New Delhi, June 28 -- 'Squid Game' has never shied away from pulling the rug out from under its audience, but the final seconds of Season 3 delivered a twist no one saw coming - the unmistakable face of two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett.

The Australian actor appears in a brief but haunting cameo as the American recruiter for the deadly underground game, closing out the explosive season with a single, chilling glance.

In the season's final scene, the mysterious Front Man, played by Lee Byung-hun, sits in a car in downtown Los Angeles when he hears the familiar thwap of ddakji tiles - the same game that lured hundreds of desperate participants in past seasons.

When he rolls down the window, he spots Blanchett, sharply dressed ...