Squid Game creator: 'I've become numb to the violence' The writer and director of Squid Game says he's become numb to the hyperviolence depicted in the show and doesn't enjoy watching its graphic scenes.
With the second season airing today, Hwang tells Sky News: "For some of the scenes, like where they're harvesting organs in the first season, I think if I wasn't the one creating it, I would probably cover my eyes too.
Originally written as a film script in 2008, Squid Game was turned down by multiple South Korean studios, before being picked up by Netflix a decade later as part of its drive to expand foreign programming.
The first season of Hwang Dong-hyuk's dystopian South Korean drama was a lockdown phenomenon, becoming the most-watched series launch in Netflix history.
The 53-year-old filmmaker went on to make Emmy history as the first Asian to win outstanding directing for a drama series.
