ABC’s Will Trent was the shock hit of the 2022/2023 TV season, ending because the community’s third most-watched present with its distinctive perception into procedurals. Following the titular Will, dyslexic Georgia Bureau Of Investigation officer (performed by Ramon Rodriguez) who grew up within the foster system, refuses to ever course of his trauma, and has a loaded however lovely friendship with Atlanta police officer Angie Polaski (Erika Christensen) — who additionally grew up within the system with Will — it has a very good humorousness that balances out the darkish emergencies the staff confronted every week.
That’s one thing Ramon and Erika each hope continues into season two, which premieres on ABC on February 20, 2024 at 10/9c.
“That is the factor the present does very well, truthfully,” Ramon tells HELLO! for our Highlight cowl. “There’s actually heavy emotional stuff after which at different occasions it is foolish, ridiculous enjoyable. When the entire band will get collectively, it is numerous wrangling – and now we have numerous that arising within the first few episodes of season two, which is very nice.”
© HELLO!Season one ended with a significant cliffhanger, as Will found the reality about his late mom and it was revealed that he had a substitute mom wanting over him all alongside in boss Amanda Wagner (Sonja Sohn) who had at all times needed to undertake him.
Angie, in the meantime, had determined to finish her on-and-off-again romance with Will for good, however in a merciless twist of occasions, she was overwhelmed by serial killer James Ulster (Greg Germann) and Will was being advised she could also be paralyzed.
Right here, Ramon and Erika dive into id, discovered household and simply how they preserve issues mild on set. Trace: it entails a canine.
© Ramona RosalesSeason one ended with Will discovering the reality about his mother, how will that proceed to play out in season two?
Ramon: Will lastly obtained some understanding of his id, and a few fairly massive vital puzzle items of his life had been stuffed in. However after we wrapped season one, I requested: ‘What does that do for season two?’
I am fascinated by id, and for somebody like Will, there’s a lot of himself that he would not know. But that technique of self discovery and selecting to look into his historical past life is perhaps good or it is perhaps terrible, so how does that impression any individual psychologically? On the high of season two, he is begun to scrape somewhat bit at his heritage as he learns Spanish to be tied to his mother – and I adore it after we see him weak and awkward. But it surely may additionally set off another issues, and I feel we’re making an attempt to proceed down that path this season and see the place that takes us.
© Daniel Delgado Jr.For Angie there was an enormous damage that left her future up within the air, the place will we meet her when season two opens?
Erika: We will see the outcomes of that assault and people accidents. However Angie is a fighter, somebody that actually must work so as to preserve her sanity and to really feel a way of self-worth and goal, so whereas on the outset of season two she just isn’t working and is bodily recovering, she’s undoubtedly received her sights set on getting again on the staff.
© Crystal EnergyAngie and May have an extended historical past that is bonded them however can also be difficult, as actors how did you method constructing this connection early on?
Erika: We had 15 or 16 years of being associates so there was a layer of belief that we mechanically began with. There was a romantic scene within the pilot the place they’re making out – and now we have intimacy coordinators, which is so fantastic – however I bear in mind considering, ‘We will be high quality,’ as a result of we all know one another, we belief one another.
© Matt MillerRamon: There isn’t any doubt it helps if you’ve identified somebody for a very long time. All of us knew what this relationship and this historical past was, so it was a query of, ‘How do you make that really feel sincere?’
One among Angie’s first strains is, ‘I’ve seen your scars.’ How lovely and fantastic. And all of that with the complexity of getting a canine subsequent to us…
Belle (the Chihuahua who performs Will’s pet canine Betty) should assist to maintain issues mild on set….
Erika: The best way that we fawn over Belle!
Ramon: That is the factor the present does very well, truthfully. There’s actually heavy emotional stuff after which at different occasions it is foolish, ridiculous enjoyable. When the entire band will get collectively, it is numerous wrangling – however now we have numerous that arising within the first few episodes of season two, which is very nice.
© Crystal EnergyWill season two lead us in direction of larger alternatives for the forged to all be collectively?
Ramon: Sure and no, it is a steadiness of delving deeper into particular person storylines and in addition bringing the gang collectively. Episode 5 is de facto the primary massive ‘get the band collectively’ episode. However we’ll actually get into a few of these backstories.
What was it about Will and Angie you each liked that drew you to the roles?
Erika: I believed them, and I heard their voices. That they had this entire shared expertise all through their lives, and so they had channelled their experiences – which had been clearly very traumatic at younger ages – into a really empathetic and caring life.
They had been each coping with it in their very own methods, however I revered them and thought their relationship was one thing that we’re not aware of seeing on TV; the best way that they actually actually love one another after which in addition they actually set off one another.
© Artwork StreiberRamon: There was undoubtedly one thing to the concept Erika talked about of two folks that have skilled a few of the darkest issues, and witnessed it with one another, however nonetheless are there for one another. They have been to hell and again and to see them as adults making an attempt to navigate all of that – and being romantic and what comes with that – was so loaded and attention-grabbing and compelling.
Will was somebody who I understood fairly shortly as an individual that doesn’t share with many individuals due to what he is been via. He wears every kind of armor however this is this one individual [Angie] that is aware of all the things about him, and that’s lovely and beautiful, to have somebody you can rely on, the best way these two rely on one another.
But it surely additionally has a flip aspect to it, which units up for me an attention-grabbing story, as a result of they set off one another but it’s also possible to root for them.
What would you prefer to see from these characters because the season performs out?
Erika: Closure, or a clearer path for the; if they’d some sort of readability… However I do not need that for the sake of tv, notably as a result of the limbo that they are in is what retains us hooked.
Ramon: We speak about this so much after we’re speaking in regards to the story; unhealthy relationships make for attention-grabbing, compelling TV and that is an unhealthy state of affairs between them. For Will although, sooner or later, he is received to face some of these things and the way that occurs… it will not be buttoned up completely. However it might be attention-grabbing for him to begin to acquire a way of self and uncover who he’s and discover different methods to deal with and navigate issues.
And it is not simply Angie and Will – even Will and Religion’s friendship has been a gradual burn however they’re lastly getting nearer which feels good as a result of it feels earned, it did not occur in two episodes, in order that’s been enjoyable to look at that evolution.
Erika: And it is attention-grabbing that for Angie, they gave her the being pregnant scare and he or she was in the end relieved that they weren’t about to grow to be mother and father, however in season one there have been the teenage women she was serving to who had been being trafficked, so there’s some model of a maternal intuition in her though she has her guard up, emotionally, and that’s in my thoughts going into season two.
Ramon: However what you need that’s good on your character may not be nice for tv, so I’ve my very own private concepts…perhaps I ought to speak to the author’s room and pitch what concepts I’ve!
