Netflix To Edit 'Squid Game' After Woman Is Bombarded With Prank Calls

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Netflix will edit some scenes in the smash hit show 'Squid Game' after a South Korean woman said she has been deluged with thousands of prank calls and text messages since the series broadcast her phone number onscreen.

Netflix will edit some scenes in the smash hit show “” after a South Korean woman said she has been deluged with thousands of prank calls and text messages since the series broadcast her phone number onscreen.

“My cellphone battery gets drained in half a day due to curious calls day and night without any concept of time,” she said, with one reportedly telling her he has a debt of 1.2 billion won – equivalent to $1 million – and wants to participate in the Squid Games, according to the Manila Bulletin. Netflix and production company Siren Pictures previously said they deliberately only showed the final eight numbers of the phone number, and were unaware that when dialed, the prefix would automatically be added, according to Reuters.

 

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