AsSquid Game Season 2 prepares for its day-after-Christmas debut, international critics who’ve screened the series are lauding the sophomore season. The Daily List’s film critic Aayush Sharma praised the new season,

Netflix When it comes to Squid Game season 2, Lee Jung-jae wanted to do his character justice. In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE, the Emmy winner, 52, gives an inside look into how he prepared for the highly anticipated second season of the hit Netflix k-drama series.

"Squid Game" star Lee Jung-jae, as well as the Netflix show's creator and his co-stars, discuss the greater stakes that audiences should expect in the new second season.