Squid Game is starting to show serious awards season brawn as the Korean Netflix series racked up a historic four Screen Actor Guild Award nominations Wednesday.
This is the first time a non-English or Korean series has garnered a SAG Award nomination.“Upon hearing the nomination today, I think it has to be the happiest moment since we’ve created Squid Game.
The fact not just one or two leading actors were recognized, but the whole cast being nominated as the best ensemble. It brings me great joy as a director who has cast and created the series just being nominated,” director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk said.Squid Game took the world by storm after its September 2021 premiere and proceeded to shatter streaming records.
It only took the Korean local-language production 17 days for the nine-episode series to become the Netflix’s series debut ever, eventually accruing over 3 billion minutes streamed and reaching over 142 million households according to Nielsen.
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