A squid game actress died
Lee Joo-Sil was 81 years old.
The South Korean actress Lee Joo-Sil, known for his roles in Squid game And Last train for Busan died Sunday at the age of 81.
Lee succumbed to cardiac arrest on Sunday morning and was declared dead at St. Mary hospital in Uijeongbu, in the province of Gyeonggi, according to Korean newspaper Jongang Daily. His agency, 1230Culture, said that it had been diagnosed with stomach cancer three months ago.
The Chosun Ilbo newspaper reports that the actress had already been diagnosed with stadium breast cancer thirty years ago and that she was only given a year to live. However, she had overcome the disease. “I have been right because I have children“She had confided at the time. “Everyone becomes stronger in the face of a crisis. If you give up, you become helpless.”
Lee Joo-Sil appeared in season 2 of Squid gameembodying the mother of the former detective Hwang Jun-ho (played by Wi Ha-Joon) and therefore of the Front Man, the big villain of the Netflix series.
Born in 1944 in South Korea, during the Japanese occupation, Lee began his career in the theater. She made her debut on the screen in 1980 in the series Jeonwonilgi and then played in films like A single Spark, The Uninvited, Running Wild, Punch Lady And Commitment. She notably distinguished herself in 2016 in 2016 in Last train for Busanwhere she embodied the mother of the protagonist Seok-Woo (Gong Yoo). Its appearance in season 2 of Squid game was his last service on the screen. We assume that we will see him again in season 3, already shot.
