Netflix‘s “Squid Recreation” has come to an in depth, and now, sequence creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is opening up concerning the real-life resemblances of his villains.

Throughout a current dialogue with Time, Hwang mentioned it was arduous not to think about Tesla founder Elon Musk when writing concerning the present’s VIPs, who act as sinister (and exuberantly wealthy) spectators for the lethal video games.

“Elon Musk is in every single place as of late, proper? All people talks about him,” Hwang mentioned. “Not solely is he the pinnacle of an enormous tech firm that controls the world virtually, however he’s additionally this showman. After writing [Season 3], in fact I believed, ‘Oh, among the VIPs do form of resemble Elon Musk.’”

Whereas sitting courtside for the primary two seasons, the VIPs really get in on the video games for Season 3. As defined by Hwang, “They take their masks off and go into the sport and kill others with their very own palms.”

Hwang added that this determination was largely impressed by the present political local weather in the USA.

“Prior to now, people who actually managed the system and maintained energy, they have been hidden behind the scenes, virtually like this large unseen conspiracy,” he defined. “Nonetheless, it’s now not the case, particularly in America. We speak so much about oligarchy as of late, however these so-called large tech house owners, they step up, telling everybody who they’re backing with their cash. The individuals who actually management the facility and the system, they now not cover behind a curtain. They willingly take their masks off, virtually as if to declare, ‘We’re those working the whole lot. We’re those in management.’”