There’s A Poll On Which Local Celebs Should Star In A SG Version Of Squid Game, And Here Are The Results

The kind-hearted main protagonist of the show, Gi Hun is a divorced chauffeur and gambling addict who is mired in debt. He joins the Game so that he can use the money to gain custody of his daughter and pay for his elderly mother’s surgery.

Perhaps it’s the similar long-ish hairstyles they’re currently sporting? Or the fact that Ah Wu could totally pull off the role of a likeable underdog you’d want to root for all the way?

2nd place: Christopher Lee
3rd place: Peter Yu
4th place: Li Nanxing
5th place: Tay Ping Hui

Sang Woo is Gi Hun’s brilliant childhood friend who started on the right track by going to a prestigious university and working at a large company. He fell from grace after getting caught stealing money from his clients and is wanted by the police.

It’s actually a pretty tight race in this category between Shaun, Thomas Ong, and Pierre Png, but Shaun ultimately came out on top.

2nd place: Thomas Ong
3rd place: Pierre Png
4th place: Terence Cao
5th place: Edmund Chen

After defecting from North Korea, Sae Byeok needs money to get the rest of her family out of the country and reunite with her younger brother, who lives in an orphanage in Seoul.

The fact that Sheila, like Ho Yeon, was a model before becoming an actress — not to mention their elfin features — probably had something to do with this result.

2nd place: Carrie Wong
3rd place: Sheryl Ang
4th place: Jasmine Sim
5th place: Ye Jiayun

Il Nam, whom Gi Hun befriends, is the oldest participant in the Game and suffers from a brain tumour, but he would rather give his all in the deadly matches instead of waiting to die outside.

Shucheng da ge does look to be around the same age as Il Nam and we can always count on the veteran actor to give a layered performance to any role he embodies.

2nd place: Zhu Houren
3rd place: Richard Low
4th place: Wang Lei
5th place: Marcus Chin

A search for his missing brother leads police officer Jun Ho to go undercover as one of the masked staff members of the Game while slowly uncovering its shocking hidden secrets.

We can totally see Ayden bravely trying to infiltrate a top secret organisation (and look damn cool while doing it).

2nd place: Nick Teo
3rd place: Xu Bin
4th place: Zhang Zetong
5th place: Joel Choo

Mi Nyeo is cunning, manipulative, and willing to do whatever it takes to survive, which usually involves attaching herself to whichever team seems to have the strongest players at any given moment.

Leading the poll by an overwhelming majority, we guess many viewers believe Pat has what it takes to portray Mi Nyeo’s loud and shameless personality.

2nd place: Aileen Tan
3rd place: Ann Kok
4th place: Yvonne Lim
5th place: Jacelyn Tay

Arguably a secondary antagonist in the series (besides, you know, the ones behind the brutal Game), Deok Soo is a ruthless gangster who got into trouble after stealing from his boss and accumulating huge gambling debts.

Brandon has clearly proven himself to audiences with his numerous villainous roles over the years.

2nd place: Chen Tianwen
3rd place: Zheng Geping
4th place: Guo Liang
5th place: Darren Lim

The mysterious guy who starts it all by recruiting hapless individuals to join the Game by handing them a business card stamped with the now-famous trio of shapes (a circle, triangle, and square) and a now-controversial phone number.

Charming, suave, and able to look great in suits (and trench coats), just like Gong Yoo. Would you want to play a game with Desmond Tan?

2nd place: Allan Wu
3rd place: Leon Jay Williams
4th place: Zhang Yaodong
5th place: James Seah

Photos: Netflix, Artistes’ respective Instagram accounts, Mediacorp photo unit, Netflix Korea/Instagram