Lee Byung-hun on Squid Game's Final Season and KPop Demon Hunters | The Tonight Show

to the show.

Thank you for having me here.

I'm so excited to have you here.

This is amazing.

For anyone who might not know your work before "Squid Game," I just want to let everyone know.

Uh, Lee Byung-hun, you've been making movies for over 30 years and have won countlesstoo many to be counted awards in South Korea.

You've, uh -- sure.

You've starred in big Hollywood movies like "Terminator Genisys" and the "G.I.

Joe" movies.

You have your hand and footprints at the Chinese Theatre here in Los Angeles.

And you were the first Korean actor to present an award at the Oscars.

Come on.

Not too shabbyworn out or damaged.

You've been here.

You know what you're doing.

Thank you, thank you.

You're also in the biggest show in the world.

How does being in "Squid Game" compare to anything you've done in your career?

Um, as you just said, I've been acting for, like, more than 30 years, and I also participated in some Hollywood blockbustera film that is extremely popular and successful at the box office. projects.

But "Squid Game" is a Korean story made by a Korean director with Korean actors and Korean language.

So, when I first came to LA and New York for a promotionthe action of promoting something of "Squid Game," I was so shocked by the fans' reaction.

Yeah.

I'm so grateful and proud of it.

Yeah, that's it.

Do you read the script and you go, "Oh, this is going to be a hit"?

When I first read the script, it a was very, very interesting story with a very unique structure, but at the same time it was, uh, too experimentalinvolving new ideas or methods that are being tested rather than following traditional ones..

So I thought, um, either it's going to be a huge hit or a complete flopa failure.

Yeah, that's the way it works.

Yeah, yeah.