One of the new hardest Squid game The characters to discover should be player 007 (Yang Dong-geun). The curly-haired, bespectacled gambling addict stands out Squid game Season 2 is on Netflix thanks to the fact that he was surprised by the arrival of his mother, Player 149 (Kang Ae-shim), to the competition. Park Young Sik entered the games to earn enough money to pay off his debts, and his mother Jang Geum Ja did the same. Because of their relationship – and Geum-ja's feisty motherly nature – the mother-son duo are natural fan favorites. However, when Decider spoke with the actors during a virtual roundtable, Squid game Star Yang Dong-gyun has warned that series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk himself told him that 007 is a “really bad guy.”
When Decider Yang asked Dong-geun if Geum-ja was secretly holding Yong-sik back by making him a baby, he admitted, “I think he's really someone who hides behind his mother.”
“If you are not there, I think he will continue to vote yes, yes, yes, to continue the game and continue gambling,” Yang Dongjun said. “What Director Hwang explained to me is that this guy is a really bad guy. It's just that it's hidden because he's with his mother during matches.
007's mother helps him at a critical moment during the Six-Legged Race, inspiring him to overcome his panic and imagine his creditor's face during the Flying Stone mini-game. Ironically, Yang Dong Geun didn't need help in this game at all.
“I don’t know if Director Hwang had actually seen me play the archer in a previous project, but because of that, I was able to hit the stone easily and well,” Yang said. “Some of the actors had trouble with it because you actually have to hit the stone for the shot, but I was able to do it and got a real reaction from my cast members who were very excited and impressed.”
When CinemaBlend's Alexandra Ramos asked the actor if his character's experiences in… Squid game Besides his mother could lead to Yong-sik's eventual reform, Yang Dong-geun was cautious.
“I can say that maybe he will reform, but this is only for now and maybe he will change his mind,” he said.
But one thing that was clear was the fact that Kang Ae-shim and Yang Dong-geun share a cute relationship off-screen. Yang told Cheryl Eddy of Gizmodo that Kang “was like a real mother to me.”
“We spent six months filming for Season 2, and we were encouraged throughout this collaboration process,” he said. “Of course, there was one spoonful of direction by Director Hwang that really added to this relationship we had already built.”
Kang Ae Shim told Ramos, “I'm not saying I'm a really great person, but I think she's really that person I aspire to be, to bring people together and see the good in people. To be able to become her, was a real joy.”
