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“Being famous is also tough”: 77-year-old “Player 001” in Squid Game on the unfamiliar fame

2021-10-22T13:04:58.673Z


He immediately gained sympathy points from many “Squid Game” fans: The player 001, who is played by the actor Oh Yeong-su. Read here how he thinks about success.


He immediately gained sympathy points from many “Squid Game” fans: The player 001, who is played by the actor Oh Yeong-su.

Read here how he thinks about success.

The Netflix series "Squid Game" is currently the most popular production of all. Since its release on September 17th, 142 million Netflix subscribers have seen the series - more than ever in the first 30 days after a Netflix * premiere, as the British portal Dailymail informs. The reason for this is probably also the polarizing story of the series:

Squid game participants fight for a cash prize in games. But if you lose, you have to pay with your life.

The focus is not only on the main characters, who are mimed by model Jung Ho-yeon and actor Lee Jung-jae, among others.

A number of supporting actors are also known for their enormous squid game ratings.

This includes the 77-year-old Oh Yeong-su.

The actor, born in 1944, mimes "Player 001", who plays for life and death with the mostly much younger squid game participants.

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"Things have changed quite a bit"

The 77-year-old became a star overnight with the Squid Game success - but he also sees it critically. According to Dailymail, the South Korean actor reports that the newly acquired fame also has its downsides: “Things have changed quite a bit.

Even if I go to a café or the like, I now have to pay attention (how I appear to others)

. That got me thinking: being famous is also tough, ”he is quoted by Dailymail as saying.

Advertisers are now also increasingly interested in Yeong-su.

But this has rejected various offers, including an advertisement for roast chicken, according to Dailymail.

The 77-year-old also seems to have stayed on the ground in

other ways

:

he has no manager, but gets help from his daughter

when the volume of calls and messages to him

gets out of hand

, according to Dailymail.

(jg)

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Source: merkur

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