
Essentially the most surprising a part of Squid Game‘s third and final season is not any of its lethal video games, nor even the loss of life of protagonist Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae). As a substitute, it is a cameo from the present’s closing minutes, when out of nowhere, Cate Blanchett reveals up.
Sure, you heard that proper: Cate Blanchett, star of Tár and Black Bag, is a part of Squid Sport now. Her look comes as a significant shock, on condition that the present’s solid is sort of completely South Korean, and that it has by no means relied on Western Hollywood stars.
So, what position does Blanchett play within the Netflix smash hit, and what on the planet does her cameo imply for Squid Sport‘s future? Let’s break it down.
Blanchett seems within the final scene of of Squid Sport. Six months after Gi-hun’s loss of life within the video games, Entrance Man In-ho (Lee Byung-hun) visits Los Angeles, the place he delivers the information of Gi-hun’s loss of life to his daughter, Ga-yeong (Jo Ah-in). He additionally offers her a bank card so she will be able to entry all of Gi-hun’s remaining winnings from the primary video games, in addition to Gi-hun’s bloody inexperienced observe go well with. (Perhaps do not give her the outfit her father died in!)
As he drives via Los Angeles, In-ho hears a well-recognized thwacking sound. Somebody in a close-by alley is enjoying ddakji, the paper tile flipping recreation Squid Sport‘s recruiter (Gong Yoo) used to lure folks into the Squid Sport.
Who’s enjoying Squid Sport‘s stateside recruiter? None apart from Blanchett, who shares a protracted look with In-ho earlier than returning to her recreation.
Blanchett’s shock Squid Sport position hints at the way forward for the franchise. Whereas Season 3 is Squid Sport‘s final, there are spin-off tasks on the way in which, together with a Season 2 of actuality present Squid Game: The Challenge and an English-language Squid Sport, developed by director David Fincher.
Blanchett has labored with Fincher earlier than on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, so her look in Squid Sport Season 3 might counsel that the pair are teaming up once more for Fincher’s spin-off. If that is the case, then Blanchett additionally being within the unique Squid Sport means that Fincher’s mission is not only a straight-up remake, however a continuation as an alternative.
The Squid Sport competitors recruiting in Los Angeles does elevate some fascinating questions on what’s coming subsequent for the video games. Have they at all times had worldwide contests, or did the video games skip city after they had been almost found by the coast guard on the finish of Season 3? Will the American video games proceed to make use of conventional Korean video games like ddakji? Or will they swap to one thing from the U.S., like flag soccer however deadly?
Regardless of the reply, we now know that if Cate Blanchett comes as much as you in a quick go well with and asks you to play a recreation — as tempting as it might be — it is advisable say no.
Squid Game Season 3 is now on Netflix.
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Belen Edwards is an Leisure Reporter at Mashable. She covers films and TV with a deal with fantasy and science fiction, variations, animation, and extra nerdy goodness.
