'Squid Game Season 2': Its Eclectic Cast Raises Expectations

With the potential for more dramatic disclosures and the stakes and sense of animosity seemingly higher than before, Squid Game Season 2' is bound to cover a lot more ground than expected.

- DEBASHREE DUTTA

The much-awaited Squid Game Season 2 has gotten off to an excellent start. Like an ideal curtain-raiser, Im Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon, and Yang Dong-geun, together with Lee Jungjae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo, were unveiled by Netflix as dramatis personae from the second chapter, leaving the air teeming with intrigue. And shortly thereafter, they released eight more names, stoking the frenzy. On the list are Park Gyuyoung, Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Lee Jin-uk, Choi Seung-hyun (T.O.P, formerly of Big Bang), Roh Jae-won, and Won Ji-an.