The Recruit is gearing up for its Season 2 premiere on Netflix simply over two years after it debuted, and Noah Centineo‘s Owen Hendricks is tackling a brand new journey in Seoul.
The drama from The Rookie‘s Alexi Hawley sees the CIA lawyer pulled right into a life-threatening espionage state of affairs throughout which he collides with Jang Kyun Kim (new addition Teo Yoo) in Korea. What that mission will entail is for followers to search out out when the collection picks again up. Till then, Centineo and Yoo are teasing the raised stakes of Season 2.
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“There’s far more motion on this season,” Centineo teases. “Owen’s discovering himself combating much more, getting thrown over issues far more typically.” As viewers will recall, Owen was swept up in a whirlwind journey with an asset who had been flagged in his graymail assignments in Season 1. However he’ll be tackling an entire new case this time round.
As Centineo places it, “It’s like Season 1 however pumped up on a number of adrenaline and really excessive octane… Within the first season, [Owen] was simply getting the s**t kicked out of him. If Owen’s taking punches left and proper in Season 1, he begins to offer them again in Season 2, and I believe that’s thrilling and funky and you’ll watch him mature as a personality.”
Relating to Yoo and his extra mysterious character Jang Kyun, Centineo teases that he “blows the doorways open on our present and actually simply provides a lot.” Of his “unbelievable scene associate,” Centineo says, “It match very nice.”
Yoo can’t reveal an excessive amount of about his initially antagonistic character, as he shares with TV Insider, “I can’t inform you that a lot, solely [that he’s] able to sacrifice all the things that he believes in and stands for and what he loves.”
“And he might sound an antagonist at first as a result of Owen doesn’t know the place my character stands, however ultimately, I believe we sort of assist one another,” Yoo provides.
Centineo echoes his costar’s sentiments: “It’s a really adversarial relationship and dynamic, however then it sort of grows out of that into this, we have to work collectively or else we’re each gonna die,” sort of relationship.
Don’t miss Owen’s newest case and new team-up when The Recruit returns, and keep tuned for extra protection because the episodes drop on Netflix.
The Recruit, Season 2 Premiere, Thursday, January 30, Netflix