Jennifer May 16, 2022
With hundreds of new shows being released each year, it’s never difficult to find something new to watch, the issue lies with the creators, in developing something that can cut through the noise, which everyone involved in The Flight Attendant (streaming now on BINGE) believes they’ve been able to do.
“I think the audience fell in love with these characters last season,” lead actress Kaley Cuoco told marie claire Australia during a roundtable interview. “It’s funny, I had someone watch it yesterday who hadn’t seen any footage and they were like, ‘it feels like watching a family back together again.’ It felt like home and you can really believe that a year has passed. Even though we’ve only done one other season, it feels very familiar, like you’ve missed these people.”
That being said, a love of the cast isn’t always enough to keep viewers coming back for more, so they knew this season had to be even bigger and better than what we’ve already seen.
“What was very important was the mind palace. That’s what made our show different last season and we wanted to keep that,” Kaley said, when asked what would differentiate this season from the last.
If you recall, the mind palace were those scenes where Cassie would find herself transported back to the hotel room, talking to Alex (yes, the dead Alex from season one). This was a way for her to process what was going on, and gave the audience a glimpse into the inner workings of her mind, especially as her behavior became more difficult to understand. Season Two needed a mind palace, there was no doubt about it. But as for who Cassie was going to meet in there, they decided she needed to confront the most terrifying monster of all – herself.
“That was a whole new storyline and a big plot point as a way for the audience to get inside her mind,” Kaley said. “We took big swings this season, I played five Cassie’s and that’s definitely up in the ante. It was a lot of work and a lot of people involved to make this huge – the scope was very, very large.”
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Jennifer May 16, 2022
Turns out Kaley Cuoco was just as unsure as you if she and her creative team could concoct a second season of her surprise hit HBO Max series The Flight Attendant from scratch, especially without the benefit of any additional novels featuring Cassie Bowden to draw from – and she was just as surprised when they pulled it off.
“No one is as shocked as I am,” Cuoco told TV Guide. “Dude, I was so freaking nervous! I feel like I can finally take a breath after these months of being so paranoid about how this was going to go down. I’m like, ‘How can we do it better?’ But I think we did.”
That audiences have responded so enthusiastically to both seasons of the fast-paced mystery/dramedy feels like a major victory for the actress – who despite having enjoyed phenomenal success and popular during her 12-year run on The Big Bang Theory – largely because she handpicked the project herself and as a fledging executive producer has exerted a strong degree of creative control over the material’s tone, storytelling style, and sense of humor.
As the second season takes surprising turns at its midpoint and further secrets are exposed, Cuoco joined TV Guide to dig into the series’ second act success with both critics and audiences, following her own instincts to keep the show true to her vision while still pushing her into unexpected challenges, and how, even after nearly two decades of prosperity in Hollywood, she feels like the best days are still ahead of her.
Read the full interview at TV Guide!
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