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‘Squid Game’ star “had concerns” about playing trans character: “I really wanted to approach it as thoughtfully as possible”
Squid Game actor Park Sung-hoon has spoken about his trepidation playing a transgender character in season two of the show, given that the actor is a cisgender man.In the hit season, the actor plays the prominent character Cho Hyun-ju, a transgender woman with a military background entering the deadly game to fund her gender-affirming surgery. There was some controversy at the casting, although Park was mindful of the risks from the startIn an interview with Variety, he said: “I was quite amazed at the opportunity — I felt like as an actor it was going to be quite the challenge.
