Did You Know Leonardo DiCaprio Was Hwang Dong-Hyuk’s Top Pick For Player 456 In The US Squid Game Universe?

Squid Game, the popular survival K-drama, finally concluded with season 3 on June 27, 2025. Although people have been going crazy to believe that there will be a fourth instalment, the director Hwang Dong-Hyuk has already confirmed that there won’t be any more continuation of the main storyline. But that didn’t stop him from teasing the opening of a Squid Game universe with the American version.

At the end of season 3 (spoiler alert), we get to see Cate Blanchett in the streets of New York playing ddakji with an ordinary man, just like how we saw Gong Yoo do the same thing in the subways of South Korea to recruit the players of the game. This scene teased that the American version of Squid Game is in the making. Now, the director has revealed that Leonardo DiCaprio was his initial choice for Lee Jung-Jae’s character. Scroll ahead.

Is Leonardo DiCaprio A Part Of Squid Game US Version?

On July 1, the cast and director of Squid Game season 3 sat down for an interview with Vanity Fair. Each cast member, including Lee Jung-Jae, Lee Byung-Hun, Kang Ae-Sim, Im Si-Wan, Park Sung-Hoon, Jo Yuri, along with the director, had to play how well they knew each other. During the game, Hwang Dong-Hyuk revealed the possibility of Leonardo DiCaprio being in the American version of the drama.