Yim Siwan Reflects on Teamwork with T.O.P in 'Squid Game 2'

Jan 09, 2025

Yim Siwan Reflects on Teamwork with T.O.P in 'Squid Game 2'
photo courtesy of Netflix



Actor Yim Siwan (37) mentioned his teamwork with T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyun).

On the morning of the 9th, 
Yim Siwan met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and was interviewed by Netflix's original series 'Squid Game 2' (played by Hwang Dong-hyuk, directed by Choi Seung-hyun) and answered about his collaboration with Top. When asked if there was a scene where there was a pleasure, Yim Siwancited a physical fight with Thanos (T.O.P, Choi Seung-hyun) in the play. He "I think the most stimulating side was the fork-poking scene. People around me told me a lot about that scene, and they also told me about my acting.

Yim Siwan then recalled his relationship with BigBang when he was working as children of the empire, saying, "BigBang was really a celebrity at that time. I use separate waiting rooms in groups, but I can't see Big Bang well, and just saying hello to them when it's over-the-top, I think they gave us an eye?He was a huge singer who became a hot topic just for himself. (Hwang) Kwang-hee told me 'I think BigBang saw your clothes. It was such a great group that you said, 'I think you saw what you wore.'"




Yim Siwan Reflects on Teamwork with T.O.P in 'Squid Game 2'
photo courtesy of Netflix
Yim Siwan even served as a last resort for him, including the scene of a physical fight with Top, one of those celebrities. Shim Ji-wan "First of all, I went to action school to work together because I was an action scene. If you think about it, it's the biggest opportunity and the crazy moment when actors usually go into action while filming the scene. As a result, we were both filming an action scene, and all of a sudden, we were in the air while filming. As he fell, Seung-hyun's ribs broke. It was really an injury fight. In fact, while boxing with Choo Sung-hoon, I was hit by Sung-hoon and broke my ribs. So I know how painful it is. I can't even breathe properly, but in fact, I had to stop filming for a while, but he still proceeded without caring. I thought that this celebrity's career was very unique," he said, raising his thumb.

I also thought that if the role of Thanos came to me, I wouldn't be able to do it. When I was acting, I felt a lot that I wouldn't be able to do that much. While watching freestyle rap, I thought I could never do that. But the person who can rap should do it. If I had played Thanos and rapped, I thought that by the time this work came out, I would have had to stop all my SNS activities and hide in the mountains," he said, drawing laughter.

'Squid Game 2' is a story about a fierce battle between 'Gi-hoon'(Lee Jung-jae) who returns to the game after vowing revenge, and 'Frontman'(Lee Byung-hun) who greets him, and a real game that begins again. According to Netflix's Top 10 To Doom website (Netflix Tudum) on the 8th, Season 2 of Squid Game recorded 58,200,000 viewers (viewing time divided by the total running time of the work) from Dec. 30 to Jan. 5, topping the list of top 10 English and non-English integrations in Netflix's global top 10 series.




In addition, Season 2, which ranked seventh in Netflix's all-time most popular series (non-English) within the first week of its release, is surprising as it ranked second with 126,200,000 viewers in 11 days. As a result, seasons 1 and 2 of 'Squid Game' were named in Netflix's most popular series (non-English) category, proving once again that they have become works that receive great attention from all over the world.

 

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