Lee Jung-jae and Park Hae-soo have been confirmed to headline the new Korean Netflix original series Round Six, the streaming entertainment service announced on Wednesday.

Round Six is a mystery survival drama from award-winning movie director Hwang Dong-hyuk (The Fortress). It tells the story of people who participate in a mysterious survival game to win a whopping 40-million-dollar prize.

The literal translation of Round Six’s Korean title is Squid Game, which is the name of a street game the main characters played together during their childhood. It is named as such because players draw different geometric shapes on the ground, which look like a squid as a whole. It ends only when there is one player left, much like the said survival game.

Lee Jung-jae signed up for the role of Gi-hun, who joins the game to win prize money after he loses his job when his company restructured. Park Hae-soo, meanwhile, took on the role of Sang-woo, Gi-hun’s childhood friend who participates in the same game after he gets involved in misappropriating company funds.

Lee Jung-jae in his character poster for Chief of Staff

Round Six marks the second time Lee Jung-jae is headlining a Korean series that streams on Netflix. He recently starred opposite Shin Min-ah in JTBC’s political drama Chief of Staff, whose two seasons became available on Netflix since their premiere on television.

Meanwhile, Park Hae-soo last played a TV lead role in Prison Playbook (2017-2018). He is also a familiar actor among K-drama fans who watch shows on Netflix as he starred in one of the segments of Persona, an anthology series composed of four short films starring IU.

Park Hae-soo in his character poster for Prison Playbook

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