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Downton Abbey fans are going to be in for quite a shock when they see the respectable Earl of Grantham in The Gentlemen season 2.
At least, that’s what Susie Glass actress Kaya Scodelario promised while speaking to Metro, revealing that her co-star Hugh Bonneville ‘gets spicy’ in his latest role.
This week marks the return of Guy Ritchie’s explosive Netflix hit, which stars Theo James as Eddie Horniman, a soldier-turned-duke who becomes embroiled in the sketchy world of the weed business.
In season one, Eddie reluctantly began working with Susie, who’d been secretly running her weed farm on his late father’s estate. As time went on, Eddie discovered that he had both a taste and a talent for the murky criminal underworld, revealing a dark streak lurking underneath his debonair surface.
In the second outing, he and Susie seem to respect each other more as colleagues, but trust each other less as their business flourishes. On top of their complex dynamic, they also have new big personalities to contend with, including Hugh’s Lord Hawthorne, and the entrance of Maya Jama as Aisha.
With Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex rumoured to be in talks for a role in season three, Kaya emphasises that it’s ‘exciting’ when huge names join the cast.
‘Especially if it’s an actor like Hugh Bonneville, who we respect so much, and we know that he’s such an incredible part of British television. He knows what he’s doing,’ the Skins star told us.
‘And then to see him in a role that’s completely unexpected – he’s really kind of playing against the Downton Abbey thing.’
Kaya, 34, continued: ‘It’s always exciting to know what someone’s going to bring to it, as long as they are respectful of the environment they’re in, and they come in and they want to work with us and they want to help make the show better, then it’s an absolute privilege to have everyone.’
In the trailer for The Gentlemen season two, fans caught a short glimpse of Hugh, 62, in action as Lord Hawthorne, watching fixedly as Susie’s brother, Jack (Harry Goodwins) downs an oyster.
The next scene shows him speaking privately to Eddie, telling the Duke: ‘I know what you’re up to. I’m being lubed in the hope that I might support your efforts to decriminalise marijuana.’
While speaking to Kaya and Benedetta Porcaroli, who plays newcomer Bella in the new season of The Gentlemen, I admitted that I enjoyed the idea of Downton fans having a shock over Hugh’s eccentric new character.
‘They are, absolutely. I can’t wait,’ Kaya answered. ‘He’s got spicy.’
The second season marks a big change for the thrilling crime drama, as Susie and Eddie take their business from a sprawling British manor to the beautiful scenery of sun-soaked Italian lakes.
Source: Read the original article on metro.co.uk
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