Squid Game star Park Sung-hoon didn’t want trans character to be a ‘caricature’

Squid Game star Park Sung-hoon has said he didn’t want his trans character to be a caricature. 

Park plays Hyun-ju, also known as Player 120, in the second season of the survival thriller series. His casting led fans to question why the role of a trans woman was given to a cis male. In response, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk explained that casting a transgender woman would’ve been difficult in South Korea.

Speaking about his casting, Park told Korea JoongAng Daily that growing up with sisters helped him to develop a feminine side, which he believes Hwang recognised.

Park went on to say that the director knew he was right for the role after seeing him in 2021’s Hee-soo, in which he played a father who lost his daughter in a car accident. 

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