Squid Game 3 officially aired on June 27 and quickly became a hot topic. In particular, the special appearance of the twice-Oscar winning actress, Cate Blanchett, surprised the audience.
Cate Blanchett appeared at the end of episode 6 of Squid Game 3 as a employer, similar to the character played by actor Gong Yoo.
Cate Blanchett's character was seen playing a card games with an homeless man in an alley in Los Angeles (USA), exactly what "employer" Gong Yoo did to player Gi-hun (Lee Jung Jae) in Seoul (Korea).
She sees In-ho, Front Man (Lee Byung Hun), after he comes to give Gi-hun's daughter money. She smiled unpredictably when she saw In-ho, then continued her recruitment work.
In season 1, one of the VIPs revealed that games in Korea are not the only Squid Game in the world. With the appearance of Cate Blanchett as an employer for the US version, this gives Netflix the perfect opportunity to expand the series with international sub- departments.
According to Variety, although Netflix has not confirmed and Squid Game screenwriter and director Hwang Dong Hyuk has announced that he will not continue to produce the series, there are rumors that David Fincher - the director who collaborated with Cate Blanchett in Squid Game - has proposed making an English version of Squid Game.
Sources told Variety that Netflix currently has no plans to release a sequel to Squid Game. But based on the appearance of Cate Blanchett in the final part of Squid Game 3 and the great success that the main series has created throughout the 3 seasons of broadcasting, Netflix is considering the next steps for this project.
According to Production Weekly, a source said that the project named Squid Game: America is expected to start filming in Los Angeles as early as December 2025.
Dennis Kelly, a screenwriter best known for Utopia, is expected to participate in writing the script. The US version of Squid Game could be a sequel to the series, not a remake of the Korean original.
It is not known whether Cate Blanchett will participate in the expansion of Squid Game, but her appearance in this series has caused controversy.
Cate Blanchett is an Australian actress who has received many prestigious awards in her career, including 3 Screen Actors Guild awards, 3 Golden Globe awards, 3 BAFTA awards and 2 Oscar awards.
Previously, in an interview with Radio Times earlier this year, Cate Blanchett surprised the audience when she said that she was seriously thinking about retiring after more than 3 decades of dedication to the stage and the screen.
My family is always confused every time I hear them say this, but I take it very seriously. I really want to give up acting. There are many things I want to do in my life, the actress said.
