Playing the recruiter is Gong Yoo, one of the more famous and prolific actors in Squid Game‘s cast. Gong is best known for his lead role in the 2016 hit horror film Train to Busan and has also appeared in the film The Age of Shadows and TV series The Silent Sea.
Lee Byung-hun as Hwang In-ho a.k.a. The Front Man
The final major returning player for Squid Game season 2 is Hwang In-ho a.k.a. The Front Man. With game creator Oh Il-nam dispatched, Hwang In-ho can safely be considered the series’ new big bad. A former game champion and Jun-ho’s brother, In-ho has a bigger role in this story than ever.
Lee Byung-hun has had a major film career in both South Korea and the U.S., starring in Korean films like I Saw the Devil and Inside Man; and American films like G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Red 2, and Terminator Genisys.
EPISODE 3 SPOILER BELOW
Of course, Hwang In-ho isn’t just the Front Man this time around. He enters into the games undercover as Player 001 Oh Young-il. This marks the second time that someone involved with the games has participated in them as a very conspicuous 001. And both times, our poor Gi-hun has appeared to be none the wiser.
Park Gyu-young as Guard 011: Kang No-eul
The character of Kang No-eul provides for one of Squid Game season 2’s first big twists. A North Korean defector with debts to pay working as an amusement park mascot, she’s exactly the kind of desperate person that the games seek to exploit. So a recruiter for the games does exploit her – not as a contestant, however, but as a guard. Yes, No-eul is Guard #011 as the show offers us a closer work at the inner-workings of the games.