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Squid Game spoilers follow.
Towards the later half of 2021, you had to be hiding under a rock to miss out on the absolute phenomenon that was Netflix‘s Korean series, Squid Game.
The to-the-death battle of wits captured the imagination of the entire world – and finally brought to some people’s attention the stream of amazing Korean content that’s available to subscribers worldwide.
As unbelievably popular as the show has become, it’s hard to believe that we nearly missed out on Squid Game altogether. In an interview with Vanity Fair, its creator Hwang Dong-hyuk revealed that the premise was initially rejected. In 2009, the show’s creator attempted to pitch it as a feature film, but was knocked back.
“People were telling me that it’s too unrealistic,” Hwang said. The project was labelled absurd: a film about debt and poverty leading people to make drastically life-threatening choices during a time when the real world was experiencing a global financial crisis does seem very close to home.
Hwang put the script away and concentrated on other projects, including directing the acclaimed The Crucible, Miss Granny and The Fortress.
Thankfully, he didn’t give up on Squid Game and revisited the script in 2018. “It was a very strange experience,” he explained, “because what seemed so unrealistic at the time didn’t feel as unrealistic any more”.
Few shows have had the massive cultural impact of Squid Game, with creepy giant ‘Red Light, Green Light’ dolls popping up all over the world, and even numerous recreations of the games being played by superfans (without the added side of death).