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Squid Game season 2 returns with new sets of players this year on Netflix, just in time for the holidays. Keep in mind that each new actor's roles for the second season have yet to be disclosed. Check out which stars you may recognize from their previous Kdramas!

Im Si-Wan

Outside being a member of the Kpop group, Ze:a, the award-winning actor Im Si-Wan has proven his talent when it comes to the acting industry.

Fans may recognize previous works of his from Jeong Seok-Won in tvN's Reply 1997, Yoon Jong-Woo from Strangers From Hell, Jang Byeong-Tae from 2023's Boyhood, but he is most popularly known for starring as the main culprit on the 2023 flick Unlocked as hacker Oh Jun-Yeong.

Kang Ha-Neul

The multiple best actor awardee Kang Ha-Neul has starred in prominent Kdramas since...

The All of Us Are Dead cast includes both established and up-and-coming actors from other popular K-dramas. All of Us Are Dead season 2 is expected to bring back the main characters, perhaps even Cheong-san, who seemingly died in the first season. Fans of the All of Us Are Dead actors can enjoy other K-dramas such as Little Women, Hope or Dope, Delivery Man, Hospital Playlist, The Matchmakers, Sweet Revenge, Revenge of Others, and Squid Game.

The All of Us Are Dead cast includes both established and up-and-coming actors, and they have been in some other incredible K-dramas released before and after the Netflix zombie series. Just a few months after the success of Squid Game, another Netflix Korean show became a global hit – All of Us Are Dead. Based on the Now In Our School webtoon, the series followed a group of students as they tried to make it through...

Prime Video is expanding its global slate of Korean dramas with vampire-themed fantasy romcom HeartBeat, starring Ok Taec-yeon.

Produced by Korean broadcaster Kbs, the series will be available on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide outside of Korea starting Monday, June 26. New episodes of the 16-episode series will be available weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Ok previously starred in Let’s Fight Ghost, Vincenzo and Blind. In HeartBeat, he stars opposite Won Ji-an, whose credits include Hope Or Dope, If You Wish Upon Me and D.P.

In Heartbeat, Ok plays a vampire who sleeps in a coffin for 100 years in the hope of experiencing true love, but is awakened one day early by a cold-blooded-yet-mesmerizing woman (Won), who has no time for romance.

“We’re absolutely delighted to be in partnership with one of Korea’s leading national broadcasters,” said David Simonsen, director of Prime Video, Southeast Asia.