An intense round of Rock, Paper, Scissors wasn’t the only idea they had for the finale.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season finale ofSquid Game: The Challenge.
But perhaps the most shocking development in the first season ofNetflix’sSquid Gamereality spinoff?
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The fact that it all came down to anintense Rock, Paper, Scissors showdown.
Check out their full interview below.
We threw a few ideas around before we came up with the buttons.
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Whereas if you waited, that’s where the math starts getting complicated.
Because they would pick the other guy if they had picked the green.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t good for Sam.
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You mentioned that you had other ideas for that game.
What were those other options?
HAY:[Laughs] We’re saving them for other shows.
And now we’ve got a season 2, we should definitely not disclose them.
LAMBERT:Because Squid Game becomes a very violent game.
And once you’re competing for a lot of money …
So what happens when you have adults playing it for $4.56 million?
It inevitably would descend into something that would be inappropriate.
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Were other games considered for the final challenge as well?
HAY:We cannot answer that.
I mean, we definitely considered other games, but we can’t share what they were.
It just felt like it was a very pure version of that.
Tell me more about adding in the aspect of the keys to extend the game.
How many rounds did Mai and Phill play Rock, Paper, Scissors?
LAMBERT:Quite a lot.
HAY:And Mai won most of them.
What did you think of how Mai won the whole thing?
Did you predict that in the moment?
LAMBERT:We were all very happy with either Phill or Mai winning that final game.
We were very happy with whoever would’ve won it, but Mai played a very good game.
HAY:It was a proper moment, watching Mai’s win in the [production] gallery.
It felt incredibly intense watching each approach to the safe with the key.
Personally, it felt very emotional when Mai won.
LAMBERT:The card is connected to a bank account.
But it did genuinely bestow $4.56 million on Mai, so it had that power.
So there wasn’t a gift card laying around on set with $4.56 million on it.
HAY:That would’ve taken even more guards than we had.
Hay:Half the producers would have [done] that.
We had deliberately not included footage of our cast at home when we were planning the show.
And we wanted that dose of warmth at the end.
It’s a reminder of something positive to leave on.
Plus it serves as a reminder that these people didn’tactuallydie.
But yes, if anyone was still having any doubts about it, it solved that too.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Squid Game: The Challengeseason 1 is now streaming on Netflix, andwill return for season 2.
