Lee Jung-Jae, a South Korean actor, had previously contributing An affair and 90s South Korean TV drama Sand glass. However, offer to play the lead role in Octopus games changed his career.
He told me Metro That he knew it would be a “career-defining role” for him when he sat down for a chat about it all.
He also shared with the publication, “When I read the manuscripts for seasons two and three, I knew he would be put on another roller coaster and even more. So I thought, wow, if I just play this character very well, it will be a very fantastic, career-defining role for me.”
Besides, he added, “When I read the last page of the screenplay for season three, it just exceeded all the expectations I had. It really surprised me and I remember I had a lot of conversations with director Hwang about the final.”
In the meantime when asked how he expects fans to respond to Octopus games Final, he said, “I hope they, after the viewers saw the last episode, have been back with a sense of hope.”
He also added “It’s not violence that we want to talk about, but it really throws the question, ‘How do we as human beings want to live between us and in harmony?’ So I hope we can all try to find our own answers to that question.
For those who are unattended, Octopus games is a Korean drama that was first released in September 2021. Its history is about a competition where 456 players are in deep financial crisis, so to win 45.6 billion, they compete in deadly games.
