'Devil's Plan: Death Room' returns on a larger scale, showcasing an enormous set design.
The Netflix entertainment show 'Devil's Plan: Death Room' features players from various professions living together for seven days in a brain survival competition to determine the best brain, with Season 2 debuting two years after Season 1 was released in 2023.
With high expectations for Season 2, this time a total of 14 players, two more than Season 1, will challenge themselves in an intensified and fierce brain survival game. Lee Sedol, Justin H. Min, Kyuhyun, Kang Ji-young, Yoon So-hee, Seven High, Lee Seung-hyun, Jung Hyun-gyu, Choi Hyun-jun, Chuu, Kim Ha-rin, Park Sang-yeon, Son Eun-yu, and Tino will appear, and the show is set to be released on May 6.
Prior to this, on September 2 of last year, a set visit event for 'Devil's Plan 2' was held at a studio in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, where Director Jung Jong-yeon greeted reporters and introduced the set for Season 2. The event, held just after filming for 'Devil's Plan: Death Room' was completed, invited reporters before the set was dismantled after about eight months of waiting for all content to be revealed.
On that day, Director Jung Jong-yeon hinted at the scale of the Season 2 set during a meeting with reporters before the set introduction. Director Jung said, "For Season 1, we rented a studio of 600 pyeong. It was so cramped that if someone wanted to go to another room, they had to navigate around hills and cross streams. This time, it's 1,000 pyeong. It seems to be about 1.8 times that in absolute value. We took about eight weeks to build the set, and planning took around six to seven months. Having had experience with the scale of Season 1, I had a bit of ambition as well," he explained.
Director Jung Jong-yeon mentioned that the set for this season included a fully implemented water system for bathrooms and shower rooms, saying, "I wanted the details, especially in the living area, to feel comfortable like a home, or at least like a plausible accommodation. I am the one who lays the groundwork, and ultimately how the players perform is the decisive factor, so I believe my role is to create an environment where the players can focus as much as possible on the game," revealing the efforts put into the set construction.
As the official set tour continued, Director Jung Jong-yeon began explaining the living quarters. He introduced the bedroom, saying, "There are currently only 7 beds outside the bedroom, (the reason is) because the number of people going to jail has increased significantly, making it a 50-50 ratio. That's why I created the layout with 2-person, 3-person, and 2-person rooms, thinking this is the golden ratio when divided by gender. It just needs to be not less than 6 to 1 (laughs)."
The bedroom featured wardrobes similar to built-in closets alongside the beds. Director Jung said, "When the players give us their luggage, we place everything in the built-in wardrobes. When someone new uses the room, we completely replace the built-in wardrobe system." He added, "All mirrors are flat, and there are cameras behind the mirrors. We slightly enlarged the bed sizes compared to last year. (laughs) It's the best service. When the players go out to compete, our staff goes in and cleans everything. It really feels like a hotel," mentioning the staff's efforts to ensure the players' high performance.
(Not a jail, but 'jail building' and the revival of death matches... Changes in 'Devil's Plan 2' will continue.)
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