‘Squid Game’ creator says he made second season for the money

nme.com:

Netflix hit Squid Game, has admitted that the reason he made a second season is “money”.The second run of episodes of the satirical Korean survival show is set to land on the streaming service on December 26 and will follow Gi-hun, the winner from season one, as he becomes “determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their vicious sport”.The trailer for the highly anticipated second season arrived in October, and returns viewers to the competition in which contestants play a series of children’s games, hoping to win a life changing cash prize.

However, those who fail to complete the tasks are killed.In a new interview with the BBC, Hwang is asked what drove him back to the show, after previously declaring he would never return. “Money,” he answered.“Even though the first series was such a huge global success, honestly I didn’t make much,” he added. “So doing the second series will help compensate me for the success of the first one too.