The director asked him to do it.
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Netflixis the hit Korean thriller series Squid game returned for its second season on December 26, 2024. The series brought back fan-favorite characters while also introducing a new group of players.
A new fan favorite was Player 120, Cho Hyun Ju. The Glory AND Queen of tears actor Sung Hoon Park played Hyun Ju, a transgender woman and former ROK Special Forces Sergeant First Class.
hyunju my DIVA 💜 pic.twitter.com/vKDrKUV49q
— Patient Zero by Sigmund Freud (@moonjosteeth) January 1, 2025
we love #hyunju pic.twitter.com/0urgGyWUFg
— lena 🐾 (@myjaehna) December 29, 2024
my little Hyunju… please don’t die pic.twitter.com/SEi3H5u7Uf
— Patient Zero by Sigmund Freud (@moonjosteeth) December 26, 2024
In a newly released promotional video, Park Sung Hoon reacted to some of his character’s most iconic scenes.
During the Six-Legged Pentathalon, Player 044, Seon Nyeo (Chae Gook Hee), who is a shaman, in turn panicked, stated that they would all die because the gods had abandoned them. As is known, Hyun Ju slapped her senses and proceeded to put the top in her face, threatening, “If you give up, I will kill you before your gods do.
This is my favorite scene #SquidGame2 episode 5, in which Hyun-ju (Player 120) brings Seon-nyeo (Player 044 aka sea shaman) back to reality. For a person who believes in destiny, she was terrified of being killed with that spinning top 😂#SquidGameEp5 #SquidGameSeason2 pic.twitter.com/r1UfOqrzRA
— Zimara 💎 (@Normanbooz) December 30, 2024
Park Sung Hoon revealed that before filming, he believed that he shouldn’t actually hit his co-star. Yet, that day, Director Hwang Dong Hyuk she only asked him to do it once for an authentic scene.
Actually, the day we shot that scene, I was under the impression that I wasn’t going to actually hit her. But on the spot the director asked me to really hit her once.
—Park Sung Hoon
Park Sung Hoon confessed that he felt terrible, especially because he ended up being asked to do it more than once. He felt so bad that he got down on his knees to apologize to actress Chae Gook Hee.
I felt terrible doing it, but to make matters worse, the director didn’t approve the first take. So, I remember having to hit her two or three times. Afterwards I got down on my knees and apologized.
—Park Sung Hoon
While viewers could tell that the actors were doing their job to create an authentic reaction, they agreed that it was nice of Park Sung Hoon to apologize to his co-star.
Watch the full video of Park Sung Hoon’s reaction.
