Squid Game creator explains why he felt it was important to feature a trans character in season two

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has explained why it was necessary to include a transgender character, Cho Hyun-ju – played by Park Sung-hoon – in the second season of the hit Netflix drama.

The South Korean thriller returned on Thursday (26 December) introducing several new competitors in the deadly competition. One of those was Cho Hyun-ju, aka player 120, a trans woman and former special forces soldier who accepts the invitation to compete in order to fund her gender-affirming surgery.

The character’s inclusion sparked a backlash from transphobic fans who felt the series was going “woke,” while others weren’t sure how to feel about cis male actor Park Sung-hoon playing the character.

Now the series creator and director has told Decider that representation was a key part of Squid Games’

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