Squid Game's Hyun-Ju Actor Breaks Silence On Playing A Trans Woman As A Cis Man & Shares Reaction To Fan Responses
Squid Gameactor Park Sung-hoon discusses being a cisgender man playing a transgender woman.Park plays Cho Hyun-ju, who is one ofSquid Gameseason 2’s new characters, and a competitor in the latest iteration of the games. The casting led to criticism of the character not being played by a transgender actress.Squid Game’s creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, previously addressed this criticism by explaining that the casting decision was made because there are no actors who are openly transgender in Korean society....