Squid Game star thought the season 2 brutal cliffhanger might make the audience "angry" and "curse" the ending: "How could you end the season at that point?"

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Lee Jung-jae was also shocked by that cliffhanger

Squid Game season 2 (2024)
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Squid Game season 2 has finally arrived, and it's already a huge hit for Netflix, breaking a record previously held by Wednesday and becoming one of the most popular shows on the streamer.

But, as anyone who's seen all seven episodes will know, it ends on quite the brutal cliffhanger. If you were shouting at your TV when the credits rolled, you're not alone – even Gi-hun actor Lee Jung-jae was taken aback.

Squid Game season 3 is arriving this year, though there's no release date just yet. To tide you over in the meantime, though, the Squid Game season 2 post-credits scene teases a sinister twist on a classic game…

Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.