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- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Lee Byung-hun's son asked why he was 'so mean' in 'Squid Game'
SEOUL: Actor Lee Byung-hun cuts an intimidating figure in Squid Game, from his reveal as the villainous Front Man in season one, to his undercover work as a contestant in season two.
He recently said on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon that while he has impressed audiences worldwide, his 10-year-old son Joon-hoo was less than pleased with the role.
Byung-hun told Fallon: "My son heard about the show from his friends in school, and one day, he was so sad and asked me, 'Why are you so mean?'"
When Byung-hun asked what he meant, Joon-hoo said: "You killed a lot of people."
He added that his son was also close to actor-singer T.O.P., who played Thanos in Squid Game season two, and asked his father why he hit the latter "so bad".
Byung-hun, 55, said that he had to explain that he was only acting, which his son does not fully understand yet.
When Joon-hoo was only three, Byung-hun had shown him a clip from one of the G.I. Joe movies where he played Storm Shadow, and was asked where his weapon was and why he wouldn't bring it back from the US.
"I said, 'If I see some strong enemy, I'm gonna bring it back," Byung-hun recalled.
Season two of Squid Game ended in a cliffhanger where Front Man kills one of the protagonist Seong Gi-hun's (Lee Jung-jae) best friends.
Byung-hun teased that the climax of the show would be in season three.
