Lee Jung-jae talks about how 'Squid Game' transformed his career

Lee Jung-jae, a South Korean actor, had previously starred in An Affair and the 90s South Korean TV drama Sandglass. However, the offer to play the lead role in Squid Game changed his career. 

He told Metro that he knew it would be a “career-defining role” for him when he sat down for a chat about it all.

He further shared with the publication, “When I was reading the scripts for seasons two and three, I knew that he would be put on another rollercoaster, and even more so. So I thought, wow, if I just play this character very well, it’s going to be a very amazing, career-defining role for me.”

Moreover, he added, “When I read the very last page of the script for season three, it just exceeded all the expectations that I had. It really took me by surprise, and I remember having a lot of conversations with director Hwang about the finale.”

Meanwhile, when asked about how he expects fans to react to the Squid Game finale, he said, "I hope that after viewers watched the last episode, they will have been left with a sense of hope."

He also added "it is not violence that we want to talk about, but it is really throwing the question, ‘How do we as human beings want to live among ourselves and in harmony?’ So I hope we can all try to find our own answers to that question.”"

For those unversed, Squid Game is a Korean drama that was first released in September 2021. Its story revolves around a contest in which 456 players are in deep financial crisis so in order to win 45.6 billion, they compete in deadly game.