Overview

• Squid Game Season 3 premiered on Netflix on June 27, 2025, and comprises six episodes that conclude the series.
• Park Sung-hoon overcame initial reservations about playing a transgender character after finding depth and empathy in Hyun-ju’s script.
• He and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk aimed to avoid caricatures by focusing on Hyun-ju’s selflessness and leadership qualities.
• His six years of theater experience in South Korea prepared him for the role’s emotional soliloquy and complex scenes.
• Park ranks Hyun-ju as the most significant role of his career and says the finale highlights the sacred value of life through its high-stakes narrative.