As audiences wait for the second season of Squid Game to hit Netflix, the streaming giant is working hard to keep fans in the loop with a reality show based on the popular Korean survival drama series. Unfortunately, the in-development show is already generating controversy way before it comes close to coming out.
Squid Game: The Challenge features 456 contestants from around the world competing in a series of challenges inspired by and taken directly from the hit show in exchange for a shot at the $4.56 million cash prize. With this much money on the line, most are willing to take certain risks.
But, as one contestant told The Sun, "Even if hypothermia kicked in the people were willing to stay for as long as possible because a lot of money was on the line. Too many were determined not to move so they stood there for far too long. There were arriving thinking they were going to be millionaires but they left in tears."