Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has opened up about how real-life situations inspire his work.In a recent interview with AFP, Hwang spoke about how Squid Game, as well as his past work, is an allegory for “real world” problems.Squid Game had referenced the 2009 Ssangyong motors lay-off, with main protagonist Gi-hun written as one of the many employees that had been retrenched at the time.