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Nuove interviste al cast. // New cast-interviews on season two. CITAZIONEIn the Season 2 premiere, we'll meet Louis Conde (Sean Teale) and Lord Stefan Narcisse ("Spartacus" and "The Seeker" alum Craig Parker). "Narcisse obviously is introduced as a villain," Laurie said of Craig's character, who Access Hollywood can exclusively reveal this first photo of (above).
Narcisse, the EP said, is a "very powerful Catholic noble."
As for Conde, he doesn't appear to be a villain, but will be related to one of the conflicts coming in Season 2. "He's mentioned as a cousin of the King. … There were many cousins and he's a cousin many times removed, but his brother is a Protestant leader in a region called Navarre, so they're really gonna be kind of the face of the conflict that we're gonna be playing and they're both amazing actors," Laurie said of Sean and Craig.
Francis rode his horse out of the castle on the way to find Lola and his child-on-the-way in the Season 1 finale, but when he returns to court at some point in Season 2, he and Mary will struggle with their new role as the rulers of France (now that King Henry is dead). "They have an idealistic vision of how they want to rule and it's quite unrealistic. The way Henry and Catherine ruled was a mixture of sort of like bargaining and fear," Adelaide said. "I think fear was a large part because King Henry was so volatile and… was seen as a very masculine, strong leader and you wouldn't mess with him… because he'd split you down the middle in the throne room. But, Francis… he's approaching things very differently and it's gonna be seen as weakness, they're going to be seen as being weak because they're compassionate and whenever sovereignty sort of changes over… there's always was a mad scramble… to see who could gain from the instability while rule was changing over."
Francis actually killed his mad father at the end of Season 1 to try and stop some instability, and he won't be able to just brush the feelings that go along with patricide, aside. "Francis will go into [ruling] with the best of intentions…but, you know, he's carrying a secret from the previous season and that is that he murdered the previous King. And so that is gonna come back to haunt him," Laurie said. "It'll play a role just as we're realizing how kind of intense the violence grows between the Protestants and the Catholics."
The "Reign" EP said others will also have some troubles of their own with regards to hauntings. "We're seeing some ghosts this season and I think it's because people -- they were really superstitious," Laurie said. "It's a castle full of guilty people. Even people who aren't villains, I think, feel certain guilt for the way they live and... what they're given and how they're allowed to survive."
Bash's love of Mary put him into a precarious position with Francis in Season 1, but by the end of the show's initial run, and long after each man said "I do" to their brides, they were able to bond again. Their closeness will pave the way for Bash to get some new powers. "He's very closely aligned with his brother and he will eventually become the King's deputy. He'll become kind of the strongman for the King, which is a great position if the King is doing really well, but if the King is making mistakes and then you are going out and kind of… being the muscle for those mistakes, it can be very dangerous," Laurie said.
One of the romances that delighted fans in Season 1 was the one between former kitchen boy-turned-soldier Leith and Mary's lady in waiting, Greer. She's now engaged to Lord Castleroy, but that big twist at the end of Season 1, where Leith met the Lord's pretty redheaded daughter, throws a wrench in the works. "Having him around disturbs her greatly," Adelaide said of how Greer will feel.
Another thing to look forward to this season is a wedding. Laurie confirmed someone will walk down the aisle, but she stopped short of revealing who.
And, as we head into Season 2, the question of Queen Elizabeth still looms. "I don't know," Laurie said when asked if we'll meet King Henry VIII's daughter this season. But, from afar, Queen Elizabeth I, "will loom large."
[x]CITAZIONEThe episode opens just as the Season 1 finale ended, with Francis galloping away into the disease-ridden countryside to see Lola giving birth. "The thing that's going through his head is 'I am a dad, I am a dad, I am a dad,' so it's set him reeling a little bit, as it would," star Toby Regbo tells Zap2it. "Most people find out they're having a baby sometime before the baby is born. To find out you're having a baby and the baby is being born right now is kind of a headf***."
He continues, "He's thinking about whether the baby's going to survive, whether Lola is going to survive. He's riding out into plague-ridden France where the country is being ravaged by the disease."
When Francis and Lola reunite, he will have a bone to pick -- but that won't be the first topic to arise. "There isn't much time to be angry because there are practical issues -- like staying alive -- that are more important," Regbo says. "It's interesting how quickly that anger and hurt and confusion is quieted by the peaceful presence of a child. When he actually meets his [gender spoiler!], it's a big moment in his life where everything else becomes sort of irrelevant."
But despite the lack of time for decision-making, there will be some more logistics to sort out -- namely, where Lola and the baby will live.
"Lola doesn't feel that great about the court," Regbo says. "Her experience in Season 1 with it wasn't wholly positive, and she knows from experience seeing what happens with mistresses, how Henry was with Diane De Poitiers before her, that it isn't always the best position to be in in the castle."
Essentially, things are going to be weird. "It is going to be awkward because we both want to care for this baby and bring it up right."
[x]CITAZIONEReal Style: Tell us about Season 2 of Reign.
Jonathan Keltz: It is definitely a darker season. The season picks up right off where we left off and the plague has come to France and is leaving no prisoners. It is definitely a chaotic and turbulent time and that’s where we begin and then things spiral out of control. Nobody is safe. It is an enemy that unites us all. It is a common enemy, but we still find ways to poke and prod at each other as well. [For Season 2] I’m more tied down to the show and there’s more of the character versus less, so it’s a good thing.
Real Style: How does Leith change this season?
Jonathan: I can’t get into too much detail, but the season ended with me gaining land and money and the beginnings of some wealth. I’m maintaining my friendship to the new King of France. This new relationship that’s budding with Yvette Castleroy, we’ll see what happens there. I’m still unaware that’s she the daughter of the man who’s the fiancee of the one I was formerly in love with. It’s a bit of a tricky moment and this new relationship will be put to the test. The old relationships and whether or not that’s true love will be put to the test as well.
Real Style: Greer could possibly be in your future?
Jonathan: Greer could possibly be in my future. How far Yvette Castleroy and I get could change things as well in terms of who gets married, when they get married, who gets married to whom.
Real Style: What was it like kissing Celina Sinden [who plays Greer]?
Jonathan: Ha! There’s never anything wrong with working with a wonderful actor or actress. Yeah, it was lovely getting to do all the romance stuff. We had some really lovely scenes. We were actually just talking about it last night. One of our favourite scenes that we’ve ever shot was the first date scene that we had. It was a really sweet and lovely candlelit date and it was the first day I was shooting on the show and it was a lot of fun. There was just something really charming about the way it all went by. We’re both in relationships and thankfully both of the people we’re in relationships with are actors so they understand and they have to do scenes like that as well.
Real Style: What’s your favourite part of working on Reign?
Jonathan: We have a really fun cast and a really great relationship between us all. Getting to escape into that world is the most fun. I love just hanging out at the studio. We have these unbelievable castle sets that the detailing is amazing. The crew and the art department and the wardrobe department; everyone in makeup and hair has all done a fantastic job. You’re walking down the halls and you look up and there’s all this detailed painting in the ceilings. In the days when we’re out of the studio I get to ride a horse through the woods and charge around on missions.
[x]CITAZIONEThe Black Plague
LAURIE: The threat of this season is “what lies beyond the castle” and the power structure of France at that time is where the power really lies with the nobles. We just wanted to set up the complications on the road and the compromises that needed to be made. So I really wanted to do the plague as something more than “who is going to die and who is going to live.” I wanted it to be a launching pad for the framework for the environment that they would be living in. There really is something to be said for people in power having lots of privileges and they also have the privilege of survival. I thought about it and for the most part it would be lower classes were thrown together and since it is an episode about contagion, those were the people that felt like they actually would die.
ADELAIDE: Apparently, back in the day when the plague did come around — disease came around with alarming regularity — the whole court would pack up and move castles and wait it out. Thousands of nobles would pack up and move.
LAURIE: And when you go visit castles now days, there’s no furniture in them, because they would take the furniture with them.
Politics & Religious Tension
LAURIE: The political side of that as well — we are slowing down the timeline and we’re focusing much more on France, specifically the region around the castle as a mini-ecosystem.
ADELAIDE: We’re focusing more on the religious tension at the time as well. The Catholics versus the Protestants. It’s kind of like watching the escalating violence during the time between the two factions.
LAURIE: It is a season of a young king finding his way and a young queen finding her way.
Mary & Francis’ Idealistic View of Ruling France
ADELAIDE: They have an idealistic vision of how they want to rule and it is quite unrealistic. The way Henry and Catherine ruled was a mixture of bargaining and fear.
LAURIE: Oppression.
ADELAIDE: I think fear was a large part because King Henry was so volatile and was seen as a very masculine, strong leader and you wouldn’t mess with him. You wouldn’t because he’d split you down the middle in the throne room. But Francis, he’s approaching things very differently and it is going be seen as weakness. They are going to be seen as being weak because they are compassionate. Whenever sovereignty changes over, there is always was a mad scramble to see who could gain from the instability while rule was changing over: How this new king will rule and how this new queen will rule? How can they be manipulated? How can I get power of them? Is there anything I have on them that I can use to improve my situation to gain more power, money or land for myself? It is just this giant, convoluted chess game. It’s like every time the king switched over, the board was cleared and everyone had to start from scratch. There is a lot of maneuvering, which we are exploring this season.
LAURIE: They are young rulers and people sense vulnerability. Francis will go into it with the best of intentions, but he’s carrying a secret from the previous season and that is that he murdered the previous king. So that is gonna come back to haunt him. It will play a role just as we are realizing how kind of intense the violence grows between the Protestants and the Catholics. They have inherited a nation that turns out is on fire.
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