Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix’s “Squid Game,” but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go.

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Hwang Dong-hyuk, creator of Netflix's 'Squid Game,' expresses delight in managing the large cast and reveals challenges in depicting characters' death

Squid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk reveals why characters dying in the Netflix hit makes him happy inside.

Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix’s “Squid Game,” but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go.