Most people knew nothing about Squid Game until the Netflix series exploded in popularity, but that certainly isn’t the case for season 2. All eyes are on the new season, which will find Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) returning to the arena as he attempts to take down the games from the inside.

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk opens up about this season’s new games, new cast and his dystopic vision that now feels frighteningly close to home: “I wanted to pose the question: Is the majority always right?

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk knows just how bad stress can be. On Sunday, Nov. 10, Dong-hyuk, 53, revealed in an interview with the BBC that he lost several teeth while filming the first season of the hit Netflix show — which follows people in debt as they play deadly games to win a monetary prize — all due to the strain of shooting it.

Squid Game” was a huge hit for Netflix, but the man behind the juggernaut South Korean drama is sharing that it wasn’t all roses for him.

Squid Game may just be about to return with season 2, but a third season is already on the horizon. Earlier this year, Netflix confirmed that their most-streamed show of all time would be ending with season 3,

"Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says he lost teeth from the stress of making the first season and explains his motivations for making Season 2.

Speaking to the BBC on the set of “Squid Game” Season 2, Hwang said he actually lost eight or nine teeth during the first season. As a result, Hwang vowed to never put himself through such kind of pressure again,