Park Kyu-young showed off her unrivaled presence with Squid Game 2 thanks to her pride in Pink Guard
Jan 06, 2025
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Park Kyu-young met with Sports Chosun at somewhere in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 3rd and responded to an interview to commemorate the appearance of Netflix 'Squid Game' Season 2.
At the interview, Park Kyu-young revealed the joining process, saying, `I was cast after two auditions.' "It was more interesting and appreciated in that I was able to explain the new world with the role of a host agent called Pink Guard."."
Noeul, who plays her role, is a soldier-turned-North Korean defector who participates in the game to find her daughter left in the North. However, unlike the participants, he appears in a suit of Pink Guard, a game agent, and points a gun at the participants. In response, Park Kyu-young said "Null is a person who conflicts between guilt and hope" and "I wanted to express the inner side of the character who cannot choose to die on his own, but continues his life with one hope of finding his daughter"
In particular, Noeul's actions contained an ethical dilemma to leave the participants painlessly. "Noeul tried to keep his own ethics in such a way that he did not inflict as much pain on others as possible"'The meeting with Kyung-seok's daughter Nayeon, played by actor Lee Jin-wook, reminded Noeul of her daughter and aroused human compassion.'"
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Park Kyu-young's passion stood out in the action scene as well. "Prepared by practicing gun usage and entrenchment posture at Action School."I worked with the people who were guiding me in the field " he said. In addition, regarding the difficulty of acting while wearing a mask, " was neither seen nor heard, so I recorded a post-recording at the same time."," he said, explaining the story behind the shooting.
'Squid Game' Season 2 received an explosive response worldwide shortly after its release. Based on Netflix's global ranking aggregation site 'Flix Patrol', it topped the series category in 93 countries, and also recorded 68 million viewers in four days in the non-English-speaking series category.
In response, Park Kyu-young appeared in the Netflix series several times, but the response of the film was particularly surprising"I realized the interest of global fans by looking at comments left in various languages from all over the world."."
In particular, Park Kyu-young's performance without the mask was refreshing for him, who played a character full of twists as Pink Guard" was well received. "It was a new challenge because I had to convey the emotions of the character even with the mask on."`Thank you to the viewers for recognizing that,' he said.
There was also talk about season three. Park Kyu-young raised viewers' expectations for season 3, saying, `The Pink Guard's narrative will deepen.' "The stories and worldviews of not only the sunset but also other pink guards will be more abundant."The questions that viewers have will be resolved" he said with confidence.
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Regarding the success of the series, Park Kyu-young said "It seems that the ensemble of various characters has reached a greater attraction to viewers by combining a solid world view with original art and music."
Park Kyu-young, who is preparing for the Netflix movie 『The Devil』 as her next film, said, `I want to take a little more time to reflect on myself and stay healthy in the new year.' He also expressed his passion for acting, saying, `I hope that the 30s will grow further as an actor and continue various challenges.'
Finally, Park Kyu-young said, `I'm grateful that viewers around the world are watching my acting,' adding, `I'll continue to repay you with sincere acting" he expressed his ambition.
mj.cho@sportschosun.com
