‘Squid Game’ and Lee Jung-jae Make Emmys History

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“Squid Sport,” the dystopian Netflix drama that exploded into a world smash hit, made historical past on Monday, selecting up a number of drama awards.

Lee Jung-jae, the star of the sequence, took residence the highest performing prize and have become the primary individual from a foreign-language present to win greatest actor in a drama. And Hwang Dong-hyuk received the drama directing Emmy.

The sequence, Netflix’s most watched new sequence ever, in accordance with the streamer, was additionally up for the Emmy for greatest drama, an award “Succession” in the end received.

Coming into Monday, the present had been nominated for 14 Emmys and received 4, together with awards for visitor performing, stunts manufacturing design and visible results. (These awards have been offered earlier this month within the Inventive Arts Emmys ceremony.)

Lee praised the present and people concerned with it for making “a sensible drawback all of us face come to life so creatively.”

“Squid Sport” tracks contestants as they participate in a event of childhood video games performed to the loss of life. The sequence, which tapped into real-world issues about financial disparity and ethical chapter in South Korea and past, grew to become a world phenomenon, inspiring many a Halloween costume — “Squid Sport”-style tracksuits and black masks — and spiking curiosity in Dalgona sweet.

Park Hae-soo and Oh Younger-soo have been nominated in the most effective supporting actor class, and Jung Ho-yeon earned a nomination for greatest supporting actress. All three performed contestants within the violent, high-stakes event.

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