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Oct 6, 2021 · The first-time actor talked to TIME about being cast for Netflix's Squid Game, relating to her character Sae-byeok and where she hopes her career goes next.
- Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (456) A man down on his luck, Gi-hun is a gambling addict who works as a chauffeur and lives with his elderly mother. He enters the game with the hope of making enough money to keep his 10-year-old daughter from moving to America with her mom and stepdad.
- Park Hae-soo as Cho Sang-woo (218) Sang-woo, Gi-hun's childhood friend, is a neighborhood legend for attending South Korea's top university. The investment banker later stole money from his clients and lost it in the stock market, and he needs to win the game to avoid arrest and keep his mother's house and business.
- Jung Ho-yeon as Kang Sae-byeok (067) Sae-byeok is a North Korean defector who works as a pickpocket while her younger brother lives in an orphanage. She needs enough money to get her mother out of the North, and to buy a house for her family.
- Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho. Cop Jun-ho finds a game card while searching his missing brother's apartment. He then sneaks his way into the game as a guard to take down the operation and find his brother.
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Ji-yeong has a rather laid back, unbothered personality despite the intensity of her current surrounding, and not very easily intimidated. However, due to her past trauma with her late father, she is bothered by the religious Player 244, criticizing his beliefs and hypocrisy. She can be somewhat cheerful to people she is closer to, such as Sae-byeo...
In her youth, she was physically abused by her father, who later stabbed her mother to death. In an act of revenge, Ji-yeong kills her father, a crime for which she served time in prison. Some time after her incarceration, she agreed to participate in the Games to, with little regard for whether she lived or died, as she felt she had nothing to liv...
It is implied that she might have been sexually abused, because she mentions her father would do the "unthinkable" to her. It is a theory, but it is likely true as many websites say this and due to...While she was having a conversation with Kang Sae-byeok, she stated that she doesn't have a family name in Gganbu(episode 6).It is confirmed that Ji-yeong is an atheist, because she stated that Player 244 shouldnt be thanking god for his survival, and instead should be thanking his teammates. There are also many other fa...In the original script, Ji-yeong was intended to be male, and their name would have been Ji-young. At some point in the over-a-decade-long wait for Squid Game, the director decided that the "bond b...Ji-yeong, also known as Player 240, is portrayed by Lee Yoo-mi. Prior to her joining the games, Ji-young was an ex-convict who was recently released from jail for the murder of her abusive father, who was an alcoholic pastor and the killer of her mother.
Lee Yoo-mi — who plays Ji-yeong, Sae-byeok’s marbles partner in episode six — was Jung’s first reading partner whom she consulted frequently about acting.
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Ji Sung (Korean: 지성; born Kwak Tae-geun on 27 February 1977) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television dramas All In (2003), Save the Last Dance for Me (2004), New Heart (2007), Protect the Boss (2011), Secret Love (2013), Kill Me, Heal Me (2015), Innocent Defendant (2017), Familiar Wife (2018), Doctor John ...
