On the 10th, Netflix announced T.O.P’s interview schedule to be held somewhere in Seoul on the 15th. This interview is being conducted as part of the public promotion for ‘Squid Game 2’, and is attracting even more attention as it is T.O.P’s first appearance in front of reporters in a long time after attending the VIP screening of the 2022 movie ‘Emergency Declaration’.
In particular, T.O.P has not been seen in promotional activities such as the production presentation and global showcase of ‘Squid Game 2’. Attention is focused on what he will talk about in his first interview in Korea through ‘Squid Game 2’.
In ‘Squid Game 2’, T.O.P played the role of Thanos, who was once a successful rapper but became a loser after investing in virtual currency recommended by YouTuber Lee Myung-gi (played by Im Si-wan).
After being sentenced to 10 months in prison and 2 years of probation for inhaling marijuana in 2016, T.O.P., who had spoken about retiring from the entertainment industry, was drawing attention from the casting process as he was returning to acting after about 8 years.
In particular, controversy arose over his casting and ‘excessive’ acting during his appearance in ‘Squid Game 2’, so attention is focused on what kind of stories T.O.P will break his silence and tell in this interview.
Meanwhile, Hwang Dong-hyuk, director of ‘Squid Game 2’, said in a recent interview regarding T.O.P’s acting in the play, “Thanos is a bit of a (cartoonish and exaggerated) character and is always intoxicated with his own swag,” and “‘Show Me the Money'” Among the many rappers that appear in the same show, there are such funny people, and I gathered all of those people and put them together into one character. Plus, because I do drugs, my tension is always high, so I made the character over-the-top, so I personally is the first “I think (T.O.P.) acted well in line with his intentions,” he said.
Also, about the process of selecting Top, he said, “I didn’t write the character with Seunghyun in mind, but I conducted an audition. I auditioned for the role for a long time, but I couldn’t find a friend who could do it by my standards, and I chose Seunghyun from the list someone brought. “There was,” he said. He continued, “I eventually got a call saying he wanted to give it a try, and I saw his potential during the audition and reading. I tried rapping and acting, but what I still remember is that this guy was so nervous that his whole body was drenched in sweat. That’s how I made it. “There was this,” he explained.
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