Players of Netflix’s real-life Squid Game ‘stretchered off set’

Contestants on Netflix’s real-life Squid Game were reportedly left yelling “doctor” before being stretchered out in sub-zero temperatures while filming for the show.

Gamers are said to have felt like they had frostbite as temperatures at the UK filming location plummeted to -3C, according to Sun.

The streaming platform has been secretly filming a real version of the fictional deadly competition, with hopefuls battling it out for a massive £3.7 million prize.

One player told the publication: “Even if the hypothermia kicked in, people were willing to stay as long as possible because there was a lot of money at stake.” Too many were determined not to move, so they stayed there for too long.

“There were people who came thinking they were going to be millionaires but they left crying.”

They added: ‘It was like a war zone. The doctors were taking people out, but we couldn’t say anything. If you talk, you’re out. Some people couldn’t move their feet because it was so cold.

Problems: Players reportedly felt like they had frostbite as temperatures at the UK filming location plummeted to -3C, according to The Sun.

‘You could hear someone yell ‘medical’ and the crew was rushing around. We ended up standing there for 30 minutes between takes. Some were trailing at the end. At least one was carried away on a stretcher.

A total of 456 players were invited to participate, the same as in the hit series, and it is said that some began to feel sick during the first game, Red Light, Green Light.

MailOnline has contacted Netflix for comment.

Action: The streaming platform has been secretly filming a real-life version of the fictional deadly competition, with hopefuls battling it out for a massive £3.7m prize (pictured at Cardington Studios in Bedford)

Competitors had flown in from the United States and Australia to take part in the show, which was being filmed at Cardington Studios, a former RAF base near Bedford.

Hundreds were eliminated during the first round and then bunked up in the studios, just like in the Korean series,

In the original drama series, hundreds of penniless contestants accept an invitation to compete in children’s games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are deadly.

Netflix’s vice president of documentary and unscripted series Brandon Riegg previously said of the upcoming show: “Squid Game took the world by storm with [director Hwang Dong-hyuk’s] Captivating story and iconic images.

We are grateful for your support as we bring the fictional world to life in this massive competition and social experiment.

“Fans of the drama series are in for a fascinating and unpredictable journey as our 456 real-world contestants navigate the biggest competition series ever, packed with tension and twists, with the biggest cash prize at the end” .

The reality series will consist of 10 episodes, which happens to be one more than the original drama series.

Squid Game became Netflix’s most-watched new series of 2021, drawing 142 million viewers in its first month, nearly double the previous record held by Bridgerton.

The Korean drama is also being lauded with the addition of 4.4 million new subscribers, increasing Netflix’s global subscriptions from 209 million to 213.5 million.

It boosted the company’s profit to £1.1bn, almost double the amount it made during the third quarter of 2020.

Screen Magic: The reality series will consist of 10 episodes, which happens to be one more than the original drama series