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The actor revealed that the greatest challenge in portraying Frontman was navigating the complexity of the character's three identities: Young-il, Hwang In-ho and Frontman. Photo: HandoutA household name in Korea with a career spanning 34 years, Lee Byung-hun returns to the screen as the enigmatic villain in season two of Netflix’s global hitHaving made a tantalising cameo in the show’s inaugural season, Lee now commands centrestage as the complex mastermind known as Frontman.
For Lee, embodying Frontman was a psychological marathon. Beyond his duties as the malevolent architect, in the new season, Frontman assumes the alias Young-il to infiltrate the competition alongside Ki-hun , who returns determined to stop the games. "On top of that, I had to hide my identity and act as Young-il in front of the new game participants. I felt that all three of these characters had to coexist within me. It was a continuous process of shifting between these personas in each scene," said Lee.
“Frontman is someone who looks down from above. In the game, he watched Ki-hun closely from right beside him with that very perspective. He anticipated what Ki-hun would think and how he would act, even driving him into desperate situations while playing alongside him," he said. Despite his notable Hollywood credentials, the 54-year-old star confessed that it is through his role in the cultural phenomenon 'Squid Game' that his international fame has skyrocketed. Photo: Handout
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