Even though he did not participate in promoting the movie, since Squid Game 2 announced the cast until now, TOP has always been the most mentioned name. After the movie's official release, the information surrounding TOP became hotter than ever. Korean media and audiences constantly criticize TOP's limited acting skills as well as sarcastically take on a role that is similar to his real life self.
T.O.P trong Squid Game 2
Specifically in the movie, TOP plays Thanos, an addicted rapper. After falling into debt due to investing following the recommendation of YouTuber Lee Myung Gi (played by Im Si Wan), Thanos went to squid game with the ambition to change his life but he was not serious about any game. , always a liar, assaulting others and flirting with girls. There were many mixed opinions, some praised his performance in the film while the majority of viewers thought that TOP's exaggerated acting ruined the whole work.
In fact, before the movie aired and was criticized for TOP's acting, TOP himself was asked by the audience to be removed from the project because he was caught up in a shocking scandal of using banned substances. The fact that TOP has never shown signs of seriously reflecting on his behavior makes the audience believe that TOP does not deserve to appear in a globally popular movie.
Recently, the Korean site Tvreport posted an article with a shocking revelation about TOP's appearance in Squid Game 2. Specifically, this site said that even though the screen time was not too much, TOP still received sand. Huge price, up to 300 million won (about 5.2 billion VND) for each episode. Not to mention this site also speculated that TOP got the role because of his close relationship with the male lead Lee Jung Jae and director Hwang Dong Hyuk: “There is no way to escape the suspicion that it was casting based on on personal relationships” (quoted from Tvreport).
TOP and Lee Jung Jae have been close for a long time
Tvreport's revelations (although not yet confirmed by insiders) have sparked a wave of outrage from Korean netizens. The audience believes that TOP is completely unworthy of this high salary. Not to mention the issue of personal life, just the fact that TOP is an amateur actor “lost” among a very excellent cast, makes Knet feel that the number of 300 million won is too large. If you say that it's money paid for reputation, it's not really reasonable when TOP is not currently a very hot name in Korea.
Audience comments:
– It's impossible to teach rich people how to spend money, but if these numbers are true, then Netflix is really wasteful…
– The number is higher than some A-list and S-list actors.
– Really dare to accept?
– For acting like that, you should not receive a salary because the producer gave you the opportunity to go to school.
Squid Game 2 is set 2 years after the story of season 1 ended. The film is the journey of Gi Hun (Lee Jung Jae) trying to return to the survival game with the aim of finding the leader and ending this cold-blooded, cruel game. He took turns participating in the challenges and finding allies for the rebellion.
Source: Tvreport
