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After contestants connected Netflix's upcoming real-life Squid Game contention amusement spoke retired astir freezing filming conditions, the streamer defended themselves against the accusations.
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Netflix is successful the midst of its ain Squid Game tug of war.
The streamer is pushing backmost aft contestants connected its Squid Game-inspired contention bid said things got a small too real.
"We attraction profoundly astir the wellness and information of our formed and crew, and invested successful each the due information procedures," Netflix said successful a Jan. 25 connection obtained by Variety. "While it was precise acold connected set—and participants were prepared for that—any claims of superior wounded are untrue."
The upcoming show—which is presently filming successful London—recently came nether occurrence aft aggregate players complained astir the show's filming conditions.
Variety reported that 1 contestant was believed to person injured their enarthrosis aft moving into a wall, portion others were treated for "mild ailments."
On Jan. 24, UK's The Sun said a contestant told them of the experience, "It was similar a warzone. People near successful tears."
While filming the crippled Red Light, Green Light—featured successful Squid Game's archetypal episode—another contestant reportedly told The Sun that a subordinate was "carried retired connected a stretcher" arsenic temperatures reached arsenic debased arsenic 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
Netflix denied that anybody was each stretched disconnected set.
In Red Light, Green Light, players are tasked with remaining motionless and soundless portion nether the watchful oculus of a elephantine doll, lone permitted to determination erstwhile her backmost is turned.
"Even if hypothermia kicked successful past radical were consenting to enactment for arsenic agelong arsenic imaginable due to the fact that a batch of wealth was connected the line," the contestant said to The Sun, per the outlet. "Too galore were determined not to determination truthful they stood determination for acold excessively long."
Announced successful June, the real-life Squid Game bid features 456 contestants from each astir the world competing for $4.56 million, the largest lump sum currency prize successful world TV history.
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"Strategies, alliances, and quality volition beryllium enactment to the trial portion competitors are eliminated astir them," the streamer said of the bid astatine the time. "The stakes are high, but successful this crippled the worst destiny is going location empty-handed."
While the amusement volition get from the games featured successful Squid Game—Red Light, Green Light—Netflix besides teased some "surprising caller additions."
Players beware.
While nary premiere day for the real-life Squid Game has been announced, the archetypal play of the Emmy-winning drama is disposable to watercourse connected Netflix.
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