Squid Game has just bagged two big trophies at the 2022 Critics’ Choice Awards.
At the ceremony held in Los Angeles on Sunday the 13th, the smash-hit Netflix series nabbed the best foreign language series in television over the Mexican comedy Acapulco, the French comedy-drama Call My Agent!, the French thriller Lupin, the Spanish crime action series Money Heist and the American-Mexican crime drama Narcos: Mexico.
Many expected the win to come easily as the show has been a global phenomenon with record-breaking watch time.
Squid Game had been initially nominated for three awards this year: Best Drama Series, Best Foreign Language Series, and Best Actor in a Drama Series (Lee Jung Jae).
In addition to the show’s big win, Lee Jung Jae appeared genuinely shocked to win the best actor in a drama, over Sterling K. Brown in This Is Us, Mike Colter in Evil, Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, who both appear in Succession. He gave a heartfelt speech in English after winning the trophy at the awards, saying, “Words cannot express how much this means to me. Thank you Netflix and thank you Squid Game”
Congratulations to Lee Jung-Jae – winner of the #criticschoice Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. @squidgame #CriticsChoiceAwards pic.twitter.com/9jgJ5edAp5
— Critics Choice Awards (@CriticsChoice) March 14, 2022
