Contestants vying for a hefty cash prize in Netflix's real-life version of its 2021 hit "Squid Game" were faced with a cold reality while filming the new series in England.
According to Variety and the Sun, hundreds of players competing in the streaming giant's spinoff show, "Squid Game: The Challenge," had to do so in below-freezing temperatures as production on the unscripted series got underway Monday. Cast and crew are working at Bedford's Cardington Studios, located in a hangar on a former Royal Air Force base north of London.
While shooting the series' iconic game of Red Light, Green Light — complete with a giant singing doll presiding over the sequence, as seen in the Emmy-winning deadly drama — players began to feel unwell during takes while others crawled to a finish in minus 3 degree Celsius weather (26 degrees Fahrenheit) during a devastating U.K. cold snap, the Sun reported.
