2021 was a year when we binge-watched shows and movies in the comfort of our homes. From enjoying Kate Winslet's riveting performance in Mare of Easttown to getting engrossed in a show as thrilling as Squid Game, the year mixed back with shows from different genres.?
The eerie doll from the first episode of the show is real and can be visited in Jincheon County, a rural area near the north of Seoul. Reports claim that the doll has been placed at the entrance of a horse-carriage museum to guard.?
In an interview with TOI, Sidharth had revealed, Ą°We are the first Indian film to shoot at Kargil and that too, at a place which is just a few kilometres away from where the actual war was fought. We were shooting at about 14,000 feet above sea level, where the oxygen levels are low, and the winds are mighty. The mountains are devoid of any greenery. It was challenging to get the equipment on top as a film crew. It was physically strenuous for the crew. We were even wearing the kind of snow boots that the Indian Army uses to make it look authentic.Ąą
Talking about her preparation, Vidya said, "I met with a couple of forest officers to understand what exactly their job entails...the study involved in training to be a forest officer, the various postings and the challenges they posed. The nature of the job is that it can be physically arduous and even dangerous at times, therefore traditionally male-dominated. Still, these female officers shared how they then negotiate their way around the patriarchal mindset ... all of which was very helpful."
Jacob was three when he was spotted by a casting agency in Goa in 2019 while on holiday with his family. Despite having no previous acting experience, Jacob got noticed.?JacobĄŻs parents, Kris and Julie Smith, and older sister Erihn were in India as part of their globetrotting trip, which took them to Jordan, Albania, Serbia, and Hungary earlier. "We got talking to [the casting agency], and one thing led to another, and that's how Jacob ended up in the movieĄą, dad Kris told BBC Scotland.
In an interview with Anupama Chopra for Film Companion, Adarsh was quoted as saying, Ą°We were shooting in the busy Chandni Chowk area, so the cameras were hidden. The people didnĄŻt come to know that a shooting was ongoing. When I got pissed at her, I started involving the people walking along. The pedestrians thought that I was a mad guy. I could see the sympathy in their eyes. Policemen were also walking, so I involved them too in the scene and said, ĄŽAap khade hain, aap kuch nahi bol rahe hain inko.ĄŻ Nobody knew that a shoot was going on. They just thought that I was a guy who was having a meltdown on the road.Ąą
When Hwang was writing the script, he was often stressed because of his financial situation. He reportedly lost six of his teeth due to the pressure. The director wrote the whole series by himself, and the first two episodes of Squid Him took him six months.
Sircar was also deeply affected by his visit to Jallianwala Bagh over 20 years ago and started reading about what happened. He went to libraries, collated documents, and sourced information from survivors of the massacre. When he began this journey, he wasnĄŻt sure if he would make this film. He says, Ą°There was a passion with which I came to Mumbai to make this film. So just like Sardar Udham Singh, I have waited 21 years to make this film. Whatever my expression is, I have poured it completely into this filmĄą.
He also used to teach students Physics to pay for his expenses during his struggle period as an actor.?
Davis told?Insider, "When I came on board, I was told bed hair for everyone. ... Everybody was basically, you know, get up and go, and that was the whole feel of it. But I was basically told from day one: 'Bed hair,' and I had to ride with that."
Sharing details behind the horrendous dirty scenes, Qualley told E! "It's incredible. They would use the concoctions to make because, like, it's all fake. I'm doing the princess version of all this. It's like ketchup and hot sauce and A-1 or whatever that's like, plastered onto an oven to make it look like [dirt]. Everything is like clean dirt."
Chung told?NPR, "Once I had this set of memories, I realized that there was an arc of a story there. This family showed up in the middle of nowhere, really, with the dad not having told anyone in the family that he was going to buy this farmland."
"My relationship with the show goes way back," Dylan?explained.?He added, "I actually went to college with Elizabeth Lail, who played Guinevere Beck in the first season. So IĄŻd seen the first few episodes, but it wasnĄŻt until I got the audition for the third season that I went back and was like, okay, let me watch the second season and get the tone of the show."
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