Plus, watch an exclusive teaser for Reign ‘s “haunted” sophomore season. More “forces of darkness, forces of the heart” ahead!
Adelaide Kane and Toby Regbo
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If it felt like the first season of Reign — The CW's 15th-century drama about Mary, Queen of Scots (Adelaide Kane) — sped through history, that's because executive producer and co-creator Laurie McCarthy was desperate to get her series to a very specific period in time.
"We burned through the timeline last year because I wanted to do two things: I wanted to get Mary and Francis (Toby Regbo) on the throne, so that Season 2 felt like a new chapter, and I also wanted Lola (Anna Popplewell) to have his child," McCarthy told BuzzFeed News. "Now that I've got everybody where I want them, there are so many stories to tell about them being young rulers. We also get to go beyond the castle walls, out into the landscape of France, and see the real obstacles they face with the nobles."
She continued: "We're also leaning into the religious wars between Protestants and Catholics because it gives you a lot of high stakes. Really, what that was was the revolution brewing between the old guard and the new guard. There are so many stories to explore there that we'll be slowing down a bit and going really deep rather than speeding forward."
In the spirit of slowing down, McCarthy broke down the biggest moments from BuzzFeed's exclusive teaser trailer.
Death takes no prisoners.
Season 1 ended with a massive death as Francis murdered his father, King Henry (Alan van Sprang), and more bodies will hit the floor now that the plague has invaded the castle walls. "We like the danger to reach into the heart of the show," McCarthy said of the black death potentially affecting every character.
And while Reign has yet to kill off a main character this season — although things don't look good for Bash (Torrance Coombs) and Kenna (Caitlin Stasey) in the teaser — McCarthy would not hesitate to kill off a fan favorite. "If it feels right, then yes," she said ominously.
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Bash and Kenna advance their own agendas.
The first season featured an impromptu arranged marriage between Bash, the king's bastard son, and Kenna, the king's former mistress. And in Season 2, the love between this unlikely couple will continue to grow as each cements their foothold in the castle's political sphere.
"Bash is going to be drawn closer and closer into Francis' rule," McCarthy said. "His brother is going to lean on him a lot, and the more [Bash] tries to protect and defend his brother, the more complicated his life is going to become."
As for Bash's better (?) half, McCarthy will continue to mine humor from Kenna's outsider-on-the-inside perspective. "She's so unedited and I love that," McCarthy said, laughing. "But Kenna's incredibly ambitious and a little bit reckless — and I don't see that changing because she's happily married."
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