Squid Game contestants threaten to sue Netflix
The striking cold which reigned on the set during the game “One, two, three, sun”, from episode 1, would have had physical consequences for two participants, who threatened to go to trial.
Even if this time it’s just a game, Squid Game: the challenge has obviously caused a few ailments. Candidates for Netflix’s reality TV show – launched this Tuesday on the platform – are threatening to take legal action against the American streamer, after suffering injuries during filming, according to them.
Deadline explains that two anonymous participants – who probably did not win $4.56 million – suffered hypothermia and nerve damage during filming, due to the freezing cold in the English hangar where the film was filmed. ’emission. Both men were reportedly injured while filming the opening game, the Korean version of “One, Two, Three, Sun.” What the British press had already relayed last January, in the wake of this visibly complicated filming.
We also see in this sequence most of the candidates running, curiously, with their hands deep in their pockets… certainly to protect themselves from the cold.
Express Solicitors, the British law firm hired by the two candidates, claimed that their clients had risked their health during this filming: “We know people may see this as a classic David versus Goliath battle with the company and its production partners. The participants thought they were participating in something fun and the injured did not expect to suffer so much. Now they are left with injuries after spending time stuck in painful stress positions in cold weather.”
On the other hand, a spokesperson for Squid Game: the challenge responds to Deadline that production took “the well-being of the candidates extremely seriously”. No legal action has been taken by any of the candidates of Squid Game For now.
