Squid Game 2: Gong Yoo as The Salesman wows and shocks netizens with maniacal psychotic avatar

Squid Game 2 is what the world is watching right now. Fans cannot get over the first episode, which is dominated by Gong Yoo. The Goblin, Coffee Prince star has excelled in his first outing as a villain. In 2024, Gong Yoo has played two memorable characters – one of them is Han Jeonghwan from The Trunk. Gong Yoo showed his class as an actor as he portrayed the introverted, clingy, complexed and traumatized character to perfection. His chemistry with Seo Hyun-Jin is also getting immense love. Everyone is in awe with how he shifted gears to become the chilling maniacal villain of Squid Game 2.

In the first episode, we can see him look devilishly handsome as he walks out with bread and a smile. Moments later, he is ruthless as he pins down two gangsters. Later, we see him get into a maniacal psychotic avatar as he talks about his association with the Squid Game and the ‘fat cats’. Gong Yoo’s dialogues with Lee Jung Jae’s character Gu Seong-In set the tone of the show, which explores the depths of moral depravity people can sink into when they want to survive. He plays the deadly Russian roulette with a maniacal energy that has enthralled viewers to no end. Social media has declared that Gong Yoo deserves an Oscar or Emmy for this performance.

Spectacular

Nailed it

Chef's kiss

His co-star from The Trunk Jung Yun-Ha who played the role of Soyeon has showered compliments on him. She said he is the best looking man in a suit on screen since Christian Bale in American Psycho. Gong Yoo is a close friend of Hwang Dong-Hyuk, the creator of Squid Game. The show gets off to a great start due to him. While people have issued with the tempo, he is getting love from one and all.