To celebrate the anticipated release of the second season of The Rig, we had the pleasure of chatting to the cast once again to find out more about the surprises in store in the sophomore season.
The second series of The Rig sees the surviving crew of the Kinloch Bravo arrive at a new secret offshore facility called the Stac, nestled deep in the extraordinary and deadly landscapes of the Arctic Circle. Here, the trapped crew must deal with the emotional and physical fallout of the devastating tsunami that destroyed the Bravo, and contend with swirling conspiracies, corporate conflicts, and new threats from the dark depths of the world’s ocean. The second series will continue exploring global themes – weaving together the past, present, and future of the planet while taking the viewer to spectacular environments and drawing on the frontiers of cutting-edge ocean technology – including the controversial world of deep-sea mining.
Chatting to Emily Hampshire (Rose Mason), Iain Glen (Magnus MacMillan) and Rochenda Sandall (Cat Braithwaite), we talk about the impact of the first series and how they have absorbed fan reactions to it, the pressures of the second series with added fanbase expectation, how the showrunners kept them on their toes with plot and production surprises, how the new series raises the stakes in so many ways and which actor they admired they would love to bring on the rig in a potential third season.
You can watch the full interview below:
The Rig: Season 2 launches exclusively on Prime Video worldwide on January 2nd.
