The Netflix series Squid Game is one of the streaming platform’s most popular shows of all time. In it, 456 people including our “protagonist” Gi-hun (Lee Jung-Jae ) fight to the literal death for a substantial amount of cash.
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The names of the characters – Seong Gi-hun, Cho Sang-woo, and Il-nam – were all based on Hwang’s childhood friends , as well as the character name Hwang Jun-ho, who was also a childhood friend in real life with an older brother named Hwang In-ho.
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