The associate added, “At the time, Suk Ku and his agency were interested in the Squid Game script, but they didn’t expect it to become such a huge hit. After Season 1 became a

"Squid Game" season two stars Lee Jung-jae, reprising his role as Seong Gi-hun. It also features new actors, including T.O.P, Jo Yuri, and Park Sung-hoon.

Gi-hun is one of the people who fatefully survives that first game alongside Cho Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo), Kang Sae-byeok (Jung Ho-yeon), Jang Deok-su (Heo Seong-tae), Abdul Ali (Anupam Tripathi) and Oh Il-nam (O Yeong-su), all of whom Gi-hun gets to know over the course of the season before their game-related deaths.

All episodes of Squid Game seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream now on Netflix. A third and final season has been confirmed. Squid Game: The Challenge will also return for a second season.

If you've yet to jump on the Squid Game bandwagon, there's still time before Netflix drops season 2 on December 26. Below, we've compiled a tidy recap (spoilers included) of everything that happened in Squid Game, season 1.

Season two of "Squid Game" takes place two years after the events of season one, bringing back key characters, such as Seong Gi Hun (Lee Jung Jae), Jun Ho (Wi Ha Jun), the Front Man (Lee Byung Hun) and the Recruiter (Gong Yoo).

Squid Game' Season 2 sees Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) take on the deadly games again after being crowned the victor. Here's what to remember about the last time around.

Dystopian satires are tough to sustain, especially when they’re powered by twists. That might explain “Squid Game’s” peculiar sophomore season, which dropped today and ends so abruptly I initially assumed Netflix had simply withheld the finale from critics. It hadn’t; I’d received all seven episodes.