Did You Know ¡®Squid Game¡¯ Contestants Battled 'Freezing' Conditions On The Sets Of The Show?

The world went nuts when "Squid Game" were first proposed! People have tried to play their version of the game in real life and have created reels using the Dalgona cookie, both of which quickly became popular.

But we all know that everything has a shadowy or less than ideal aspect to it, right? Well, let us tell you something that could surprise you.

The participants are finding the reality show adaptation of the streamer's popular drama "Squid Game" to be a challenge.

According to "Variety," 228 participants who were instantly removed from "Squid Game: The Challenge" on January 23 during a game of "Red Light, Green Light" gave tabloids a remarkable narrative.

The article detailed how contestants on the reality competition Squid Game, which was produced by Studio Lambert, the same company that made the hugely successful films "The Traitors" and "The Garden," had been left freezing in a vast aeroplane hangar in Bedford while playing a game that required them to maintain statuesque poses for almost 30 minutes.

According to "Variety," a scene that one participant referred to as a "warzone" and that was being acted out in the bitter cold had repeatedly called for on-set medics. Netflix publicly downplayed the incident after quickly disputing tabloid claims of a competitor being carried out.

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The streamer expressed "great concern" for the cast and crew's health and safety in a statement on January 25. Netflix acknowledged that it was really cold on set, but said that "participants were prepared for that."

The streamer and producers Studio Lambert and The Garden reaffirmed in a fresh statement that all safety measures had been taken.

In a statement accessed by the site the said, ¡°We care deeply about the health of our cast and crew, and the quality of Squid Game. Any suggestion that the competition is rigged or claims of serious harm to players are simply untrue. We¡¯ve taken all the appropriate safety precautions, including after care for contestants ¡ª and an independent adjudicator is overseeing each game to ensure it¡¯s fair to everyone.

However, candidates who talked to "Variety" on the condition of anonymity claim they never agreed to the physically demanding experience they underwent.

According to candidates who weren't paid to take part in the series, it was estimated that the real game would take about two hours to play and shoot, but for some contestants, that time frame ended up being closer to seven hours.

All of this was done during an unforgiving U.K. cold snap, which caused Bedford's temperature on the day of filming to dip below zero degrees. A few contestants passed out on the set, perhaps from a combination of colds and exhaustion from the eight hours of preparation before the game even began.

If you are someone unfamiliar with the show¡¯s concept, we¡¯ve got you covered.

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Plot:

A series of kid's games are offered as an opportunity to win a sizable cash reward, and Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father and debt-ridden gambler who lives with his ailing mother, accepts the invitation. When he accepts the deal, he is driven to an unidentified location with 455 other players who are all in dire financial straits. The Front Man, who wears a black mask and a black outfit, oversees the games while the participants are required to wear green tracksuits and are constantly watched over by masked guards wearing pink jumpsuits.

The participants soon learn that losing a game results in their death, with each death raising the possibility of the grand prize to a whopping 45.6 billion dollars by 100 million. To try to withstand the physical and psychological twists of the games, Gi-hun forms alliances with other participants, including his boyhood buddy Cho Sang-woo and North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok.

The Squid Game series is available on Netflix.

(Inputs from IANS)