Squid Game still impresses several award-giving bodies months after its first release.
The South Korean survival series first dominated Netflix in September. The drama changed the Korean film and TV industry as it breaks records and makes history.
It tells the story of the 456 players who join the risky and deadly children’s games to win a whopping amount of cash prize. Director Hwang Dong-Hyuk reportedly created the series based on his economic struggles and class inequality.
Although the series nears its first anniversary, it still scores recognitions from different award-giving bodies, bringing home the awards no drama has got before.
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Squid Game Outshines Others At 27th Critic Choice Awards
On Sunday, the 27th Critics Choice Awards held its annual show in Los Angeles, California.
Squid Game, as expected, won two out of three awards it was nominated from. The series stood up against Acapulco, Call My Agent!, Lupin, Money Heist, and Narcos: Mexico, and successfully beat them in the Best Foreign Language Series category.
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Meanwhile, its lead star Lee Jung Jae won the Best Actor in a Drama Series and beat Sterling K. Brown, Mike Colter, Brian Cox, Billy Porter, and Jeremy Strong. During his acceptance speech, the actor took his time to thank Netflix and Squid Game for helping him expand his career.
Aside from winning awards, Lee Jung Hae, Jung Ho Yeon, and Park Hae Soo served as presenters at the award ceremony. The trio hailed the winner of the award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television.
Squid Game Production Designer Also Won!
Aside from the series itself and the cast members who appeared in front of the camera, Squid Game production designer also won an award recently.
During the 26th Art Directors Guild Awards, designer Chae Kyoung Sun won the One Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series category for Squid Game’s sixth episode, Gganbu. She held a showdown against Succession’s Stephen Carter, The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Williams, The Morning Show’s Nelson Coates, and s Nelson Coates, and Yellowstone’s Cary White.
Previously, Squid Game production designer won more awards for her works in Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow and The Royal Tailor.
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