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Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon: ‘The most powerful lesson I learnt was to have faith in humanity’

Warning: spoiler alerts! The South Korean playground horror became the most streamed show on Netflix last week. Its director, Hwang Dong-hyuk, and star talk about its creation — and plans for season two

Lee Yoo-Mi and Jung Ho-yeon, right, in the new Korean Netflix thriller, Squid Game
Lee Yoo-Mi and Jung Ho-yeon, right, in the new Korean Netflix thriller, Squid Game
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‘Have you seen Squid Game yet?” is the question everyone’s asking. The wacky South Korean survival drama — the platform’s most-streamed show (in 90 countries, including the UK) and is reportedly on track to be the most-watched series in Netflix’s history — was released on September 17, yet its tentacles have already spread across our news feeds (spoiler alerts ahead).

Named after a traditional Korean children’s game, the nine-episode series follows 456 people, all dealing with financial struggles as they are lured to compete for a final cash prize of 45.6 billion won (about £28 million). A business card delivered by an elusive subway-lurker is their golden ticket to play a series of games in a secret location. To begin with they are gassed out