It feels like a lifetime ago since hit BBC drama The Bodyguard hit the small screen, but thanks to two nominations and a Golden Globe win this year, rumors are starting to circulate again about an upcoming second series. So much so that Richard Madden addressed the rumors of a second season of The Bodyguard in an interview, and the future of the show is looking very positive. I don't think I'm the only one who needs more David Bard in my life.
In a red carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight , Madden seemed to have high hopes for the second season's appeal. "We're talking about it and we'll see what happens in the coming year," the actor said. "I think the character needs a break - I think he's had a pretty rough few months on the show, so we'll see what happens." When asked about Season 1 and (hopefully) Season 2 When asked whether there would be a long hiatus between seasons, Madden responded: "We'll see. I think there's a lot of conversations going on right now, so it depends on how smart [showrunner] Jed Mercurio is. Wisdom.”
If you thought hope ended there, think again, because Madden's comments here pretty much reiterate what he told Ellen DeGeneres on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" last December. Asked if he believed there would be a season 2, he told DeGeneres: "We hope so. I mean, we've talked about it a lot. This year has been a little crazy, so we're going to be on the next season this year and we're going to bring it up Some ideas and discussions.”
With all due respect, I think Bee and Mercury would be foolish not to continue the show, especially considering it already received its second Golden Globe nomination and, of course, Madden inevitably won the most popular TV series ever. Good actor. Even though the show itself didn't receive a nomination, that didn't diminish how much it captured the attention of millions of viewers.
When asked what initially attracted him to The Bodyguard , the actor told Entertainment Tonight that the "moral ambiguity of all the characters" caught his attention. "Everyone is in a gray area, no one is definitely a good guy or a bad guy, and that changes over the course of the show," he continued. "Some people go from good to bad, from bad to good, and I think that's what really interests me, because it gives us a lot to play with."
While Madden seems certain that The Bodyguard 's legacy will continue, Mercurio is a little more mysterious about what the future might hold. The showrunner told the Radio Times in November that he would "absolutely" be willing to make another Bodyguard series, but that there would be two hurdles to making it happen: Madden's release and the BBC's Do you want the series to continue.
"Some shows can really take a turn for the worse in the end, or some content can become extremely controversial and affect how the show is viewed," he told the magazine. "In the end, you have to accept that the broadcasters hold all the cards."
He continued: "[Madden] is the real article, a real protagonist. I think that role makes him very visible in bigger things. So the practicality is probably that we have to address his availability if we I'm so lucky to have him back."
Somehow I thought Mercury had nothing to worry about there. Judging from a recent interview with Madden, I think the actor wants a second season of The Bodyguard just as much as the fans do.
