Hes definitely mired in survivors guilt and PTSD, and he is a haunted yet determined man.
It was actually much more challenging for me to portray the darker Gi-hun, Lee explained through a translator.
When you are a darker character, you cant be so expressive, and Gi-hun is always tense.
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So I thought, what would make me look very grounded?
So that was the hard part.
Because I realize that while he is a darker character, he is a very altruistic character.
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So and I understood that, [and] that made it easier for me to portray this character.
So I actually felt very comfortable going to set and conveying and portraying my character.
He ended by joking, And we have very good catering food there, so I love that too.
So I think this is the time I feel the most pressure, like doing these interviews and junkets.
Im getting a lot of pressure from this.
Squid Gameseason two hits Netflix December 26.
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