Squid Game actor Park Gyu-young, who plays Guard 011 in season 2 of the hit Netflix series, explained how her character’s real name affected her performance. The story of Squid Game season 2 follows Gi-hun, who returns to the games to help a new batch of players. The cast of Squid Game season 2 includes Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, and Wi Ha-joon, who all reprise their roles from season 1. However, Squid Game season 2 also introduces many new characters. While most of these characters are players in the games, Park Gyu-young’s character is a guard.
In an interview with Deadline, Park reflects on Guard 011’s real name, which is No-eul, and explained how it impacted her performance. Park claims that learning her character’s name means “sunset” in Korean added more weight to the character, since sunsets mean that darkness is coming. Since No-eul enters the games as a soldier, Park focuses on the heavy emotions associated with taking innocent lives. Read her full quote below:
I remember the director telling me that the character’s name literally means sunset in Korean, so it refers to a time when darkness starts to seep in and you feel heavier. Going beyond just the facial expressions and having a lower voice, the director talked about how it means more than that, how I had to carry a sense of this very heavy, weighted emotion, especially when entering the games as the soldier.
No-eul Is A Very Interesting Character In Squid Game
No-eul’s introduction in Squid Game season 2 made it seem like she was going to enter the games as a player, just like most of the show’s characters. Therefore, No-eul being a guard was one of Squid Game season 2’s biggest twists. Jun-ho disguised himself as a guard in Squid Game season 1, but following No-eul in season 2 is the first time viewers of the show have truly been able to see the perspective of a guard.
Even though Gyeong-seok was shot at the end of Squid Game season 2, it has been theorized that No-eul will end up saving him.
Even though No-eul didn’t necessarily get a lot of screen time in Squid Game season 2, she was still one of the most interesting characters of the season. She knows about the organ harvesting operation which is run by the temporary manager, and she also recognizes one of the players from the outside world, Gyeong-seok. Even though Gyeong-seok was shot at the end of Squid Game season 2, it has been theorized that No-eul will end up saving him. Therefore, No-eul could end up joining Gi-hun’s rebellion in Squid Game season 3.
Hopefully No-eul Gets More Screen Time In Squid Game Season 3
It was very interesting to see the perspective of a guard in Squid Game season 2. Not much is currently known about how No-eul started working as a guard for the games, but it would be great if more is revealed in the upcoming Squid Game season 3. There are a lot of plot threads involving No-eul that will hopefully be further explored and resolved in the final season of Squid Game.
Source: Deadline
Squid Game is a South Korean series released in 2021 about financially struggling individuals who are invited to participate in a series of children’s games. The competition offers a lucrative prize but comes with perilous consequences, as the players soon discover the lethal stakes involved in each round.
- Release Date
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September 17, 2021
- Main Genre
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Mystery
- Network
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Netflix
- Cast
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Lee Jung-jae
, Lee Byung-hun
, Park Hae-soo
, Yim Si-wan
, Kang Ha-neul
, Wi Ha-jun
, Park Gyu-young
, Lee Jin-wook
, Hoyeon
, Oh Young-soo
, Park Sung-hoon
, Yang Dong-geun
, Heo Sung-tae
, Kim Joo-ryoung
, Kang Ae-sim
, Lee Da-wit
, Choi Seung-hyun
, Anupam Tripathi
, Lee You-mi
, Jo Yu-ri
, Won Ji-an
, Jun Suk-ho
, Park Hye-jin
, Chae Gook-hee - Character(s)
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Seong Gi-hun / ‘No. 456’
, Front Man
, Cho Sang-woo / ‘No. 218’
, Uncredited
, Hwang Jun-ho
, Kang Sae-byeok / ‘No. 067’
, Oh Il-nam / ‘No. 001’
, Jang Deok-su / ‘No. 101’
, Han Mi-nyeo / ‘No. 212’
, Ali Abdul / ‘No. 199’
, Ji-young / ‘No. 240’
, Jun-hee
, Sang-woo’s mother
, Seon-nyeo - Creator(s)
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Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Producers
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Hwang Dong-hyuk
, Han Heung-seok
, Kim Ji-yeon - Seasons
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3
- Writers
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Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Directors
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Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Showrunner
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Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Finale Year
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November 30, 2024