Squid Game” was a huge hit for Netflix, but the man behind the juggernaut South Korean drama is sharing that it wasn’t all roses for him.

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says the stress of making season 1 caused him to lose "eight or nine" teeth – but he has a pretty straightforward answer as to why he came back for another installment of the hit Netflix show.

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk knows just how bad stress can be. On Sunday, Nov. 10, Dong-hyuk, 53, revealed in an interview with the BBC that he lost several teeth while filming the first season of the hit Netflix show — which follows people in debt as they play deadly games to win a monetary prize — all due to the strain of shooting it.

Creating “Squid Game” is just as dangerous as playing it. Hwang Dong-hyuk, the mastermind behind the South Korean thriller series on Netflix, recently told the BBC he lost “eight or nine” teeth filming the first season of the show.

Hwang Dong-hyuk also talks the stress he experienced making Season 1 of the Netflix smash hit, losing "eight or nine teeth" in the process.

"Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says he lost teeth from the stress of making the first season and explains his motivations for making Season 2.

The creator of the hit Netflix drama Squid Game has admitted he lost “eight or nine” teeth because he was so stressed while making the series.

Speaking to the BBC on the set of “Squid Game” Season 2, Hwang said he actually lost eight or nine teeth during the first season. As a result, Hwang vowed to never put himself through such kind of pressure again,