{"id":133940,"date":"2024-12-03T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T02:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=133940"},"modified":"2024-12-03T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T02:40:09","slug":"former-bigbang-member-t-o-p-and-his-squid-game-2-appearance-is-now-a-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/former-bigbang-member-t-o-p-and-his-squid-game-2-appearance-is-now-a-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Former BIGBANG member T.O.P and his Squid Game 2 appearance is now a mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former<strong> BIGBANG<\/strong> member, <strong>T.O.P<\/strong>, has fans scratching their heads after his noticeable absence from <strong>Squid Game Season 2<\/strong>\u2019s promotional posters and cast list. While the iconic K-pop star was originally announced as part of the show, his recent exclusion has sparked curiosity and whispers from fans on social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TinKangDaesung\/status\/1861550044035666074\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh my gosh, I\u2019m gonna hate TOP\u2019s Squid Game 2 character for real \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <\/p>\n<p>Welcome back actor CHOI SEUNGHYUN! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XxHTjIooMm\">pic.twitter.com\/XxHTjIooMm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kristine \ud83d\udc9b\ube45\ubc45, \ub110 \uae30\ub2e4\ub9b4\uac8c\ud83d\udc9b (@TinKangDaesung) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TinKangDaesung\/status\/1861550044035666074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Netflix<\/strong> dropped the main poster for the series on November 27, featuring actor Lee Jung Jae (Seong Gihun) and other members of the cast. But boom! There&#8217;s no trace of T.O.P, despite his being confirmed to be in the show. This omission comes after controversy surrounding his casting, fueled by past legal issues regarding smoking marijuana and drug use, which is illegal in South Korea.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1861548204787105865\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New poster for Season 2 of \u2018Squid Game.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T4tCqtjtTy\">pic.twitter.com\/T4tCqtjtTy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1861548204787105865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The scandal broke out in 2017, resulting in a 10-month prison sentence for the idol. However, this decision was suspended after he showed remorse and apologized to fans. About the backlash due to T.O.P&#8217;s cast in the series, director <strong>Hwang Dong Hyuk<\/strong> defended his choice saying that it had been long since the past legal drama and highlighted the artist&#8217;s talent and commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Squid Game Season 2 premieres December 26, 2024, and fans are eager to see how the story unfolds\u2014whether T.O.P appears or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former BIGBANG member, T.O.P, has fans scratching their heads after his noticeable absence from Squid Game Season 2\u2019s promotional posters and cast list. While the iconic K-pop star was originally announced as part of the show, his recent exclusion has sparked curiosity and whispers from fans on social media. Netflix dropped the main poster for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":133941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,1441],"tags":[1435],"class_list":{"0":"post-133940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-series","10":"tag-squid-game"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}