Notice: This story accommodates spoilers from “Squid Recreation” Season 3, Episode 4.
As soon as Jo Yu-ri discovered what was going to occur in Season 3 of “Squid Recreation,” she felt that Jun-hee’s destiny was “inevitable.” After giving start in the midst of the hide-and-seek recreation, she knew that Jun-hee wouldn’t final lengthy within the video games. However that didn’t make her demise any much less emotional.
“Studying about her demise was undoubtedly surprising. I really feel prefer it was an inevitable alternative that got here from her being backed right into a nook,” Jo advised TheWrap. “It was heartbreaking. That basically motivated me to painting her as in truth as potential.”
That dedication comes by means of in Jo’s portrayal of Jun-hee’s labor scene. The actor and former member of Iz*One famous that the birthing scene was “truly more durable than I assumed” and that she had doubts previous to filming it. To arrange for the scene, she requested a number of folks for recommendation, together with her co-star Kang Ae-sim, who performs Geum-ja.
“To start with, I used to be pondering what actions would painting the ache of childbirth. There was somebody round me who had not too long ago given start, and she or he gave me actually helpful recommendation. She mentioned whenever you’re truly within the thick of it, you’re virtually in a trance. The one factor that you simply truly hear are the nurses yelling at you to push,” Jo mentioned. “Ae-sim was the one who actually helped me and supported me, and so because of her, I used to be actually capable of do an excellent job.”
Jo was additionally advised that the ache of childbirth turns into so intense that some moms truly need to rip one thing aside. “Imagining that I used to be clawing the partitions, the stone partitions, that was additionally a useful bodily sensation to carry onto,” Jo mentioned.
Going into the leap rope recreation in Episode 4, Jun-hee is at a extreme drawback. Not solely is she nonetheless exhausted from having not too long ago given start, she has to carry onto her little one whereas balancing on her one good leg. Even with Gi-hun’s (Lee Jung-jae) assist, Jun-hee accepts she’s not going to make it previous this recreation.
Her choice to present Gi-hun her child isn’t a stunning one. In spite of everything, he’s one of many only a few reliable gamers left within the recreation in addition to a earlier winner. It makes since she would depart her little one with the person who represents his finest likelihood at survival. What’s stunning is that Jun-hee rejects arguably her solely likelihood at surviving. Because the timer ticks down, the daddy of her little one, Myung-gi (Im Si-wan) approaches her and presents his assist. As a substitute of making an attempt the lethal leap rope recreation with him, she pushes Myung-gi away, selecting as a substitute to leap to her demise.
Myung-gi’s homicide of Jun-hee’s good friend Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon) is a significant cause why she now not trusts him. However Jo thinks that Jun-hee’s mistrust goes deeper than these previous few episodes.
“He additionally companions with Nam-gyu [Roh Jae-won] to kill others, and that additionally comes throughout as very surprising for Jun-hee. That’s the purpose the place she begins to see him as inhumane and never as a human being. That was one of many factors the place she decides she will be able to’t totally depend on Myung-gi to handle her little one,” Jo defined.
“Squid Recreation” is now streaming on Netflix.
