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Squid Game\u00a0<\/span><\/em>star <\/span>Hoyeon<\/a>\u00a0is opening up about her personal and professional life, including <\/span>those <\/span><\/em>Devin Booker<\/a>\u00a0dating rumors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a new cover story for <\/span>ELLE<\/em><\/a>, the 30-year-old model-turned-actress answered questions about her potential return as\u00a0Kang Sae-byeok in the critically acclaimed Korean drama series — which is <\/span>expected to debut its second season<\/a> later this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sadly, for Hoyeon — whose full name is Hoyeon Jung — a reprisal of her SAG and Emmy-nominated role is all but out of the question considering the fate her character met in the first season, which premiered on Netflix back in 2021. Fans will remember that Hoyeon’s <\/span>Squid Game<\/span><\/em> player was\u00a0stabbed in the neck by Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo) before she could make it to the end of the competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Unless Kang-Sae-byeok were to appear via a flashback, dream or other TV-magic method that brings the dead back to life, Hoyeon says a return is all but out of the question. “No,” she told <\/span>ELLE<\/span><\/em>, who noted that she did laugh and smile while shaking her head. Could she just be playing coy?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We do know that\u00a0<\/span>Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae<\/a>\u00a0will reprise his role as sole winner Seong Gi-hun. Also returning are season 1 actors Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho, Lee Byung-hun as the Front Man and Gong Yoo as the Salesman.<\/span><\/p>\n As for Hoyeon, fans will have to wait to see if she was trying to keep a cameo under wraps or if she was truthful. One person who will for sure be watching whenever the second season premieres? That would be Booker, 27, who appeared to shoot his shot at Hoyeon earlier this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In April, Hoyeon posted a photo to Instagram and received a comment from the Phoenix Suns player, who\u00a0seemingly was expressing his interest in her.<\/span><\/p>\n “check your dm shawty,” Booker wrote in a message, per <\/span>TMZ<\/em><\/a>. At the time, Hoyeon responded to the NBA player, “No\u2764\ufe0f.”<\/span><\/p>\n Asked by <\/span>ELLE <\/span><\/em>about where she stands with Booker — the ex-boyfriend of <\/span>Kendall Jenner<\/a> — Hoyeon responded as comically as she did to the Instagram comment left by the athlete in the spring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I don’t even know who he is,” the South Korean-born actress shared, telling the outlet she doesn’t watch the NBA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n