The Strolling Lifeless: Lifeless Metropolis‘s sophomore spherical is off to an electrifying begin. AMC’s spinoff of the zombie franchise has arrange a brand new battle, going down in Higher Manhattan, between New Babylon and the bloodthirsty gangs left combating for room within the concrete jungle. What are they combating for? The facility to manage the methane operation that’s robust sufficient to mild up Radio Metropolis Musical Corridor once more.
On one aspect, there’s newly-promoted Colonel Perlie Armstrong (Gaius Charles), not-so-friendly new face Main Lucia Narvaez (Orange Is the New Black‘s Dascha Polanco), and a reluctant Maggie (Lauren Cohan). On the opposite aspect, there’s the Dama (Lisa Emery) and the also-reluctant Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who has been tasked by the previous with uniting Manhattan’s gangs into a military to defeat New Babylon. On the high of the record of baddies Negan has to woo is Kim Coates‘ (Sons of Anarchy) brutal underworld chief, Bruegel. Fortunately, Bruegel is fairly dazzled by what he’s seen the methane achieve this far.
“When Bruegel walks out of that church [in the season premiere] and sees the Radio Metropolis Music Corridor lights begin popping on — that’s the ability of methane,” explains Coates, whereas chatting within the TV Insider workplaces alongside costars Polanco and Charles. “Once you’re coping with these zombies in every single place, you’re pulling at strings for one thing to get energy over them. … [Seeing those lights on is] a thrust, definitely for Bruegel, and it turns into a thrust for the Croat [Željko Ivanek], for positive, and the Dama.”
It’s additionally a motivational thrust for the New Babylon forces, who’re presently attempting to make their means again into Manhattan. “For Armstrong, the methane is absolutely concerning the hope of bringing the world again,” says Charles, “Which I believe is necessary for the story, as a result of there needs to be some sliver of hope that we will lastly get again to the place we had been, get one thing nearer to the outdated world, or else, why battle so onerous for it and in opposition to one another?”
Whereas Armstrong desires up a greater future, he’s additionally protecting an enormous secret in test. “Armstrong is [trying to] keep one step forward of Narvaez and all people else, as a result of he instructed this large lie — that he killed Negan — however the entire sudden we’re going again into New York,” says Charles.
One thing tells us that Narvaez gained’t be too joyful about Armstrong’s deception in the event that they cross paths with the bat-wielding ex-Saviors chief. However for the second, Polanco says, her focus stays on the duty at hand. “Methane is the foreign money,” says Polanco. “Both you attempt otherwise you die attempting. Alongside the best way, these that may survive will and people that won’t — she’s not scared to eliminate them.”
Try the complete video interview with Charles, Polanco and Coates above.
The Strolling Lifeless: Lifeless Metropolis, Season 2, Sundays, 9/8c, AMC and AMC+