Ranked: from Lee Jung-jae to Jung Ho-yeon, 8 Squid Game actors whose characters we were really rooting for in the Netflix K-drama series
- The more we get to know characters in survival-game series Squid Game the more it hurts when they meet their fate. We pick out eight we admire or who move us
- A couple are baddies, others, like Lee’s character Gi-hun, sympathetic. There’s one everyone probably roots for, then there’s Squid Game’s breakout star
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We spent more time with those who survived the early rounds, but the more we got to know them, the more it hurt when they eventually stumbled and met a grisly fate, because in the end there could only be one.
We’ve gone back and ranked the eight contestants we were rooting for the most. Some of them for touching our hearts, others for gaining our admiration through their tenacity, and others still for being the bad guys and keeping things interesting – the game floor wasn’t the only place characters could be “eliminated”.
8. #101 Jang Deok-soo (Heo Sung-tae)
We kick off our list with Jang Deok-soo, the villainous small-time gangster with a snake tattooed on his neck who wouldn’t hesitate to throw an ally under the bus. #101 was no one’s favourite player, but he added an element of danger wherever he went, even in the breaks between challenges.
