Warning! This post contains spoilers for Platform 2.
Although The platform 2 Primarily revolving around a new set of characters, it doesn’t shy away from featuring some familiar faces from the original movie. Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, the Spanish thriller, The platformdid incredibly well both commercially and critically when it landed on Netflix in 2019. Its success encouraged the streamer to greenflag its sequel, The platform 2Which unfolds in the same dystopian setting as its predecessor but attempts to expand on the overarching lore established in the original film.
In the early days, The platform 2 Focuses on two characters, Perempuan and Zamyatin, who were not part of the first film’s cast. However, as his story progresses, The platform 2 Marks the return of many characters from the 2019 movie. While some of these characters become crucial drivers of the sequel’s narrative, others appear in smaller capacities too The platform 2s ending, adding a layer of intrigue to the enigmatic story of the franchise.
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Goreng
Played by Iván Massagué
Played by Iván Massagué, Goreng is the main character in The platformWho enters the pit to earn a diploma. He agrees to spend six months in the pit in exchange for a diploma and sees his stay in the vertical prison as a win-win situation. According to him, not only will staying in prison help him learn some valuable lessons, but it will also allow him to quit smoking for good. Unlike many other prisoners, who choose to carry weapons with them to the grave, Goreng carries Miguel de Cervantes’s. Don Quixote.
…The Platform 2 Goreng’s story appears to be correct by confirming that he did not come to the pit to earn a diploma.
in The platform 2Goreng appears in the final arc, where the movie first features his descent to the bottom of the pit with the young girl from the first film. The sequel then shows a confusing mid-credits scene in which its main character, Perempuan, somehow recognizes Goreng and hugs him when she sees him at the bottom of the pit. Although the movie does not delve into the details of their relationship before they entered the grave, It seems likely that Goreng was Perempuan’s boyfriend before she entered the Vertical Prison.
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Perempuan’s backstory in The platform 2 Reveals that she arrived in the vertical prison to learn to forgive herself for being responsible for her boyfriend’s son’s death. The fact that she knows Goreng suggests that he was her boyfriend. If the narrative connection between the two films holds true, The platform 2 Goreng’s story appears to be correct by confirming that he did not come to the pit to earn a diploma. Like Frempoon, he also sought peace and redemption after his son’s death.
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Trimagasi
Played by Zorion Eguileor
Trimagasi is portrayed as one of the primary antagonists in The platform. Although he initially acts friendly with Goreng and helps him settle into the vertical prison’s environment by encouraging him to eat, he becomes his biggest enemy when they end up in one of the lower levels of the prison. To ensure his survival, Trimagasi ties Goreng to his bed and resorts to cannibalism to survive. His backstory reveals that he ended up in the Vertical Prison because he accidentally killed a man after throwing his TV set out of his window.
Movie |
Rotten Tomatoes critics score |
Rotten Tomatoes audience score |
The platform |
81% |
73% |
The platform 2 |
42% |
26% |
In the first moments of the movie, he also hints at his evil tendencies by telling Goreng that he and his former cellmate cannibalized another prisoner to sustain themselves. Miharu later kills Trimagasi before she and Goreng consume his flesh to survive. As Trimagasy dies in the original film, His appearance in The platform 2 It seems to suggest it is the original film’s prequel. Although The platform 2The timeline is not specifically mentioned, it seems to unfold around a year before the events of the first movie.
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Miharu
Played by Alexandra Masangkay
in The platformMiharu is introduced as a character who goes down to level 333 every month to look after her child. However, the end of the movie later suggests that Miharu only went down the pit because she knew the authority was leaving a child at the lowest level as part of their social experiment. The platform 2 Portray her in a different light, where she is one of the members of the authority. She and another person are apparently responsible for deciding which child will be sent to the bottom of the pit.
Since The platform 2 serves as a prequel, The revelation suggests that Miharu was once part of the Authority Before she also came to the worthy prison. As a former member of the Authority, she knew that children were left alone in the lower level of the pit. Therefore, to ensure that they are well-fed, she traveled down to level 333 in The platform.
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Baharat
Played by Emilio Buale
Emilio Buale’s Baharat is among the key players in The platform Who help Goreng send “the message” to the authority. He and Goreng protect the panna cotta to ensure it reaches the top level but later send the little girl they find on level 333. In the original film, Baharat also carries a rope with him, hoping to climb levels when someone from above does not Promote solidarity in the vertical prison. Although his appearance was short-lived in The platform 2He seems to have the same moral code and principles as he hopes to bring more unity among all prisoners.
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Anonymous: Prisoner with Down syndrome
Played by Gorka Zufiaurre
When Goreng and Baharat go down to the bottom of the pit The platform and distribute an equal amount of food to all the prisoners, they run into an unnamed prisoner with Down syndrome. in The platform 2Perempuan and Sahabat cross paths with the same prisoner when they land on level 55. Although Perempuan and Sahabat consider taking the prisoner with them as they plan to descend further down, Dagin Bobby and his army arrive at the level before they can leave.
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Imoguiri
Played by Antonia San Juan
Imoguiri is depicted as a former member of the Authority in The platform Who often ends up in the grave after being diagnosed with cancer. In the first film, she keeps denying that there are children in the pit when Miharu claims that she is looking for her daughter down there. This confirms that despite being a member of the authority, she knows little about the full scope of the central social experiment. in The platform 2Imoguiri only appears briefly as an interviewer, which again establishes the movie’s likeness The platforms prequel.