Thank you for being here. It's so nice to meet you in person. Yes. Last time I had you on, we Zoomed. Yes, right.
Two or three years ago. Yes. And it was right before his squid game came out.
It was, it's the biggest thing ever. I mean, now it's the Netflix most watched series ever. Bigger than Stranger Things, anything.
I mean, you are phenomenal in it. I think I told you then, but you just acted so well, and you actually made me sad. You made me, like, love you. I felt so bad for you. I'm like, I want this guy to win the whole thing.
Whatever you want to do, win the Squid Game, please. I love you. And then, yeah, I don't want to ruin anything, but if you watch it, it's just a phenomenal performance.
And you won an Emmy for it, so congratulations. Well deserved. What do you remember about that night? I don't know.
Where do you keep your Emmy? In the middle of my living room. That's where I would keep it, too, if I got one.
It's a global phenomenon, but you've had a huge career for 30 years. How did you start acting? I was actually preparing to get a job at an interior design company. I was working part-time at a cafe. I asked if I could try working as a model.
I was more interested in the job than the cafe. I gave him a lot of money and started it for a while. The model job was cast as an actor.
So if I do this for a while, I thought I should save a little more money and quit. I didn't know I'd be doing this for so long. I didn't know I'd be playing the squid game. I didn't know I'd be on Tonight Show.
I just couldn't believe it. Yeah. I'm so happy you're here. We have a photo of your early modeling career.
This is you for a crunky chocolate bar. Look at you here. Yeah. That's...wow. Stud!
Mr. Cool. Oh, my gosh. Crunky chocolate bar.
Oh, my. This is the fad. I can't believe I'm meeting the man behind Crunky. It's unbelievable.
Actually, I have two Crunky bars. If you want to try to recreate this scene. Yes.
What do we do? That was good. I like crunkies.
Yeah, it's good stuff. Thank you again. Sure, I can take your crunkies.
Thank you again for being here. So the new season of Squid Game, December 20th. the day after Christmas. Yes, right. How will you be celebrating Christmas?
Then I will also be on season 2 on the 26th. You are. Were you hesitant to do season 2? Was there pressure to do season 2? Because season 1 received so much love, I was very much worried about whether I would receive as much love as it did.
But our story is much more diverse. It's become deeper and more clear. I don't know if it will be successful, but it's been well made. Many people died. I'm trying to live hard.
Fans have a lot of questions about this new season of Squid Game, and I wanted to see if you could answer some, okay? Now, I have these buttons right here, okay? Oh. Yeah.
These are famous from the show. Yeah, okay? Now, if the answer is yes, hit the O, okay? If it is no, hit the X. Okay, we all remember this doll.
Will she be back in season two? Whoo! Yes, she will!
I love this game. I love this. We know that you're back in the game this time. Will you be competing against other people who've also won the game?
No! Really? The only winner of the game. Oh!
This is so fun. This is so fun. Do you become the new front man? That's a rumor.
And are you now in charge of the games? What?! Really?!
What?! This is crazy. I think the Internet just broke right there. Wow! Okay.
Will we see any new games in Season 2? Yeah. Okay, good.
Hopefully, yeah. Oh. Hopefully, yeah.
Is Season 3 of Squid Game coming to Netflix in 2025? Really?! Season 3! Yes. Uh, thank you so much for playing this.
I want to show everyone a clip. Here's Lee Jung Jae in the new season of Squid Game. Take a look!
Why did you come back here? If I were you, I would have forgotten everything and just left with that money. You...
I'm going to die in front of you. What do you think it would be like if you took the money? You don't say that. We can go out together.
That's why I came back. This time, we're all going out together. To finish this game.
But...