Squid Game Star Had Surprising Reaction To Filming Her Death Scene
Squid Game star Jung Ho-yeon talks about her surprising reaction to shooting her dramatic death scene. Netflix’s Korean drama series about a group of desperate characters fighting for their lives in a secret underground game was the surprise hit of 2021. Now the show is a surprising Emmy contender after snagging four SAG Awards including one for Best Ensemble in a Drama.
At the top of that stunning Squid Game Emmy contenders list is Ho-yeon, the SAG Winner for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. Indeed Ho-yeon captured a lot of admirers for her performance as Kang Sae-byeok aka Player 067, a North Korean defector living in the south as a pickpocket before landing in the game. Despite her hard-edged demeanor, fans developed a soft spot for the plucky Player 067, who sought the game’s massive jackpot in order to get her brother out of an orphanage and reunite her family. Kang Sae-byeok would indeed survive deep into the life-or-death tournament only to die when, already bleeding out after being wounded by a wayward shard during the infamous Glass Bridge game, she was stabbed to death by the shady Cho Sang-woo just before the contest’s final leg.
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Indeed the death of Kang Sae-byeok was a tough blow for Squid Game fans who had come to love the character for her tough personality and noble motivations. But as it turns out, filming the character’s death scene was not all that hard for Ho-yeon. In fact, during Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Ho-yeon told Sandra Oh she was actually happy to shoot the scene as it allowed her to finally let go of her tragic character. She said (via EW):
«Maybe it's weird to say it, but while I'm shooting
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