Squid Sport’s Lee Jung-jae (Gi-hun) is anxious about how audiences will react to the tip of the present. Lee performs the main man in Squid Sport’s solid, who received the video games in season 1, solely to return in an try and undermine the video games themselves. His newest rise up proved to be doomed to fail in season 2, which was launched on December 26, 2024. The upcoming season 3 will debut on June 27, 2025, and can function the present’s remaining season, although Netflix is planning a number of potential spinoffs, together with an American model of the present.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on the purple carpet of Netflix’s Tudum occasion, Lee admitted that the discharge is nerve-wracking. After spending years engaged on this mission, it should quickly be coming to an finish, and he repeatedly emphasised that he’s “very nervous” concerning the upcoming launch. Whereas expressing that he “can’t wait” to see the reactions, he’s involved all the identical. Try his quote under and the clip of his interview with THR, the place he spoke by way of an interpreter:

We’re going to be releasing fairly quickly, I’m very nervous. I do know that quite a lot of you on the market are inquisitive about what’s going to occur in season three, however all of us are extra inquisitive about how a lot you’re going to take pleasure in it. So I can’t wait, I’m very nervous.

What Lee’s Nerves Imply For Squid Sport’s Finale

He Might Have Good Cause To Be Nervous

Season 3 shall be ushering in an ending to a saga that has captivated the world. Squid Sport season 2 shattered data when it was launched, drawing 68 million viewers in simply three days and 265.2 million views in its first 91. It stays the most-watched non-English present in Netflix’s historical past, nevertheless it additionally surpassed Wednesday to grow to be the most-watched Netflix present of any language. With so many viewers eagerly anticipating the ultimate season, there may be important stress on each star to execute this completely. Because the main man, Lee is going through even higher stress.

Squid Sport season 1 was launched on September 17, 2021, and season 2 didn’t come till December 26, 2024.

With a lot on their shoulders, Squid Sport season 3’s solid and crew have been working diligently to make sure that viewers are happy. Seasons 2 and three have been filmed back-to-back in an try and keep away from the more and more prolonged gaps between seasons on Netflix and different platforms. That explains the remarkably restricted hole between the 2 seasons, which ought to assist the present to keep up its momentum. As nerve-wracking as it could be for Lee, the smaller delay ought to not less than permit viewers to understand the work that went into these new episodes.

Our Take On Lee’s Nervous Response

The Finale May Be Divisive

Any present with enough recognition will seemingly disappoint some viewers with the ultimate episode. In any case, totally different viewers will naturally anticipate the present to take totally different instructions with the finale. Some will hope for a contented ending, some for a dramatic and tragic destiny for Gi-hun, and others could need to see extra of Squid Sport’s titular video games. Lee’s nerves seemingly mirror the fact that the solid and crew are conscious that they’re unlikely to fulfill everybody. So long as they imagine in Squid Sport’s ending, nonetheless, it should seemingly be an efficient conclusion.

Supply: THR

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2021 – 2025-00-00

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Hwang Dong-hyuk

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Lee Jung-jae

Seong Gi-hun / ‘No. 456’

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Jeon Younger-soo

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