Korean textbooks. "When we were at school, there were characters. One is a boy, and one is a girl. The boy's name was Cheol-su, and the girl's name was Young-hee," she said on the show. According to the <a href="https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/inspiration-creepy-doll-squid-game/">Koreaboo,</a> the characters were often depicted as best friends in textbooks from the 1970s and 1980s. As Insider <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-doll-real-and-can-be-found-in-korean-village-2021-9">previously reported</a>, the actual Young-hee statue can be found guarding the entrance to a horse carriage museum several hours from Seoul.<keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> of the robot doll's partner has sparked a wave of jokingly envious tweets from fans of the hit series."Yall i can't accept the fact that this doll has a boyfriend and i don't," one person tweeted.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—KangSeoHae's Assistant (@Seohaesahu) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1536039731011940353">June 12, 2022</a></blockquote>"The worst news of the day is hearing this doll has a boyfriend when a human being like me has no girlfriend," another Twitter user said.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Adelowo Shamsudeen Opeyemi (@opeyemi_adelowo) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1536132167494815744">June 12, 2022</a></blockquote>In the show's first season, Young-hee was featured prominently in the game "Red Light, Green Light." Her role was to monitor the movements of players, who would be killed if they moved when they were not supposed to.Hwang's post also stated that Gi-hun, the first season's main character, would be returning in the second season, along with the villainous <a href="https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/news/squid-game-front-man-identity/">Front Man.</a> He also hinted that the "<a href="https://hypebeast.com/2021/9/netflix-original-series-squid-game-gong-yoo-casting-info">the man in the suit with ddakji"</a> — the mysterious figure who tempts other characters in the show into playing a traditional South Korean game for increasingly high stakes — could also make another appearance.Hwang did not provide a release date for the show's new season in the post. Following its <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-is-squid-game-on-netflix-2021-10">premiere last September</a>, "Squid Game" quickly became <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bridgerton-compared-to-other-netflix-top-original-shows-viewership-2021-1">Netflix's most-watched</a> original show.

The creepy robot doll in 'Squid Game' will have a boyfriend in Season 2

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" star Lee Jung-jae said he would be open to playing roles in overseas productions.</li><li>But offers have yet to come in for him as the <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> original series continues to soar in popularity.</li></ul>The South Korean star of Netflix global hit <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/squid-game">"Squid Games"</a> said he would be open to roles in overseas productions, but he has yet to get any offers.South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae plays Seong Gi-hun in the dark Korean survival drama, which debuted on the streaming platform on September 17. Gi-hun is one of 456 adults struggling to pay off their debts who are invited to play children's games to win 45 billion won, or about $40 million - but losing the games has deadly consequences.The actor, who was player 456 in the "Squid Game," said in an interview with <a href="https://variety.com/2021/global/actors/squid-game-lee-jung-jae-hollywood-not-calling-1235086169/">Variety</a> that "no proposals or requests have come my way.""But, if the right one came along, I'd be happy to be in an overseas production," Lee told Variety. "It could be fun."Lee, along with fellow Korean <keyword id="11962824" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="actors" source="Orion">actors</keyword> Park Hae Soo and Jung Ho-yeon who played Cho Sang-Woo (player 218) and Kang Sae-byeok (player 067) respectively, launched to international fame in the wildly popular Netflix original series.The streaming platform picked up the show two years ago. It's been subtitled in 31 languages and dubbed in 13, and it's the platform's top show in more than 90 countries, with about 95% of viewers outside <keyword id="11944254" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="south-korea" source="Orion">South Korea</keyword>, Netflix told <a href="https://www.insider.com/reviews/out?platform=browser&amp;postSource=in%7C615cbd566b02d84059203715&amp;sc=false&amp;type=LINK-WITH-REVIEW-SLASH-OUT&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fnetflixs-squid-game-is-the-dystopian-hit-no-one-wanteduntil-everyone-did-11633183200&amp;sessionid=1634000451372sionid=1634000451372">The Wall Street Journal</a>."I didn't expect this kind of success at all when I first boarded 'Squid Game' as a project," Lee said. "But when I read the script, I understood that it contained elements that could resonate with everyone and work outside of Korea."Lee praised <a href="https://www.insider.com/squid-game-creator-paused-writing-script-sell-laptop-for-cash-2021-10">screenwriter-director Hwang Dong-hyuk for the success of the show</a>, saying it comes from the show's plot "being very detailed about explaining the characters, their roles and their feelings."Sadness wears many different faces and [in 'Squid Game'] the characters' different sadnesses can easily be felt by viewers," says Lee. "[Hwang] is very capable of building characters from the ground upwards, which is why when the characters have to take big decisions, they are believable. And it is why the audience is willing to believe in the show's climactic ending. It is actually touching."Lee's career in the <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">entertainment</keyword> industry spans more than 20 years, playing a range of characters from an undercover officer in "New World" (2013) and a vengeful sibling going after an assassin in "Deliver Us from Evil" (2020), to romantic interests in films like " "Il Mare" (2000) and "The Housemaid" (2010).Despite the unprecedented success of the show, the 20-year veteran of the film said "nothing much has changed for me as an actor," but said playing a character like Gi-hun was a first for him."Gi-hun's character changes a lot over the course of the show," Lee told Variety. "It has a large spectrum, which any actor would want to try out at least once in his career. This was possibly the first time I've played a character with such a range."He said, as he nears 50, he feels his "stamina dropping" in pursuing multiple projects at once and "rationalized that I should just focus on one thing" at a time."For now, I don't have any plans to do an overseas project," Lee said. "But if a good opportunity presented itself, of course I'd be open to it."

'Squid Game' star said he'd be 'open' to roles in overseas productions, but the offers have yet to come in

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Illegal copies of "<keyword id="12189586" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="squid-game" source="Orion">Squid Game</keyword>" are circulating in <keyword id="11935793" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="north-korea" source="Orion">North Korea</keyword> after being smuggled into the country, a new report says.</li><li>The North Korean government imposed stiff punishments for anyone caught enjoying South Korean <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">entertainment</keyword>.</li></ul>Illegal copies of popular <keyword id="11892922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="netflix" source="Orion">Netflix</keyword> hit "Squid Game" are now spreading in North Korea amid the country's crackdown on foreign media, <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/squidgame-11162021170422.html">Radio Free Asia</a> reported Tuesday.The popular dystopian Korean survival drama, which debuted on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-netflix-tips-and-tricks">Netflix</a> in mid-September, follows 456 adults with mounting debt playing children's games to win 45.6 billion won (about $38 million USD).Those who are unable to complete the challenges are literally eliminated from the series of games — killed by either the deadly consequences of the activity or by the mysterious mask-donning workers operating the games.In January, the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-media/north-korea-cracks-down-on-foreign-media-speaking-styles-idUSKBN29P0C4">North Korean government threatened</a> to punish anyone caught enjoying South Korean entertainment with stiff fines or prison time, Reuters reported. Despite the threat of retribution, smuggled copies of the South Korean series still made their way into the country, RFA reported."'Squid Game has been able to enter the country on memory storage devices such as USB flash drives and SD cards, which are smuggled in by ship, and then make their way inland," a resident of Pyongsong, north of the capital Pyongyang, told RFA.The Pyongsong resident said one of the show's characters, Kang Sae-Byeok (Player 067), portrayed by actress Jung Ho-Yeon, was of particular interest to North Korean audiences because Kang is a North Korean defector who participated in the deadly games with hopes of using the prize money for her younger brother and to help her mother escape the country."One of the characters is a North Korean escapee and they can relate to her," the source said, adding that young people in the North Korean capital Pyongyang "secretly watch the show under their blankets at night on their portable media players."Like many South Koreans who say <a href="https://www.insider.com/south-korean-union-workers-squid-game-costumes-demand-job-security-2021-10">the show emulates their life in their country</a> amid a mounting national debt crisis, the Pyongsong resident, who remained unidentified, told RFA that the show resonates with North Koreans as well."They say that the content is similar to the lives of Pyongyang officials who fight in the foreign currency market as if it is a fight for life and death," the resident said."They think the show's plot kind of parallels their own reality, where they know they could be executed at any time if the government decides to make an example out of them for making too much money, but they (government officials) all continue to make as much money as possible," they continued.

Illegal copies of 'Squid Game' are reportedly spreading in North Korea after people smuggled it into the country amid the government's crackdown on foreign media

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South Korean troops shot dead a man trying to swim across a border river into <keyword id="13473" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="North-Korea">North Korea</keyword> on Monday after he ignored repeated warnings to turn back, the defence ministry said.
A mistry spokesman said he was carrying a South Korean passport that identified him as Nam Yong-Ho, 47.
According to the spokesman, Nam had approached the bank of the Imjin river that makes up part of the western border with North Korea at around 2:30pm (0530 GMT).
He was spotted by soldiers manning a nearby guard post, who fired warning shots and shouted at him to turn back.
"He jumped into the Imjin river, ignoring repeated warnings to stop," the spokesman told AFP. "The soldiers opened fire and his body has been retrieved."
The spokesman said Nam was believed to have been trying to defect to the North, and had jumped into the river with a flotation device to help him get across.
His passport indicated that he had been deported from Japan in June.
Defections from South to North Korea are very rare, and there has been no incident in recent memory where South Korean troops have shot anyone attempting the crossing.
There was no immediate reaction from Pyongyang.
The incident came at a time of easing tensions between North and <keyword id="5565" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="South-Korea">South Korea</keyword>, who were on a virtual war footing just a few months ago following the North's nuclear test in February.
Hours before the shooting, hundreds of South Korean factory supervisors drove across a nearby border crossing into North Korea after both sides agreed to reopen a joint industrial zone shut down in April.
Because the 1950-53 Korean War concluded with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, North and South Korea technically remain at war.
Four kilometres wide and 248 kilometres long, the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two neighbours is a depopulated no-man's land of heavily-fortified fences bristling with landmines and listening posts.
While the number of confirmed defections from South to North has been tiny, more than 23,500 North Koreans have escaped the other way since the end of the war.
But virtually all avoid any attempt to cross the land border, with most escaping to China and then to a third country where they request resettlement in the South.
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