Nicole da Silva couldn’t say sure shortly sufficient when the decision got here to hitch the second season of Australia drama Love Me.
“Season one set such a beautiful tone and it’s such a wonderfully-made show,” she says.
“So, when I got the call, I was just like, ‘Yes, sign me up, I’ll do anything and everything, please’.
“Yes, I was thrilled, just thrilled to join the cast.”
The former Wentworth star is one in all three new solid members becoming a member of the six episode, second collection of the Binge Australian authentic drama. Kim Gyngell’s Richard who briefly appeared within the last episode will now be an everyday character, and Eryn Jean Norvill joins as Julia, the ex spouse of first season character Peter (Bob Morley).
The collection, which was essentially the most nominated drama eventually yr’s Logie Awards, is an exploration of recent love by completely different Mathieson relations at three distinct instances of life.
Hugo Weaving returns as Glenn, the patriarch experiencing new love in his 60s. Bojana Novakovic, the extremely profitable, but difficult Clara.
And William Lodder, is Aaron, dealing with the complexities of affection, and new fatherhood.
As effectively as Morley, all the authentic ensemble is again – Silver Logie award-winning Heather Mitchell as Anita; Celia Pacquola as Sacha; Shalom Brune-Franklin as Ella; and Mitzi Ruhlmann as Jesse.
“Everyone on that show is at the peak of their game, so to come and play was really fantastic,” Da Silva says.
“It’s such a beautiful crew and creative team as well. They all do such a great job of creating this exploration of grief and intimacy.”
Da Silva’s character Amy is starting-out younger lawyer Aaron’s boss. She’s barely adjoining to the regulation agency, in mergers and acquisitions.
“Amy swims against the grain of everything that world represents which was one of the things that really appealed to me about her,” she says. “She cuts through all the business posturing. And she’s got quite a sense of gallows humour. That’s where her and Aaron are quite good accomplices.”
While there appears to be hints of a sophisticated on-screen romance between the pair, Da Silva’s lips are firmly sealed.
“I’ve received that many emails saying ‘don’t give anything away about the storyline’,” she laughs.
“So, look, you may – or may not – be right.
“I can say that their friendship does develop over the course of season and they find each other at a very particular time in both their lives.
“Amy’s struggling in an unsatisfying marriage. She’s at the peak of their job and there’s nowhere else to go in that respect. She becomes a great foil to Aaron’s melancholy.”
Da Silva rose to fame on police drama collection Rush, and cemented that with long-running roles as Franky Doyle on Wentworth and Charlie Knight on Doctor Doctor. While she hasn’t been seen a lot on native screens not too long ago, this yr her dance card is quite full.
The musical drama movie Carmen – she filmed with Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera within the US a few years again – is about to premiere in The States subsequent month. She’s additionally at present filming One Night with Orange is the New Black’s Yael Stone and Dr Who’s Jodie Whittaker.
“It’s either a feast or a famine as an actor,” Da Silva says, with fun.
“It’s really that funny thing that you can go for what feels like eons without you know more than a peep and then all of a sudden everything starts to fall into place again.
“So I feel very, very lucky at the moment.”
She has additionally simply shaped her personal manufacturing firm – Four One One – along with her former Wentworth co-star and real-life greatest pal Danielle Cormack. The pair bonded after they auditioned for the Foxtel jail drama 10 years in the past – and ended up starring as rival “top dogs” Doyle and Bea Smith. One undertaking – theatre present Who’s Afraid opened at Sydney’s Belvoir St Theatre – final yr, with many different concepts effervescent away.
“We wanted to tell stories that are of interest to us and – that we believe are – of interest to the Australian public,” Da Silva says.
“We’ve had our heads down chipping away at it for years and it’s only now that it’s looking like it’s coming to fruition.
“It’s really interesting how it takes years and you chip away at one project, and then that’ll get benched for another one. And then you’re working on that, and then you have to come back to the original one.
“So it’s kind of this thing of we just keep chipping away, chipping away – and, you know, at some point things start to land, which is great.”
Love Me, April 6, Binge
Originally printed as Meet the brand new solid members of ‘Love Me’ season 2 on Binge
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
