As The Diplomat season 2 is set to hit Netflix today, both the stars and the executive producer Keri Russell have already spoken on what to expect.
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The star of Felicity weaves some interesting intrigue about her character Kate Wyler who have to survive the emotional torture in her choice between British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison and her ex-husband, Hal (played by Rufus Sewell)
Russell also presents excellently the conspiracy around the London’s newly appointed U.S ambassador as well as what as what U.S. Vice President Grace Penn brings to the table in The Diplomat season 2.
Keri Russell speaks on “The Diplomat” season 2
Keri Russell is now ready with 6-episode to start showing on Netflix from October 31, after explosive first season finale of The Diplomat.
Again, the US Ambassador Kate Wyler is at the helm, trying to rebuild both lives and a team that have already split and are falling apart.
“The stage has been set, the players are set, and it just continues,” Russell said, highlighting the suspense that is to be expected as Ambassador works feverishly to take control of her worst fear.
“At the very beginning of season two, we find Kate and Dennison in a flurry of panic and details, because at this point, they don’t know who’s safe, who’s not, who set off the explosion.
“Kate is, in a way, doing what she’s really good at: handling things, managing people, managing teams, managing disasters,” Russell said.
Kate and Hal’s complex marriage takes new twist in The Diplomat season 2 – Keri Russell
Keri Russell even heightens the tension in The Diplomat, using the complex marriage between Kate and Hal as the major tool.
“They have such a fun, spiky, crazy relationship, and to me, it’s the glue of the show. They’re just completely crazy about each other… and they drive each other crazy,” she said.
There are reasons for the two to be apart, yet they remain consumed in somewhat inseparable love while, at the same time Kate’s heart also beats for UK’s handsome Foreign Secretary, Dennison.
This is the part which draws Russell more into the drama, she confesses.
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Russell said: “Dennison is so wildly different from Hal, and I think that’s what’s so attractive to Kate,” Russell notes. “He’s like smooth, slow motion compared to Hal’s franticness, and she just thinks he’s a good man. For all of Hal’s flaws and seemingly selfish decisions at times, she sees Dennison as this good guy in politics. That is rare, and that creates some massive tension for Hal and Kate.
Will The Diplomat finale eventually tie Kate and Hal together again?
But it appears Kate isn’t ready to leave her ex-husband, Hal. He has a close shave with death in explosion.
“Hal gets hurt in the explosion, and that changes things and grounds them in a way,” Russell says. “She’s staying and she’s going to help make sure he’s okay, and he is really trying hard to be good.
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