In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hwang said he originally wrote an ending where Player 456, Seong Gi-hun, leaves the deadly games behind for good. That's a huge contrast to the version that actually aired, in which Gi-hun sacrifices his life in the end for the new Player 222.

The South Korean drama already lost what made it special—and whatever Netflix has cooking with Cate Blanchett is the death knell.

Park Sung-hoon says of playing trans woman Hyun-ju, aka Player 120: "I had my concerns. But I was determined to make her into a character who is not a caricature."

Last week, when Squid Game Season 3 debuted on Netflix's top 10 weekly global list, it generated 60.1 million views in its debut week.

Lee Jung-jae revealed what he hopes viewers will take away from the dramatic season 3 finale of 'Squid Game' in an interview with 'The Hollywood Reporter' p Tuesday, July 8.