'Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk addresses what he calls 'misunderstandings' over casting cisgender actor Park Sung-hoon as trans character Hyun-ju in seasons 2 and 3.
I recall there being a lot of fuss before the season about the casting of the trans character. People were preemptively assuming they were setting the character up to be some sort of parody, like a minstrel show or something, and attacking the casting choice on that basis.
I haven’t seen Squid Game season 2, but based on other comments, it does not seem like that is what happened in actuality.
What I can also say, though, is that I don’t recall there being such a huge controversy for something like casting Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, so I guess it’s fine when it’s a European cast and crew behind it and not an Asian one.
I suspect that age has something to do with the difference in treatment… There’s been a lot of change in how all representation, let alone trans representation over the last decade.
But you’re probably right in that racism, and the first series of Squid Game being very popular, have also played a role.
There wasn’t a big online fan set waiting for Danish Girl II to complain about things in the lead up to release.
I missed pre release controversy as I try to ignore teasers and discussion of things I plan to watch one day (still haven’t yet, though).
I recall there being a lot of fuss before the season about the casting of the trans character. People were preemptively assuming they were setting the character up to be some sort of parody, like a minstrel show or something, and attacking the casting choice on that basis.
I haven’t seen Squid Game season 2, but based on other comments, it does not seem like that is what happened in actuality.
What I can also say, though, is that I don’t recall there being such a huge controversy for something like casting Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, so I guess it’s fine when it’s a European cast and crew behind it and not an Asian one.
I suspect that age has something to do with the difference in treatment… There’s been a lot of change in how all representation, let alone trans representation over the last decade.
But you’re probably right in that racism, and the first series of Squid Game being very popular, have also played a role.
There wasn’t a big online fan set waiting for Danish Girl II to complain about things in the lead up to release.
I missed pre release controversy as I try to ignore teasers and discussion of things I plan to watch one day (still haven’t yet, though).