Squid Game fans are surprised to learn that one of the players was already a star before she joined the cast!
Jo Yu-ri, 23, joined the cast of Squid Game in season 2 as Player 222. Before she joined the cast of the Netflix series, she was already a major star – but not in the acting world.
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Jo Yu-ri first rose to fame as a member of the K-pop group Iz*One in 2018. After the group disbanded in 2021, she launched her solo career and started releasing music on her own. She released her first EP, Op.22 Y-Waltz: in Major, a year later.
She joined the cast of Squid Game in 2024 and appeared in the second and third seasons, but that doesn’t mean she’s left the world of K-pop behind. She announced on June 24 that she would be releasing her third EP, Episode 25, on July 14.
If you missed it, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk recently revealed whether or not an American spin-off is in the works!
Source: justjared.com