On the 9th (local time), director Hwang Dong-hyuk of the Netflix drama ‘Squid Game’ said, “I hope we can give fans a better gift by winning more Emmys.”
Director Hwang expressed his hopes regarding the prospect of winning an Emmy Award at the ‘Squid Game Day’ announcement ceremony held at Los Angeles City Hall on the same day.
Squid Game was nominated 14 times in 13 categories before the 74th Emmy Awards, and has already achieved 4 crowns by winning the Guest Award and Visual Effects Award at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards held on the 4th.
This drama is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Jung-jae Lee), Best Supporting Actor (Hae-soo Park, Young-soo Oh), and’ r Best Supporting Actress (Ho-yeon Jeong) at the Primetime Emmy Awards held on the 12th.
Regarding the possibility of winning Best Picture, Director Hwang said, “There are many good and famous films (nominations), and I think any nominee deserves an award. I don’t think it will cause so much of sorrow,” he said. .
Since the Emmy Awards were first held in 1949, only dramas produced in English have been nominated for Best Picture, the highest honour, and Squid Game was the first non-English drama to be nominated for Picture Best.
‘Squid Game’, ‘Succession’ (HBO), ‘Euphoria’ (HBO), ‘Better Call Saul’ (AMC), ‘Severance: Disconnection’ (Apple TV+), ‘Stranger Things’ (Netflix), It competes with a total of 7 times, including ‘Ozark’ (Netflix) and ‘Yellow Jacket’ (AMC).
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