Choi Seung-hyun AKA T.O.P plays Thanos in Squid Game season 2. As a rapper, he was a part of the K-Pop boyband BigBang. He left the group in 2023 and has been acting since 2007.

Squid Game Season 2 caused a lot of controversy behind the scenes as Thanos actor Choi Seung-hyun had reportedly been blackballed by the Korean entertainment world before joining the Netflix series, and the actor has broken his silence over taken on the role under such cirumstances.

Since its premiere on December 26, 2024, over 150 million people have watched the long-awaited series Squid Game season 2, making it Netflix’s biggest TV debut ever. However, not all viewers have probably caught on to the myriad of details its director Hwang Dong-hyuk has hidden and scattered throughout the episodes.

In December 2024, the highly anticipated second season of Netflix's worldwide phenomenon, "Squid Game," was released. This South Korean thriller centers around hundreds of impoverished people competing to win in children's games to earn life-changing sums of money.

In Screen Gab No. 165, we explain why 'Squid Game' Season 2 deserved a better shake, pay tribute to David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' and more.