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Squid Game’s creator: ‘I’m not that rich. It’s not like Netflix paid me a bonus’ theguardian.com/tv-a...

publisher

the Guardian

date published

Tuesday October 26th, 2021

author

Stuart Jeffries

summary

The smash hit survival drama has earned Netflix £650m. But the stress of making it cost Hwang Dong-hyuk six teeth – and he hasn’t been paid any extra. He reveals the family disaster that inspired his hyper-violent capitalism satire