“Squid Game” Season 2 Stars Lee Jung-Jae And Lee Seo-Hwan Reveal Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Netflix’s Global Hit

1. What messages about classism and society in this season do you think are most important for viewers to take away?

Lee Seo-hwan: Being a player in Season 2, I felt that this season is not really about classism, but it’s really about the choices that people make. Choice, in and of itself, becomes very important in Season 2 because we have a voting system. And it may look like a democracy from the outset, but there’s a lot of psychological warfare going on behind the scenes. And it’s not a vertical, hierarchical situation, but it’s horizontal. There are a lot of different sides, people taking sides and being in silos, and when you make a choice, you understand that you have to be responsible for your choice. That is the main theme of this season.

Lee Jung-jae: What really stood out for me in Season 2 is that we have to vote for every round, as my friend just said, and the vote becomes as tense as the games themselves. There’s so much at stake for the participants, and they want to talk people into siding with them, and if you don’t side with me, you become my enemy that I have to kill. There’s a lot of tension around that.