“Squid Game 2” Star Park Sung Hoon Apologizes For Hitting Co-Star
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Netflix‘s hit Korean thriller series Squid Game returned with its second season on December 26, 2024. The series brought back fan-favorite characters while also introducing a new group of players.
A new fan favorite was Player 120, Cho Hyun Ju. The Glory and Queen of Tears actor Park Sung Hoon portrayed Hyun Ju, a Transgender Woman and former sergeant first class in the ROK Special Forces.
hyunju my DIVA 💜 pic.twitter.com/vKDrKUV49q
— sigmund freud's patient zero (@moonjosteeth) January 1, 2025
we loves #hyunju pic.twitter.com/0urgGyWUFg
— lena 🐾 (@myjaehna) December 29, 2024
my babygirl hyunju… please don't die pic.twitter.com/SEi3H5u7Uf
— sigmund freud's patient zero (@moonjosteeth) December 26, 2024
In a newly released promotional video, Park Sung Hoon reacted to some of his character’s most iconic scenes.
During the Six-Legged Pentathalon, Player 044, Seon Nyeo (Chae Gook Hee), who is a shaman, panicked on her turn, stating that they were all going to die as the gods had abandoned them. Hyun Ju famously slapped sense into her and proceeded to put the top in her face, threatening, “If you give up, I will kill you before your gods do.”
This is my favorite scene from #SquidGame2 episode 5, where Hyun-ju (Player 120) slapped Seon-nyeo back to reality (Player 044 aka shaman of the sea). For someone who believes in fate, she was terrified of getting killed with that spinning top 😂#SquidGameEp5 #SquidGameSeason2 pic.twitter.com/r1UfOqrzRA
— Zimara 💎 (@Normanbooz) December 30, 2024
Park Sung Hoon revealed that leading up to filming, he believed he would not have to really hit his co-star. Yet, that day, Director Hwang Dong Hyuk asked him to do it just once for an authentic scene.
Actually, the day we filmed that scene, I was under the impression that I wasn’t going to really hit her. But on the spot, the director asked me to really hit her once.
— Park Sung Hoon
Park Sung Hoon confessed he felt horrible, especially since he was ultimately asked to do it more than once. He felt so bad that he knelt to apologize to actress Chae Gook Hee.
I felt horrible doing it, but to make matters worse, the director didn’t approve the first take. So, I remember having to hit her two or three times. Afterward, I got on my knees and apologized.
— Park Sung Hoon
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While viewers could understand that the actors were doing their job to create an authentic reaction, they agreed that it was good of Park Sung Hoon to apologize to his co-star.
Watch Park Sung Hoon’s full reaction video.
