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Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
'The Buccaneers' Season 2 stars reflect on a painful finale — 'I hope all the girls become one again'
Warning: Spoilers for "The Buccaneer" Season 2 The Buccaneers Season 2 has come to an end with a masquerade ball that resulted in Theo (Guy Remmers) renouncing his title as Duke of Tintagel, so he can divorce Nan (Kristine Frøseth) and be with Lizzy (Aubri Ibrag). But Nan is pregnant, and Theo doesn't know, but she tells Lizzy before she runs off, leaving Lizzy with the burden of that secret as she (possibly) moves forward with a relationship with Theo. It's a lot to unpack as we start thinking about what a possible Season 3 of the Apple TV+ series could look like. While the show has been quite centred around this sisterhood between friends, it's interesting to think about what could happen now that Lizzy and Nan's friendship has been severed. "Obviously our show is all about female friendship and it's quite heartbreaking that at the end, ... we're not all necessarily on the best terms," Aubri Ibrag told Yahoo Canada. "I hope all the girls become one again." "I want to see them like in Saratoga when they're not trying to pursue husbands, not trying to do this or that, when they're just gals living their life. Running around in their underwear, or bloomers. ... I think that they've come so far from that in this season because of all the complications of trying to marry husbands and find love and other things that happen." But the season finale is also an extension of Theo making a decision for himself, being freed from the responsibility of his title, which we first got a glimpse of earlier in the season in a small moment where he's just dancing in his room, alone, escaping the tension and stress in his life. "For most of Season 1 and the majority of Season 2, he is in a state of of tension and stress and uncertainty, and it's a really beautiful moment where ... I don't think he's thinking about anything, he's just feeling," Guy Remmers said. "And I think, for his whole life he's been brought up in a household of suppression and suppressing feelings and buttoning things up and shoving things under the carpet. And I think that's the first moment in his life where he's just feeling, completely feeling." 'We've fought really hard to be heard' This all speaks to a larger trend in Season 2 of The Buccaneers where many characters find their power and their voice. While for Nan that was largely connected to her position as Duchess this season, it was incredibly satisfying to see her mother, Patricia "Patti" (Christina Hendricks), find that in the penultimate episode of the season during her divorce proceedings. Patti faces absolutely disgusting misogyny by attorneys, as she's berated with questions about her intimate relationship with her husband Tracy (Adam James), but she stays strong. And things really take a turn when her sister Nell (Leighton Meester) decides to testify, revealing that Nan is her biological daughter, proving Tracy's infidelity. "I think that's been the fear for so many women, to speak out and up about things that have happened to them, that the legal system can be so cruel and condemning and blaming towards women, and I think people understand that now," Christina Hendricks said. "I think that we've fought really hard to be heard." "I think one thing that was sort of strange for me is that, what would be the most humiliating thing for someone to bring out about you in court, for Patti it's talking about the fact that she might have sex with him every day, and that she might instigate it, and it's sort of so scandalous, well for me, Christina, that's not that scandalous. I'm like, I'm adorable. I sit on his lap. We have sex every day. Like to me, that would be a compliment. ... So you have to sort of retrain your mind about what would be that significant to you, and sort of explore what public humiliation feels like, and looking at it at that time." Lasting wound from Season 2 But leaving a lasting impact on The Buccaneers is one character we lost this season. After seeing Lord James Seadown (Barney Fishwick) repeatedly abuse Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse), in her attempt to escape his captivity Seadown ends up killing his own brother, Richard (Josh Dylan). "It was very intense, because it was like almost the first day we'd filmed together, but also the last, and there was a sadness in that," Barney Fishwick said about filming that moment of the season. "And there's a genuine affection that we have for each other, which I think plays out." "And I think that our relationship is quite brotherly anyway, so it's got that kind of feel of, heartbreak's a good word, because there is love there, and it is a tragedy." That moment is immediately followed by the most devastating scene of the season, where Jinny has to tell Conchita (Alisha Boe) that, in trying to save her, Conchita's husband was killed. "Obviously the shock is that Richard's been shot, but the trauma is telling Conchita" writer and executive producer, Katherine Jakeways, said. "It's not only Conchita's reaction, but just in the background, you're seeing Honoria, you're seeing Lady Brightlingsea, who is a brittle character, who never reacts to anything and you can see, even though there's music playing so you can't hear it, but you can see that she's saying, 'That's not true.' ... We really wanted to capture the reaction of the women, basically, after that terrible event." Now with the ending of the season, we can't help but hope that, after this group of women have faced so much trauma, that they can all reunite, rising above the drama of trying to find their respective romantic partners.
Forbes
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Kristine Frøseth And Christina Hendricks On ‘The Buccaneers' Season 2 Finale And That Cliffhanger: ‘Nan Is Getting Back To Herself'
If there is one thing The Buccaneers will do, it's emphasize the bond between women whether it is through friendship, romance or mother-daughter relationships. While Nan (Kristine Frøseth) and Mrs. St George have had their share of arguments (especially since Nan found out she was adopted), in season 2, their story arc becomes even more prominent. The final episode ends on Nan, who recently found out she was pregnant and that Theo was the father, running away from Tintagel, while her friends look for her everywhere. 'I think the ending for me was really important,' Frøseth told me over Zoom. She added: 'Nan is getting back to herself, finding herself and refusing to stick on the traditional route and trying to unravel all the things that have impulsively and quickly happened to her.' Leighton Meester also joined the cast of season 2, and she portrays Nell, Mrs. St George's sister and Nan's biological mother, which will obviously cause some turmoil for the St George's. In the meantime, Mrs. St George has to deal with the infidelities, lies and humiliation her husband put her through and finally asks for a divorce. This decision will also bring Hendrick's character and Nan closer. The latter now also sees Mrs. not only as her mother, but simply as a woman, and everything that it implies at that time period. Hendricks said, 'To me, the divorce storyline was incredibly important to show the strength of the character at that time, it was a very radical decision she was making, but also a modern take on the experience. I think it was important to blend the horror of going through this publicly in the 1870s, but also to show that it's still so difficult in the way that women get treated, questioned and without a fight, their outcome can't be different. And after several hundred years, we're still fighting, but we changed the outcome and I think it's important for the audience.' The Buccaneers showcases some incredibly beautiful landscapes as the show if filmed in between Scotland and Croatia this season. I asked Hendricks which set had the biggest impact on her performance this season. She said, 'Most of my work was in a courtroom this season, which was filled with people and a little bit claustrophobic. It felt like all these people were sort of on top of me, and so when you ask which location was influential on your performance, there is something a bit suffocating that was important and helpful, that contributed to the pressure she was feeling.' As for the costumes, The Buccaneers really adds more modern and punk elements in season 2. From a black and white ball to a fairytale party, this season showcases some drastic changes that reflect the evolution of each character. I asked Frøseth which costume influenced her performance the most, and how it translated into Nan's narrative arc this season. She said, 'In the very beginning, we stay with the very traditional route, because Theo's mother tells me how to dress, and I think that's quite clear, in the first episodes. And then slowly but surely, Nan starts to find her own version of how she wants to represent herself. It begins with a big statement with this red gown she's wearing to a black and white gala. And then further, my favorite piece is in episode 8, when she wears the goth version of her wedding dress. And I think that really sums everything up, that one piece.' In this second season, friendships are very much tested, particularly Nan and Lizzie's friendship. If this unshakable, brave group of young women seems to be in troubled water for now, it seems like the on-screen friendships have crossed the screen and resulted in great in real-life friendships. In the show, these friends know they can count on each other and overcome their disagreements to support one another and speak up for themselves, in a society that is very much trying to restrict them and redefine them as much as possible. I asked Hendricks if during her impressive career, there was a time she felt she could truly stand up for herself, and had someone to support her in an industry that can be both overwhelming and lonely. Hendricks said, 'For me personally, I think it's something I had lo learn by myself bit by bit to get to a certain place, and I certainly think it's been career-driven for me. Maybe it was not given myself enough credit earlier on in my career, about my contribution to a project and how important I am to a project and, letting people tell me that I wasn't.' She added: 'Over the years, I think I've learned that I am a very important contribution to each production that I am in, and that my voice should be heard and that it will be heard. It's taken me a little time to get there, and I learn a little bit more each time, but I think it's about understanding my worth.'
Forbes
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
The Cast Of ‘The Buccaneers' Talks Love Triangles And New Characters
The season finale of The Buccaneers is now out on Apple TV+ and once again, this second season ends on many cliffhangers that will surely left fans eager for a third season. One of the main arcs of the show has always been the love triangle between Nan (Kristine Frøseth), Theo (Guy Remmers) and Guy (Matthew Broome). However, if Nan's heart is set on Guy, things won't be so easy for the Duchess of Tintagel, especially now that she knows that her best friend, Lizzie (Aubri Ibrag), and Theo are in love. But Lizzie also had her own new love triangle this season. She was supposed to marry Hector (Jacob Ifan), however, she breaks it off the day of her wedding, after Theo's declaration. During an interview over Zoom, Ibrag said, ''I didn't expect it at all, it was a curveball, but it was incredible to have that experience. It makes sense because Theo and Lizzie, who have both been wounded, they see a lot of the pain and a familiarity in each other.'' Theo's speech before Lizzie's wedding is truly what made her realize that she couldn't marry someone she didn't love, not because Theo told her to choose him, but because he told her to choose herself and her own happiness over any man. On this true declaration of love, Remmers said, ''I love that monologue, he's running and he has to get to the wedding, and you just think he's gonna say, ''Marry me!'' But I love that moment when he's like, he doesn't want Lizzie to fall into the same trap that he did, and in that moment he puts his feelings aside and he just says ''I want you to know that this is what I went through and I don't want you to go through the same thing.'' Ibrag added: ''Also being a duke and knowing you can't divorce, Theo knows he can't offer Lizzie the safety and the love that she deserves, so it came from a place of love. I was in tears that whole time, the way he was delivering it.'' Ibrag also mentioned that the shooting of this scene was rushed as they were running out of time, but that it only added to the gravity and intensity of the scene. Hector has ambition, he's a politician who wants to establish new reforms that would help disadvantaged areas and school funding. While there's not doubt that he does have feelings for Lizzie, his pride is wounded when she turns him down, and we see a clear shift in Hector's personality. I asked Ifan how he analyzed the changes in his character when he first read the script and if felt that at some point, Hector might do something that might change completely the audience's opinion on his character. He said, ''Maybe this is my personal opinion but to be a politician, it has to be an element of your personality that you have to be super driven and very ambitious. There is always that attraction to power, it's a strange dynamic, although what I loved about Hector is that it is a rare thing when you see a politician who genuinely intends to do good, like you said, lots of social causes.'' He added: ''He has an interesting relationship with Nan in terms of trying to amplify her voice, make changes within parliament, but when it comes to love, that's where he's not very well versed and I think actually, he's not used to rejection, not used to loosing, and I think that when it happens, there's inevitably a stern shift and his ego is really bruised.'' As mentioned before, the final episode ends on so many plot twists, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. However, what the show is and has always been about, is the friendship of this group of young women, trying to navigate society's expectations and the pressure they have to endure in order to become what respectable young women should be at that time. Nan and Lizzie's friendship is very much in jeopardy and if it is clear that Nan doesn't love Theo and would rather get a divorce, she now has to face one more responsibility: she is pregnant and Theo is the father. When in a turn of events, Theo abdicates from his position as Duke of Tintagel, and would therefore be divorcing Nan to be with Lizzie, Nan runs away to protect her baby, who would be the heir of Tintagel. While speaking with Aubrag, I asked her what her reaction was when she found out that Lizzie and Nan's friendship would be put at risk, from an actor's point of view, who truly care about these characters. She said, ''I think Lizzie is a good person at heart, because even with the complexity and nature of Nan and Theo's relationship, I think Lizzie deep down thought that maybe Theo deserved someone who loved him for who he truly is. And I think Nan made it very clear that she didn't. Her heart was more with Guy.'' She added: ''So of course, you felt the guilt and everything, but when Nan goes to Italy, that was confirmation for Lizzie that 'Ok, this man is available, and I have all of these feelings for him.' So she couldn't help it. She got in that carriage and was like 'Girl, I'm just gonna do me!'. The Buccaneers season 2 is now available on Apple TV+
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘The Buccaneers' Star Kristine Frøseth On Nan's Relationship Status At The End Of Season 2's Finale: 'I Think She Makes The Right Choice'
SPOILER ALERT: The Buccaneers. The Buccaneers star Kristine Frøseth is proud of Nan for choosing herself in the Season 2 finale following some twists and turns at the masquerade ball. More from Deadline 'The Buccaneers' Creators Unpack Season 2 Finale From Nan's 'Carte Blanche' To Season 3 Hopes: 'There's So Much Unraveling To Do' 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Star Kristine Frøseth And Creators On 'Sweet' Episode 7 'Lover' Needle Drop: 'The Time For Taylor Swift Had Come' 'The Crown' Star Tobias Menzies, Yumi Asō, Reece Shearsmith & Andrene Ward-Hammond Board Apple TV+ Series 'Prodigies' Opposite Ayo Edebiri & Will Sharpe This choice set Season 2's ending apart from that of Season 1, in which Nan chose to marry Theo (Guy Remmers), Duke of Tintagel, in order to protect her sister Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse) from her abusive husband, James Seadown (Barney Fishwick). In other ways, though, the ending mirrors how Jinny escaped with Nan running away into the fog with a relieved look on her face. 'I think she makes the right choice at the end of Episode 8 by doing what she does, which is basically leave. She has this whole new responsibility. The priorities are different,' Frøseth told Deadline. 'Up until this point, there's been so many bombs thrown at her, and she's had to prioritize so many other things than herself. Now she's making a choice to choose herself.' Despite Guy's (Matthew Broome) profession of love for her in right as the clock struck midnight at the ball, Nan plans to stick with Theo and retain her Duchess of Tintagel title. This plan — which includes Nan revealing she is pregnant with Theo's baby as the midnight announcement at the ball — quickly goes awry when Theo decides to beat her to the speech and renounce his title. This complicates things for Nan. 'There's love for Guy, and there's love for Theo, and both of those relationships have been super complicated, given the circumstances, but I just think it's not the right time,' the actress added. 'Me, Kristine, I don't think she should be in a relationship.' On top of learning that Guy has married Paloma (Grace Ambrose), Nan discovered that the owner of the earring she found at Tintagel is Lizzy (Aubri Ibrag) in Episode 7, and she put the pieces together that Theo and Lizzy have slept together. To signal in the words of the finale title that 'She Knows,' Nan mails the single earring to Lizzy with her invitation to the ball. Frøseth's co-star Christina Hendricks pointed out that Nan had done some 'heavy forgivin'' in this same interview, which also included Leighton Meester. 'I'm forgiving left and right,' Frøseth agreed. 'I'm like 'You do this.' 'I'm cool with that.' She's very understanding, Nan.' Nan revealed to Lizzy that she didn't tell the newspapers about Lizzy and Theo's affair, and the pair reconciled after a fight in the beginning of the finale. Nan also told Lizzy that she is pregnant with Theo's baby, the would-be heir of Tintagel, before she ran away, begging her friend not to tell Theo, who abdicated so that he could be with the eldest Elmsworth sister. Lizzy was the second person close to Nan to find out after Patricia St. George (Hendricks), who helped Nan think up the announcement plan. Though Nan gained a mother in Nell in Episode 7, her bond with Patti will never fade, as evidenced by her responding to Nell's letter summoning her to Tintagel. 'Regarding why I don't come to [Nell], I think it's just because we're still getting to know each other. There's not that much time that passes in between me, Nan, finding out who [Nell is] in relation to me, and then further where [her] character goes, and the complications [of Nell's pregnancy],' Frøseth said. 'There's new tension to come. It's so fresh. The wounds are still open and we've been through a lot, and we continue to go through a lot, but we've healed a little bit more.' RELATED: { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 1, }, pmcCnx: { singleAutoPlay: 'auto' } } }, playerId: "32fe25c4-79aa-406a-af44-69b41e969e71", mediaId: "5b813f56-c908-4e1e-8a90-b7790385c354", }).render("connatix_player_5b813f56-c908-4e1e-8a90-b7790385c354_1"); }); Best of Deadline 'Wednesday' Season 2 Soundtrack: All The Songs In Part 1 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Soundtrack: From Griff To Sabrina Carpenter 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Emmys, Oscars, Grammys & More
The Sun
13-07-2025
- The Sun
New twist in mystery of ‘UNICORN' skull found near King Arthur's castle as officials warn it was removed ILLEGALLY
A 'UNICORN' skull found near King Arthur's castle was removed illegally, officials warned. The Sun told how the mysterious fake object was spotted by Canadian tourist John Goodwin, 46, in Cornwall last weekend. 2 But now it has emerged the skull was taken from a Site of Specific Scientific Interest — at St Nectan's Glen in Tintagel. Anyone removing items from an SSSI can be fined or imprisoned. Zooarchaeologists from Historic England last night said the skull belonged to a horse — but it had a cow's horn attached. It said: 'It does look very well made.' John traded it for beer at a pub and is now on holiday in Greece before flying home. A barman at the Stonehenge Inn, Wilts, is looking after the skull. The manager said: 'He took it home, it was freaking me out here. 'I'm sure he'll happily to return it." Mysterious 'UNICORN' skull found near King Arthur's castle 2
