Good news for all who were hooked on Broadchurch earlier this year – Olivia Colman has signed up for the second series.
The actress, who was widely expected to return, has confirmed in a new interview that she has agreed to reprise her role as Ellie Miller – though fans have a long, long wait before the next series.
Asked by Digital Spy if the deal was sealed, she said: “Yes. I think so. I think everyone knows that. Right? Yes.
“I’ve said yes anyway. They might not write me in it.”
The only teaser she was able to drop was: “It’s good.”
She also said she has found the surge in interest in her “scary”, and not necessarily for positive reasons.
She said of the shift: “[It’s] quite scary. Different and scary. And not necessarily in a good way.
“Everyone said you must now be inundated with work. I think in reality everyone says, ‘She must be really busy, let’s not bother sending her the script’. So things haven’t really changed in terms of the work coming in.”
She also admitted that Broadchurch made her stop using public transport, because of the amount of viewers who demanded answers.
“I’ve done lots of jobs, where I thought it was great and I hoped that people liked it, but nothing that has gone nuts like that before,” she said. “I was pleased that people liked it as much as I did, but that many people liking it, was a bit weird.
“It’s quite hard to get used to. I ended up not getting on the bus and train because I just couldn’t handle people wanting to know who did it and only being able to reply, ‘I’m not allowed to say!'”
Source: entertainmentwise.com – Olivia Colman confirms she’s signed up for Broadchurch 2
