Lee Jung-jae Recalls Emmy Winning Memory & Gives Spoilers About “Squid Game 2”
On December 18th, NBC Talkshow “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” released an episode featuring actor Lee Jung-jae on its official YouTube channel.
Jimmy Fallon greeted Lee Jung-jae and mentioned the last time they met via a Zoom call 2~3 years ago before the actor became globally known with the hit Netflix series “Squid Game”. Showing a picture of Lee Jung-jae winning Emmy Award, Jimmy Fallon asked the actor about that moment. In response, Lee Jung-jae shared, “That night, because director Hwang and I both won, it felt twice as surreal. Even now just thinking about it, my heart is about to burst, it’s hard to put into words. It was a truly amazing night. It was unimaginable”, adding that he put the Emmy trophy in the middle of his living room.
Jimmy Fallon then asked Lee Jung-jae about how he made his acting debut. The actor confessed, “Honestly, I was getting ready to work for an interior design company back then, and then got a part-time job working at a cafe. And I was suggested a part-time modeling gig, and it turned out, it paid a lot more than what the cafe paid me so I thought I’d take it up“, adding “And that modeling gig led to me being cast as an actor. And I thought I’d save just a little more and quit”, adding “I didn’t know that that would be the beginning to this long of a career, never knew that I’d be in something like ‘Squid Game’”.
Jimmy Fallon then showed a picture of Lee Jung-jae’s Crunky chocolate advertisement 30 years ago and the two recreated the scene together, drawing laughter.
Later, Jimmy Fallon asked Lee Jung-jae about “Squid Game Season 2”, which is set to premiere on December 26th. The actor shared his busy promotion schedule for “Squid Game 2” and shared, “Because Season 1 was so widely loved, we did feel the pressure about whether or not season 2 would be just as loved. However, our story has gotten more diverse, deeper, with a very clear theme. So I don’t know if I can say it will be as successful, but what I can say is that it’s just as well made”.
He added, “Many people are going to get killed, and I’m going to do my best to stay alive”, drawing a big laugh from the audience.
“Squid Game 2” depicts the story of Sung Ki-hoon (Lee Jung-jae) returning to the survival game after promising to take revenge. It will premiere on Netflix on the 26th of December.
