Squid Game Season 3 has recently been released on Netflix, so get ready for a flood of screenshots, clips, and social media posts that might reveal some of the craziest plot twists in the show’s gripping last season. Interestingly, one of the biggest spoilers for this season doesn’t really impact the storyline. The final season of Squid Game features a surprising appearance by a well-known celebrity, hinting at a potential American spin-off of the popular series!
**Spoilers for the final scene in Squid Game Season 3 Episode 6 “Humans Are…”, now streaming on Netflix**
In this latest season, Squid Game Season 3, we witness the conclusion of Seong Gi-hun’s (played by Lee Jung-jae) journey. He was originally introduced as Player 456 in Season 1. Following his victory in the deadly games back in 2021, Gi-hun used his winnings to support the families of his friends and seek vengeance against those responsible for orchestrating the cruel games. Returning as Player 456 in Squid Game Season 2, Gi-hun strives to take down the creators. Despite leading a rebellion against them, his efforts crumble in the closing moments of the previous season. In Squid Game Season 3, we witness a broken Gi-hun navigating the final challenges, surrounded by both enemies and allies.
We won’t spoil the fates of the characters, the shocking deaths, or the mind-bending challenges cooked up by series creator, writer, and director Hwang Dong-hyuk for the climactic season of Squid Game. Experience the suspenseful story at your own pace. However, what we can reveal is the exciting casting of an iconic Oscar-winning celebrity who joins the cast as the American counterpart to Gong Yoo’s memorable Recruiter character, known for his skills in the traditional Korean game of ddakji.
Squid Game is ending and Squid Game is just beginning.
Squid Game Season 3 ends in Los Angeles, the city that Gi-hun’s beloved daughter Seong Ga-yeong (Jo A-in) now calls home. While one character — okay, fine, spoilers, it’s Lee Byung-hun‘s Front Man — is chauffeured around the heart of Hollywood, we notice a woman in a sharp suit playing ddakji with an unhoused man in an alley. When the bedraggled man loses, she slaps him, hard.
A close up reveals that the American version of Gong Yoo’s Salesman is none other than two-time Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett! She and the Front Man make eye contact, suggesting the two know each other. Her appearance also very heavily implies that, yes, Netflix is making an American Squid Game spin-off, and soon!
While there have been rumors for years about Netflix’s ambitions to expand Squid Game with international spin-offs, the most concrete reporting came last year, when Deadline revealed David Fincher was attached to develop an English-language series set within Hwang Dong-hyuk’s universe. Dennis Kelly is reportedly attached as a writer. Everything else has been mostly rumors and speculation.
Ending the original Korean Squid Game with Cate Blanchett trolling the streets of Los Angeles, looking for poor desperate souls to bring into the games, seems to confirm she will be reprising this role in a subsequent USA-based series. For context, Gong Yoo is similarly one of the biggest names in Korean cinema, known internationally for his work in Train to Busan. So tapping a Hollywood heavyweight as his successor feels perfect.
Netflix hasn’t yet officially announced the American version of Squid Game, but Cate Blanchett’s big cameo has set off a countdown for one.
Squid Game Seasons 1-3 are now streaming on Netflix.
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