Squid Game 3 stuns with surprise cameos from TOP, Jung Ho Yeon, Cate Blanchett and more: Check out full list
Disclaimer: This article contains Squid Game 3 spoilers.
Squid Game Season 3 has finally arrived, with Lee Jung Jae and Lee Byung Hun bringing the series to a dramatic close.
Squid Game 3, starring Lee Jung Jae and Lee Byung Hun, delivered a heart-wrenching finale. By crafting an emotionally-rich narrative, the series left an indelible mark on viewers' hearts. Furthermore, the inclusion of several cameos, including appearances by stars from previous seasons, enhanced the thrill of the series.
Squid Game 3: Cameos from T.O.P and other previous season stars
Squid Game 2's eliminated (killed) characters Thanos (T.O.P) and Se Mi (Won Ji An) appear in an hallucination segment. The timid Park Min Su (David Lee) gets his hands on some of Thanos' drugs and ingests it to muster up courage to continue playing the deadly games. As a reaction to that, his body starts feeling weird and he feels a sudden sense of euphoria.
Not being in his right mind, he hallucinates Thanos, his bully and Se Mi, the only one who stayed by his side in the game show. He visualises the duo trying to drag him down to death with them.
Kang Sae Byeok (Jung Ho Yeon) from Squid Game Season 1 also makes a cameo in the third instalment. Song Gi Hun (Lee Jung Jae) imagines her stopping him from killing everybody to save Kim Jun Hee's (Jo Yu Ri) baby. The situation arises as Song Gi Hun is offered by the Front Man to kill everybody who wanted to kill the baby, who is now player 222 in place of their dead mother.
Besides the Korean actors, the series also featured a notable cameo from a prominent Hollywood figure.
Cate Blanchett's cameo in Squid Game Season 3 ending
In the final scene of Squid Game season 3, Australian actress Cate Blanchett makes a surprise cameo appearance as a recruiter. Her role is similar to Gong Yoo's character from the first two seasons. She is seen playing ddakji with a man in an alleyway in Los Angeles when she makes eye contact with the Front Man, who watches her from a car. The scene strongly suggests a potential American spin-off series is in development.
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