How MrBeast Created The Real Life Squid Game

How Mr. Beast Created the Real-Life Squid Game
Netflix’s Squid Game has brought in more new customers to the streaming platform than expected, and the Korean film didn’t stop at that; it has evoked childhood memories and creativity among millions of people across the world.
One of them is a renowned YouTuber who goes by the name Mr. Beast. Stay with us to the end because, in this video, we will show you exactly how Mr. Beast created the real-life Squid game. But before we begin, if you haven’t yet subscribed to our channel, please do so by clicking on the Subscribe icon below. Also, give us a Like, Share the video, and don’t forget to turn on the Notification bell for timely updates of our latest uploads. Let’s get it on.
YouTube star MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, has created a real-life version of Squid Game by inviting 456 random players to compete in a tournament offering a $456,000, or approximately £342,000 cash prize for the winner.
Squid Game explores a dystopian reality in which a mysterious organization recruits’ people in debt to compete in a series of games for the chance to win a life-changing amount of money. The games are based on classic children’s games – some of which are specific to Korea, while others, such as “Red Light, Green Light,” are known worldwide.
The internet personality, who boasts an impressive 76.2 million subscribers, documented the entire process of constructing the real-life recreation of the Squid Game set. “I recreated every single step from Squid Game in real-life,” MrBeast says towards the beginning of the video.
In his version of the game, none of the players are harmed when they are eliminated. In fact, eliminated players were awarded some amount of cash for their participation efforts.
The original TV show Squid Game became a worldwide phenomenon and became Netflix’s most-watched original series. The South Korean show revolves around 456 contestants deeply in debt, attempting to survive a series of deadly games for a chance of winning 45.6 billion won. Children often played the games but at the risk of losing their lives, such as Red Light, Green Light, Tug-o-War, and the popular Korean game Squid, or Ojingeo, as the final match in which Squid Game gets its name.
Since its debut, many versions of Squid Game have been recreated. For example, levels inspired by the games and their sets in the TV show are possibly the most popular games on Roblox right now, and many similarly inspired servers have been designed in Minecraft as well. It also induced a wave of copy-cat real-life Squid Games, including the individual YouTube productions of James Charles, The Try Guys, and MrBeast, all of which were unrelated.
MrBeast’s, however, might be the most impressive with an incredibly high budget of $3.5 million as well as a high payout. And after a day, MrBeast’s video already had over 43 million views on YouTube.
As one might guess, the Squid Game that YouTuber MrBeast created, while as realistic as possible, was also much more fun and lighthearted than the TV show, though technology and special effects were used to simulate some of the violence. Additionally, the contestants wore green tracksuits similar to Squid Game. The production staff and team—which included YouTuber Karl Jacobs—wore similar red suits, though not all of them were ominously masked.
Following suit of the popular Netflix show, MrBeast’s version began with Red Light, Green Light, but instead of the creepy doll with an owlish head singing the now horrifying song in Korean, MrBeast himself would call out “red light” and “green light,” and sometimes even throw in a “yellow light” to mess with the players. However, the iconic doll was still there to detect any motion. If they moved during a Red Light, even just a bit, a mechanism strapped to their stomachs would pop to simulate the gunshot wound, and they’d sit on the ground. Contestants had 30 minutes to get across the finish line without being detected.
Next was the Tiktok trendy honeycomb game from Squid Game’s third episode. However, because one could assume that these players know which shapes would be best to win the game, whereas the players in the show didn’t initially understand what they would be used for, they were asked to form four lines with the shapes covered by question marks. Once again, if they accidentally broke their honeycomb without removing the shape correctly, the device on their stomachs would pop. The production staff also interfered by dropping a lighter during the round, simulating the events of the show.
Tug of War followed, and it looks like many groups did follow Squid Game’s method of turning away women for the brawn of men. To decide which teams of 10 would face-off, MrBeast would pull numbers randomly from a pair of boxes. In the end, though, rather than falling to their deaths, players were pulled into a cushioned pit safely between the opposing sides.