MrBeast released a 25-minute video on Wednesday recreating the competition from the Netflix original series "Squid Game," which the platform said was its most-watched show of all time.
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The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has over 82 million subscribers and is known for his elaborate — and frequently expensive — stunt and philanthropy-style videos. His newest production, titled "$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life," builds on the massive popularity of the series that was written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk. In the days since its release, Donaldson's video has become one of his most-watched of all time, amassing over 123 million views in under a week.
The original Netflix series follows a set of players as they compete in deadly children's games, with survivors gunning for a 45.6 million won (about $38.4 million USD) prize.
Donaldson's video recreates most of the games and sets from the original series, ranging from the field where contestants play 무궁화 꽃이 피었습니다 (mugunghwa kochi pieotseumnida), a Korean game similar to "red light, green light," to a glass bridge where players must determine which panes of glass will break and cause them to tumble to their deaths. It cost approximately $3.5 million to produce, Donaldson said on Twitter, and was partially funded by the mobile game Brawl Stars, Insider previously reported.
These are all of the sets from the Netflix series that MrBeast's video recreated, compared to the original.
