Like followers, Damian Hardung is happy for season 2 of Maxton Corridor: The World Between Us — however filming did not come with out its challenges.
The actor, 26, revealed that the highly-anticipated installment of the Prime Video sequence is darker than the primary and confessed that the filming course of took a toll throughout a latest look on the Short Take podcast.
“I simply did the ADR for it and the second season is admittedly darkish and [there’s] plenty of grief and trauma in my character,” Hardung, who performs James Beaufort, defined.
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“I had a extremely robust time taking pictures that, it actually pushed me to a degree the place I’m like, ‘I don’t know if that’s wholesome anymore.’ So, I’m actually desirous to see how that performed out on display,” he added.
Although he often has constructive experiences on set, Hardung stated he struggled to search out his typical optimism whereas engaged on season 2.
“I’ve the privilege of getting the angle of having fun with a lot of the stuff I find yourself doing, [of having] that lightheartedness, which went away a bit taking pictures James within the second season,” he continued. “I actually tried to get again to that as a result of that’s one thing very near me.”
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Tailored from German creator Mona Kasten’s trilogy, Save Me, Save You and Save Us, Maxton Corridor follows Ruby Bell (Harriet Herbig-Matten), a decided scholar at a prestigious boarding faculty, Maxton Corridor, with aspirations to attend Oxford.
As Ruby navigates the educational panorama amongst her rich friends, she finds herself in an unlikely romance with James Beaufort (Hardung), inheritor to his household’s fortune.
Regardless of makes an attempt to disregard a rising spark, the 2 develop a nurturing romance as they bond over private challenges and household secrets and techniques. Season one concluded with James grieving his mom’s sudden loss of life after which discovering himself an outsider (actually) of Ruby’s seemingly pleased life with out him.
In September 2024, Hardung mirrored on the whirlwind second season in an Instagram publish.
“For the reason that first season got here out, all of it feels a bit surreal at occasions,” he started within the caption. “Portraying James this summer season has been the most important privilege, but additionally the most important problem I’ve ever had on this usually bizarre job.”
After thanking followers for his or her assist and type messages, the actor admitted it felt surreal to not return to set as James, however teased that he was “beginning one other journey tomorrow,”
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Season 1 of Maxton Corridor – The World Between Us could be streamed on Prime Video.
