Mayfair Witches is “embracing the magic” in Season 2. Premiering Sunday, January 5 at 9/8c on AMC, the second season of the Immortal Universe drama will present Alexandra Daddario‘s Rowan Fielding at her strongest after birthing Lasher’s (Jack Huston) human kind.
On this TV Insider unique first look into the brand new episodes, Daddario, Huston, showrunner Esta Spalding, Tongayi Chirisa, and extra stars take followers behind the scenes to preview what’s altering on this leveled-up season. The video above additionally provides extra seems to be at Thora Birch and Ted Levine as Gifford and Julien Mayfair, two new characters this season pulled straight from Anne Rice’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches ebook Lasher, in addition to new Talamasca brokers.
The Mayfair household withheld details about the prophecy of the thirteenth Mayfair witch, Rowan, in Season 1. She spent all of final season attempting to withstand Lasher’s temptations, however their supernatural flip within the sheets within the finale led to an sudden, magical being pregnant and the delivery of Lasher’s human kind. He’ll develop rapidly in Season 2’s first episode. As Spalding instructed TV Insider at New York Comedian Con, Lasher will develop from youngster to grownup (aka Huston’s kind) by the top of the Season 2 premiere.
“Rowan is inexorably tied to Lasher,” Daddario says above. However she’s in a twisted dynamic with this former spirit who was as soon as her lover however now could be technically her son (that’s Rice writing for you!). Rowan has to resolve how a lot of the ability Lasher provides her she needs to make use of and to what finish. She’s additionally attempting to find out if “she’s a human or a witch,” Spalding says.
Lasher has a complete new vitality to him in human kind. He’s attempting to recall issues from his previous, and as Huston says above, “You’re by no means certain if he’s a villain or a hero.” Rowan’s uncle, Cortland Mayfair (Harry Hamlin), was revealed to even be her father in Season 1. Rowan trapped him in stone as punishment for what he did to her mom, Deirdre (Annabeth Gish), however she’ll should free him from the spell to get solutions about Lasher.
Sip (Chirisa), in the meantime, is revealed above to be attempting to maneuver up the ladder on the Talamasca. “He hasn’t actually had the chance to see how far he can go,” Chirisa says.
Get a deep dive into the motion forward within the full video above.
Mayfair Witches, Season 2 Premiere, Sunday, January 5, 9/8c, AMC, Streaming on AMC+