In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hwang said he originally wrote an ending where Player 456, Seong Gi-hun, leaves the deadly games behind for good. That's a sharp contrast to the version that made it to screen, where Gi-hun sacrifices his life in the end for the new Player 222.

The third and final season of Squid Game recently dropped on Netflix. The show's creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, has recently revealed an alternative ending.