Squid Game: The Challenge, a reality show inspired by the popular Netflix Korean drama Squid Game, is airing on the streamer, and it’s proving just as popular as the original series. Ahead of its final episode, we check out the two filming locations featured in Squid Game: The Challenge.
The TV series, which premiered on November 22 and concluded on December 6, sees 456 real players take on the deadly challenges seen in the original show, in the hopes of winning a life-changing USD 4.56 million, with plenty of twists and turns along the way.
But how did Squid Game: The Challenge‘s producers go about recreating the original dystopian show’s iconic sets?
With all episodes of the reality show available to watch now, read on for everything you need to know about the Squid Game: The Challenge filming locations.
Where are the Squid Game: The Challenge filming locations?
Squid Game: The Challenge was filmed at Wharf Studios in London over the course of 16 days.
A total of six interconnected sound stages were taken up by production to allow players to live inside a “completely immersive world”.
The only point of the show where filming took place elsewhere was during the Red Light, Green Light game.
Red Light, Green Light was filmed at Cardington Studios in Bedford, Europe’s largest indoor space. At over 100,000 square feet, the space was previously used to build airships and zeppelins in the 1920s and ’30s.
A lot of work went into making the competition look just as it did in the drama series, including items that were CGI’d into the original drama.
For example, the piggy bank that the players see fills up with money every time a contestant is eliminated was created for the very first time for Squid Game: The Challenge.
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