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‘Squid Game’: Anupam Tripathi and the Actor Representing Minorities in the Netflix K-Drama ‘Squid Game’: Anupam Tripathi and the Actor Representing Minorities in the Netflix K-Drama As 'Squid Game' continues its popularity streak, the K-drama has brought light to foreign actors in South Korea. Fans who have watched K-dramas for years would have likely recognized Squid Game Player 199, actor Anupam Tripathi. Anupam Tripathi as Ali Abdul for ‘Squid Game’ | via Netflix For Tripathi, playing a main foreign character in Squid Game was important. For Netflix’s Squid Game, Lagahit originally auditioned for Tripathi’s role as Ali. He did not get the role but received a call from the production team casting him as player 276.

Anupam Tripathi was taken aback by the immense popularity of Squid Game. (Photo: Anupam Tripathi/Instagram) Indian-origin South Korea-based actor Anupam Tripathi, who has become a world-famous name thanks to Netflix's survival drama Squid Game has said that he was taken aback by the immense popularity of the show .

AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Anupam Tripathi of ‘Squid Game’ | The Seattle Times Since the massive popularity of “Squid Game,” which became Netflix’s most watched show, Tripathi has gained more than 4 million followers on Instagram and kept busy appearing on Korean TV variety shows. “I was so focused,” he said of that time. Once filming began a short time later, Tripathi made some new friends on set, particularly Park Hae-soo, who plays Cho Sang-woo — the character assigned No. 218 and Ali’s ultimate betrayer. “It’s one of the beautiful characters I got and it resonated with everybody,” Tripathi said of Ali. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post or Bloomberg News.