“VIP 4,” who was stranded in India during the pandemic, ran out of money. Now he’s part of the biggest hit ever on Netflix.
American actor, author, director and radio personality Geoffrey Giuliano, who was stranded in India last year during the pandemic, has hit it big since his role in Netflix ‘s top original series of all time, Squid Game. Giuliano,68, was stranded in Jaipur, Rajasthan, with his son, Eden, then 12, last March when the borders were closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and they couldn’t return to their home in Thailand. As their stay dragged on, Giuliano ran out of money, and he said they were forced to survive on “monkey nuts and bananas.” They had no fresh clothes for six months and begged for beds in yoga ashrams. Giuliano, the author of more than two dozen books — many of them about The Beatles — is also a singer-songwriter, and he has appeared in more than two dozen films. He and his son returned to Thailand in January, where one of the first things they did was to take a hot bath. Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk recognized Giuliano from minor roles and selected him for the role of an eccentric gay billionaire named “VIP 4” in the hit show.
