Lee Byung-hun speaks to The Hollywood Reporter about the enigmatic character who faces off with Gi-hun in season two (and season three, when the Netflix hit returns).

What if Front Man is really a hero working from the inside? Explore this Squid Game Season 2 theory, and why Gi-hun might be next.

Viewers are eager to know why the Front Man joined the perilous game as Player 001 in Squid Game Season 2. As the enigmatic creator of the games, he’s responsible for overseeing the masked men and the players from afar.

The layers come into play, though, when you start moving those pieces around the game board, and Squid Game does a brilliant job of that in its second season, when it puts the Front Man into the game as player 001—except the viewers are the only ones who know who he really is.

Squid Game became an international phenomenon in 2021 when its first season was released on Netflix. The South Korean series attracted viewers from all over the world for its dichotomous reflection of capitalism by putting people in deadly children's games.