Chris, clearly Paul is in a special head area from after we first met him in season 1. How did you put together to get into the mindset of Paul once more, given the whole lot that occurred in season 1 and within the lead as much as what he goes by means of in season 2?

Chalk: I feel as soon as we began to get to know [the new “Perry Mason” showrunners Jack Amiel and Michael Begler] and get their concepts of the season coming in, that is what ready me to take care of what was coming to Paul. I had my concepts — and additional time to consider it due to the pandemic earlier than we got here again — of what I believed I needed Paul to undergo. Including that to Jack and Michael’s imaginative and prescient positively took steps as a result of we’re all simply attending to know one another and getting to listen to one another’s voices. I am making an attempt to squeeze my concept, they’re squeezing their concept. So as soon as it turned clear that all of us agreed that Paul could be utterly shattered, then it was a win it doesn’t matter what they introduced. And they’d all the time be far more devastating than I’d assume.

Actually, my prep work was season 1 as a result of I do know Paul very properly, and so I used to be simply excited to not repeat, “Black man hates racism.” We obtained it. And that is no disrespect — we obtained to set the world up. However that second season was like, what else? The place does he break and what’s he prepared to lose to achieve?

Juliet, one of many issues I like about your portrayal of Della is that she’s so poised and collectively, however we get to see her feelings effervescent beneath the floor in varied scenes. While you’re taking part in these scenes, how did you painting your character in a different way relying on who she was speaking to?

Rylance: Della’s a type of people who has constructed her life on being the one who’s collectively and holding the whole lot collectively and caretaking lots, and coping with troublesome folks and being the wise one. I feel what’s great about this season is that every one of these points of her are there, however clearly there is a cause why somebody takes on that position, actually because they do not actually really feel that positive about what they’re doing or what’s driving them at residence. I like this season that Della is looking for a brand new means. She’s been that individual for thus lengthy, however she’s making an attempt to interrupt out of that mildew and in addition coping with a house scenario that is not likely going wherever and meets this new individual and actually falls in love.

So it is this unusual, susceptible Della this season of making an attempt to alter and be heard and get clear about what she needs to say. I feel that is a extremely fabulous factor to play this 12 months. Previous Della hasn’t actually labored for her, and but she does not actually know the way to make that change.