Her character, Jun-hee is a desperate young woman who enters the deadly competition with hopes of turning her life around. Along the way, she unexpectedly crosses paths with her boyfriend, played by Yim Si-wan, who is revealed to be a manipulative crypto-bro scammer.

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is addressing criticism over the show’s casting of a cisgender man to play a trans woman in its highly anticipated second season.

No one is ever who they seem in “Squid Game.” That’s especially the case when it comes to one of Season 2’s newest and most intriguing characters, Kang No-eul, who’s portrayed by actress Park Gyu-young.