Lee Jung Jae (right) congratulates his partner Oh Young Soo on social media (Lee Jung Jae’s Instagram account)
Oh Il-nam aka Player 001 did not win in The Squid Game.
But the actor who played him, Oh Young-soo, won a historic victory at the 2022 Golden Globes on Jan. 9.
Young-soo, 77, won Best Supporting Actor in a Series for his performance on the Netflix show. The victory marks the first time a South Korean actor has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In a statement via Netflix, Young-soo said, “After hearing the news of the award, I told myself for the first time in my life, ‘I’m a decent person.’ Now, it’s no longer ‘us in the world’ but “The world in our hearts”. Everyone in the world. I wish you all a good life. Thank you.”
Squid Game co-star Lee Jung-jae (Seong Gi-hun aka Player 456) congratulated him via Instagram.
“All the scenes with the teacher are an honor,” Jung-jae captioned a photo of him and Young-soo laughing on set.
Japanese film “Drive My Car” won best non-English language film.
The Golden Globes, Hollywood’s so-called biggest party, regularly attracting 18 million TV viewers, was reduced to a live blog for its 79th edition on Jan. 9.
The beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues its film awards show without telecasts, nominations, red carpets, hosts, media or even live broadcasts. Instead, members of the HFPA and recipients of some of the organization’s charitable grants gathered at the Beverly Hilton for a private 90-minute event, announcing the names of film and TV winners on the organization’s social media.
Last February, an investigation by the Los Angeles Times uncovered ethical lapses and a shocking lack of diversity — not a single black journalist was on a panel of 87. Studios and PR firms threatened a boycott. Tom Cruise even paid back three of his Golden Globes, while other A-listers condemned the group on social media.
They pledged to reform last year, but even after a public announcement during the 78th show, their longtime broadcast partner NBC announced in May that the 2022 Golden Globes would not be aired because “a change of this magnitude will take time and work. “
HFPA claims it has transformed itself in the months since the 2021 show. The group added a chief diversity officer; overhauled its board; absorbed 21 new members, including six black journalists; formed a five-year partnership with the NAACP; and updated its code of conduct.
