14 Years Before Squid Game, Gong Yoo Starred In An All-Time Great K-Drama That's Still Worth Watching

More than a decade before Gong Yoo starred in Squid Game, he had a role in a 2007 romantic K-drama, CoffeePrince, which has aged well. The renowned South Korean actor began his acting career in 2001 in the K-dram teen series School, but his breakout role was in the award-winning Coffee Prince. Since then, Gong Yoo’s acting career has only gotten better. He has appeared in Netflix original K-dramas, The Trunk, The Silent Sea, and Squid Game, where he took on the role of the Recruiter.