Sandra Oh Talks To ‘Squid Game’ Star Jung Ho-yeon About The Mental Toll Of Fame: ‘Honestly, I Got Sick’

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Finding success isn’t always a positive experience. In the latest instalment of Variety‘s “Actors on Actors”, Sandra Oh sits down for a conversation with “Squid Game” star Jung Ho-yeon, who talks about landing her first role in the Netflix hit. READ MORE: Sandra Oh Reveals How ‘Killing Eve’ Was Originally Meant To End “Things go so quick for me, because it was just my first project.

I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to be an actor,’ and then I did an audition and then I got it. Suddenly, Ho-yeon, you are here!” Jung recalls. “An international superstar,” Oh comments. “And then people recognize me, and even you,” Jung says. “I was a little child in Korea, and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ was a huge thing in Korea because of you, and you’re icon of us.

Then when I met you at SAG Awards, you know me, and that was like, ‘Wow.’” Oh also talks about her own rise to fame, thanks in particular to her role in “Grey’s Anatomy”, and the toll that has taken on her mind and body. “For a long time.

The thing that I think that is the closest is when ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ came — my life changed very much. And it’s tricky to imagine, because this is almost 20 years ago, so the context is very different, but the stress is the same — or the confusion is the same,” she says. “And I think that’s why my question to you is, how are you taking care of yourself ?