Over 50% of Netflix’s Korean dystopian thriller series Squid Game’s audience watched the series with English dubbing.
The voice actor behind struggling dad and brave protagonist Seong Gi-hun is sharing his thoughts on voicing the streamer’s biggest show.
Greg Chun, who voiced beloved protagonist Gi-hun, was asked what he thought of the character’s last moments in season three.
Chun shared, “The thing that I love about the ending, honestly, is that this person — who obviously is a shitty father and he’s been a gambling addict and a screw-up in a lot of ways — he has this moment of ultimate redemption in my eyes, where basically he sacrifices himself so the baby can live.”
“I’m always going to be a fan of one last act of nobility from a protagonist where there’s redemption. It’s poetic and it’s done beautifully and is a wonderful way to end the story,” he continued.
“And the cool thing is, is at the very end Gi-hun has a line: ‘We are not horses.’ Like, we are not these animals for sport. And then the very last line is ‘Humans are…’ and it’s left open-ended and he falls off the platform to his death,” he added.
Chun praised the open-ended statement which forces the audience to wonder what the protagonist thought.
“I feel like a true storyteller is one who asks some really big questions, forces you to ponder them, and then doesn’t really give you the answer,” he explained.
While Squid Game has ended, creator-director Hwang Dong-hyuk has said that he wants to make a spin-off about Gi-hun’s time spent planning his steps between seasons one and two.
