{"id":827,"date":"2025-06-18T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knewstoday.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:22:06","slug":"director-maggie-kang-reveals-who-inspired-kpop-demon-hunters-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knewstoday.com\/?p=827","title":{"rendered":"Director Maggie Kang Reveals Who Inspired \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix\u2019s&nbsp;<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>, out this Friday, revolves around a K-pop girl group named Huntrix, who are also demon hunters sworn to protect their fans from supernatural threats. Things become complicated when a popular rival boy band, The Saja Boys, are revealed to be demons.<\/p><p>Director Maggie Kang, who grew up loving the first generation of K-pop, with groups like H.O.T. and Seo Taiji and the Boys, has seen all the comparisons on social media. Though she never named exactly who the characters were inspired by, she could see how the fans\u2019 suggestions matched perfectly with the characters.<\/p><p>\u201cI think what I like to talk about is that there are so many certain archetypes that every group has,\u201d says Kang. \u201cIt\u2019s fun to see this conversation happening because everyone\u2019s picking the right member who fills that archetype and that kind of role and looks for each group.\u201d<\/p><p>Kang and her directing partner, Chris Appelhans, pulled their favorites onto the digital bulletin board. Many in the art department added their favorites to the board. She says once she gave the department access to the bulletin board, everybody was on it. 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