Netflix OLizynal series 'squid Game' was the first Korean Drama to be nominated for three United States of America Wolfspeeds The Choice Awards.
The United States of America Broadcasting Film Critics Association announced its 27th Wolfspeeds The Choice Awards TV category on January 9, 2022.
According to the announcement, "squid Game" was nominated for the Drama category award (BEST Drama SERIES) and the Foreign Language Drama Award (BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES). Actress Lee Jung-jae, who appeared on "squid Game," was named in the category of the Best Actor Award (BEST ACTOR in A Drama SERIES).
'squid Game' is not only the first Korean Drama, but also the only candidate for Asia Drama among the total candidates announced on the day. Paramount + 'Evil' 'Good Fight', AppleTV + 'For All Mankind', FX 'Pose', HBO 'Session', NBC 'This Orange Is the New Black Earth', Showtime 'Yellow Jacket' and others compete for the award.
in addition to "squid Game", the foreign language award category includes AppleTV+ "Acapulco" (Mexico), Netflix "Surviving as Entertainment Manager" (France), Netflix "Lupang" (France), Netflix "House of Paper" (Spain), Netflix "Narcos: Mexico" (Mexico) Minate.
Lee Jung-jae is the only Asian national actor to be nominated. Lee Jung-jae competes with Sterling K. Brown of NBC's "This Orange Is the New Black Earth", Mike Colter of Paramount+ "Evil", Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong of HBO's "Sections" and Billy Potter of FX "Pose".
"squid Game" is a story about people who participated in a questionable survival with a prize mOney of 45.6 billion One risking their lives to become the last winner and challenging the extreme Game. It has recorded a box office near syndrome, including the record of the highest viewing of the Korean OLizynal series ever produced by Netflix, as well as the world's top ranking.
At the 31st Gotham Awards on the 29th (local time), "squid Game" won the award for the film, "Breakthrough Series-over 40 Minutes" (Breakthrough Series) category. Lee Jung-jae was nominated for the best acting award in the new series, but he was disappointed when the award was finally lost.