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'Squid Games' Star Le Jung-Jae Receives A Hero Welcome As He Arrives Home With His Emmys 2022 Trophy

Lee arrived at Incheon International Airport with dozens of fans celebrating his historic honour at America's most prestigious awards for TV programming.

New Delhi: With his shining Emmy statuette in hand, "Squid Game" star Lee Jung-jae received a hero's welcome home in Incheon, on Sunday, reports Yonhap News Agency.

Lee arrived at Incheon International Airport with dozens of fans celebrating his historic honour at America's most prestigious awards for TV programming.

At the 74th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards held this past Monday, Lee won outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his performance in the global phenomenon "Squid Game", becoming the first non-English-speaking actor winning the category.



Lee's Emmy victory was widely predicted, as he has won best actor prizes at major award shows, including the Critics Choice Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

"I had talks with many people and discussed ways to help Korean content gain access to global viewers," he told reporters. "I will do my best to promote Korean content and join overseas productions to make quality content."

After the Emmys, Lee participated in the Toronto International Film Festival, where his directorial debut, "Hunt", had its North American premiere on Thursday. It will be released stateside in December.

The spy thriller film was first shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May and hit Korean screens last month, attracting 4.3 million viewers so far.

Lee said he will continue his career as an actor, director, and producer at home and abroad in a bid to contribute to making Korean content more acceptable to global audiences.

He is reportedly cast in the male lead role for an upcoming "Star Wars" spin-off series.

"I will keep making films and producing them as well if I'm given a chance. Of course, I have to do my acting well," Lee said. "I think we need to do something more to help Korean content become globally accepted."

Written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the nine-part Netflix original about a deadly contest bagged six Emmy titles, which included best director for Hwang and best drama series actor for Lee, becoming the first non-English TV show ever to win America's most prestigious TV awards.

(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)

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