Squid Game 3's VIPs were made to look bad? Masked actor agrees infamous roles were ‘useless' amid backlash
The truth about Squid Game 3's VIPs revealed
Replying to TikTok comments, the actor spoke up against those calling out their acting, 'Those are the English dubs. Not the actors' voices.' He agreed to another viewer's opinion calling their presence on the show 'useless' and clarified that he wished they would've furthered the story or complemented it well. He went on to blame Netflix, the streaming giant behind the show, 'It could be Netflix messing sh*t up?'
On being asked why the dubbing was done for the Korean version of Squid Game when the real actors' voices could've been used instead, he appeared unsure of the decision. 'Yeah I don't know. I mean it's whatever… maybe it's a region thing?' He added how some of the actors' voices were more different than what they expected, but gave them their due for trying to find similar ones. 'I don't even want to sh*t on my voice actor either because I think he did fine, I'm sure it wasn't easy for him to say his lines either haha…'
He praised his filming experience and spoke about working with Lee Byung Hun, who played The Front Man, sharing compliments about their time practising lines for 3 days while they were on set. It is known that Kevin Yorn, who played the other American VIP, is known to be a lawyer in the firm that represents the creator Hwang Dong Hyuk.
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