Squid Game: 8 Unanswered Questions We Need To Know

8. How Are Squid Game Staff Recruited?

On top of being at the forefront of just about every fan's mind when it comes to deciding on their 2021 Halloween costume, the staff that find themselves at the centre of the series' titular game have become a rather large talking point coming out of the show for another reason.

That being, how in the hell did they find themselves in the thick of all this chaos to begin with?

Well, one major theory doing the online rounds centres around the game of ddakji we see being used to recruit contestants to the Squid Game. After Seong Gi-hun opts to accept the offer from The Salesman to play for 100,000 Korean won per round, the eventual-winner is given a choice to play as either blue or red. As we now know, Gi-hun went for the former colour, but many fans are theorising that had he gone for the latter then he may have been thrown onto the "staff" shortlist instead.

This would likely explain why the staff are seen as expendable as the various players throughout the show, but there's still been no solid confirmation on exactly how these instantly iconic recruits were brought into the underground game.