Aidan Turner discusses his early involvement in the 'Rivals' series, the depth of the characters, his preparation process, and the significance of the intimate scenes in the story.
Based on the novel by Dame Jilly Cooper , the drama series Rivals has been picked up for a second season of further romantic entanglements and bouts of excess. If you haven’t yet checked out what it’s all about, you’ve got plenty of time to do so before Season 2 premieres. Set in the 1980s world of independent television in the UK, career-driven Declan O’Hara ( Aidan Turner ) just wants to succeed in a backstabbing profession.
The demanding work takes so much of his time and focus that he’s become neglectful of his family. When cutthroat station director Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) offers Declan his own interview show, he pairs him up with producer Cameron Cook (Nafessa Williams), a fierce women looking to prove she deserves the position that she’s stepped into. During this one-on-one interview with Collider, Turner talked about being one of the first actors in the door for Rivals, how definitive the characters were, watching old BBC interviews to prepare, what he most enjoyed about playing Declan, that the TV studio set was built for real, the trifecta he was a part of with Tennant and Williams, and how the sex scenes were vital to the story. Aidan Turner Was Happy To Be Thought of for the 'Rivals' Role of Declan O'Hara Collider: When this came your way, how much did you know about what it would be? Did you get to read all the scripts? AIDAN TURNER: You want to, but no is the answer. Some of the other actors had read Jilly Cooper’s book and were quite aware of who she is and tonally what kind of books she’s written and writes. I wasn’t so much. I knew the greater picture of Jilly Cooper and roughly what genre her books fall into, but I hadn’t read any before, so it was all new to me. I just met with Dominic Treadwell-Collins, our showrunner, Laura Wade, one of our writers, and Elliot Hegarty, our first director, for lunch before I had read anything, and we just talked about i
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