A STAR of the ‘biggest TV thriller’ apologises to his ‘disappointed’ fans over major changes to series 2.
The second season of the hit Netflix thriller broke viewing records after an agonising three-year wait.
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Squid Game actor Wi Ha-joon has reassured fans that there is more to come for his character after complaints of a greatly reduced season two arc.
The show started with Seong Gi-Hun known as Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae) searching everywhere to find members of the evil game.
His only goal was to re-join the deadly Squid Game arena in order to stop the brutal game creators once and for all.
Once in, he was up against hundreds of other contestants to be in with a chance to win a life-changing amount of money.
But despite everything he did to protect players, contestants continued to die.
However he made a friend in Player 001 who was actually The Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) in disguise.
The pair, alongside other contestants decided to take over the game and they went into battle together.
But Player 001’s betrayal was devastating and it had dire consequences for all those involved in the end.
However, fans noticed that a key season one character seemed to be forgotten about.
In the first season, Detective Hwang Jun-ho (Ha-joon) infiltrates the games in order to find his missing brother Hwang In-ho.
But in a brilliant twist, he shockingly discovers that his brother is The Front Man orchestrating the games.
Hwang is shot by the Front Man’s guards and plummets off a cliff and barely survives the ordeal.
In the second season, Jun-ho desperately tried to rediscover the island where the game is hosted so that he could return.
But his character very quickly faded into the background.
‘I do understand that, from the audience’s point of view, it might have been disappointing,’ Ha-joon told Radio Times.
Ha-joon continued: ‘But from my perspective, I know this is part of the longer and bigger story, so I wasn’t disappointed at all.’
The South Korean star shared that “a lot of Jun-ho’s stories will be dealt with in depth” and that ‘different aspects’ of his personality will be shown in the third season
So does that mean he might join his brother and protect him from his enemies?
Asked whether this could happen, Ha-joon was cryptic ensuring that he didn’t give away spoilers from season 3.
‘I’m curious about what Jun-ho will do if that kind of situation arises,’ Ha-joon said.
He added: “I have no clue because even if you make a determination of what you might do in a [hypothetical] situation, when the situation really arises, then you actually don’t know what you will do.
Whatever path he takes, viewers can be assured it will be as exciting as before.
Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk teased in an announcement: ‘The fierce clash between [Gi-hun and Front Man’s] two worlds will continue into the series finale with Season 3.”
Squid Game season 3 has no confirmed release date at the time of writing, but Netflix has confirmed it will premiere sometime in 2025,
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Squid Game Season 1 and 2 is available to stream on Netflix.