TMC
12-06-2024, 12:38 AM
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/squid-game-season-2-transgender-park-sung-hoon-b2659512.html
As revealed in a “Meet the Cast” featurette (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReM6Msbts3w&t=335s), K-drama vet Park Sung-hoo will play Hyun-Ju, a former special forces soldier who joins the drama series’ reality competition to fund her gender-affirming surgery. Some on social media wondered why the role couldn't be played by an actual transgender woman. According to The Independent, the "inclusion of a transgender character in a Korean drama is a big deal for a traditional country where same-sex marriage is still not legally recognized, yet many viewers remained upset that the series didn’t cast a transgender actor in the role."
As revealed in a “Meet the Cast” featurette (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReM6Msbts3w&t=335s), K-drama vet Park Sung-hoo will play Hyun-Ju, a former special forces soldier who joins the drama series’ reality competition to fund her gender-affirming surgery. Some on social media wondered why the role couldn't be played by an actual transgender woman. According to The Independent, the "inclusion of a transgender character in a Korean drama is a big deal for a traditional country where same-sex marriage is still not legally recognized, yet many viewers remained upset that the series didn’t cast a transgender actor in the role."