After the success ofSquid Game, it wasnt long beforeNetflixwas pitched on bringing the series into the unscripted space.
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NICOLA BROWN: Casting was an incredible undertaking.
I mean, I dont think anything had ever been attempted at this scale before.
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What I think is really, really unusual about it is the attrition rate.
That is really unusual in terms of making, but also in terms of producing.
I really like him… and theyre gone.
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In a funny way, it was actually quite refreshing.
DEADLINE: Tell me about choosing the games for the unscripted series.
Now, obviously in the drama, people are going to quite extreme ends and dispatching each other.
Our tagline for the show was, How you play is who you are.
Would they buddy up with people?
Would they go it alone?
What was the best strategy for that?
Would they betray people who theyd become really good friends with?
Would they play an honorable game?
DEADLINE: Speaking of throwing them off, how did you arrive at rock paper scissors for the finale?
Should it be something huge, should it be something small?
It was certainly a very, very tense day on set.
We were all biting our nails in the gallery thinking, Oh God, whos going to do it?
Have they picked the right key?
It was pretty tense for us.
And again, totally unpredictable.
We had no idea who was going to get through, right up to the end.
