US Blogger Recreates Squid Game With $456,000 Prize

The reconstruction of the series cost $3.5 million.

YouTube blogger Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast), who has 76.4 million subscribers, recreated the South Korean series Squid Game in real life, reports The New York Post.

In his reconstruction, 456 players competed for a prize of $456,000. However, none of the participants were injured or killed.

The safe reconstruction of the popular Netflix series cost the blogger $3.5 million.

YouTuber MrBeast said on Twitter that he spent $2 million on creating the locations and $1.5 million on prizes.

In particular, in addition to the huge winnings for the winner, Donaldson gave $2,000 to each player and $10,000 to the participant who reached the final and took 2nd place.

The real game featured the same Korean children's games seen in Squid Game, such as Red Light, Green Light, tug of war, and walking across a glass bridge.

Participants in the reconstruction also took on tests with dalgona candy. Like the characters in the series, they had to carve a perfect shape out of the candy with a needle without breaking it.

In reality, however, no one was killed or injured. The 'eliminated' players simply dropped out of the game.

Also, the players wore 'wireless explosives' filled with fake blood, which 'exploded' when a participant lost.

In the tug of war and glass bridge, people fell into a foam pit instead of being smashed to death, as in the series.

However, not everyone liked this initiative from MrBeast. The blogger was accused of recreating a game that promotes the exploitation of the poor by the rich.

Others, on the contrary, noted that the blogger was simply mocking such competitions.

As NY Post writes, this is typical content for Donaldson: he is known for offering prizes to subscribers who are willing to take part in absurd competitions.