Teamed up at Comic Con to talk about season two of The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arthur Darvill (Rip Hunter) and Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Amaya Jiwe/Vixen) said we can expect a bigger show with an expanded universe. Season two of the comic book-inspired series will find members of the Justice Society of America and the Legion of Doom showing up to shake things up on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season two. Legion of Doom members showing up to wreak havoc are the Reverse-Flash played by Matt Letscher, Wentworth Miller as Captain Cold, John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn, and Neal McDonough as Damien Darkh. And among the JSA who will be part of season two are Hourman, Stargirl, Obsidian and Dr. Mid-Nite.
The season two plot: “After the defeat of the immortal villain Vandal Savage and the corrupt Time Masters who colluded with him, a new threat emerges. Dr. Nate Heywood (Nick Zano), an unconventional and charming historian, is thrust into the action upon making a shocking discovery – the Legends are scattered throughout time. Nate must find a way to rescue season one’s beloved team of heroes and rogues, including billionaire inventor Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), who has created an exo-suit with the power to shrink him to miniscule size, as the Atom; Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), the White Canary, a trained assassin; Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson “Jax” Jackson (Franz Drameh), who together form the meta-human Firestorm; and Mick Rory (Dominic Purcell), aka Heat Wave, a career criminal. When the Legends encounter the J.S.A (the Justice Society of America, the precursor to DC’s Justice League) in the 1940s, Amaya Jiwe (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), aka Vixen, joins the team. While the team reunites, a mystery looms – the fate of former captain Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill).
Once reunited, the Legends continue their new mission to protect the timeline from temporal aberrations – unusual changes to history that spawn potentially catastrophic consequences. When Nate, the grandson of J.S.A. member Commander Steel, unexpectedly finds himself with powers, he must overcome his own insecurities and find the hero within himself. Ultimately, the Legends will clash with foes both past and present, to save the world from a mysterious new threat.”
Legends of Tomorrow will kick off season two on The CW on Thursday, October 13th at 8pm ET/PT.
Arthur Darvill and Maisie Richardson-Sellers Interview:
Will Rip find out about Barry Allen’s time travel and have a conversation with him about that?
Arthur Darvill: “I hope so. I’m desperate to work with Grant (Gustin). We’ve been hanging out a bit and he’s so good. I think it would be great to explore that. I have no idea if that’s happening. Yeah, it’s happening. I’m lying.”
Have you started your Vancouver band yet?
Arthur Darvill: “No, we haven’t. It’s just me solo at the moment. There’s so many people who play music up there. We always have these grand ideas of spending our weekends writing a hit album. We end up just sleeping.”
Last season Rip wasn’t the best of captains…
Arthur Darvill: “What do you mean?”
He lied, he deceived, and led them into a couple of time messes. How is he going to improve this season?
Arthur Darvill: “He’s such a funny character. He thinks he’s so great at what he does. He thinks that his intentions are the best intentions. I think he’s had a bit of time to reflect when we meet him, but I think what he went through last season has definitely damaged him. He’s got a real internal sadness, no matter what’s happening. He’s lost so much and failed so hard. It’s something that he’ll never be able to get back. He’s lost part of himself. But, also, I’ve been promised that we get to see more of his lighter side as well. I’m excited to see that. When we meet him he’s like a kind of exasperated parent whose kids won’t stop coloring on the walls. But then early on there’s a big twist, quite super early on in the (season) which changes absolutely everything for him. It’s exciting – and a secret.”
Now that Rip has come to terms with not saving his family, what is his driving force?
Arthur Darvill: “They’ve also destroyed the Time Masters, so he feels a responsibility to keep time ticking as it were. Very soon we find that there is someone who is trying to stop him from doing that. We meet quite a big foe quite early on and very quickly takes their attention.”
How will the Justice Society of America interact with the Legends of Tomorrow gang?
Maisie Richardson-Sellers: “I think when we first meet her and the Justice Society of America there’s a lot of clashing because it’s two massive superhero groups and a lot of egos. But it’s a whole journey and I hope that we can figure it out.”
Arthur Darvill: “We’ll eventually be able to stop fighting.”
Maisie Richardson-Sellers: “Yeah, there’s a lot of awesome fight stuff coming up and a lot of great time travel locations and periods. The show is getting bigger.”
Will Patrick J. Adams’ character Rex Tyler/Hourman challenge Rip’s authority or leadership?
Arthur Darvill: “I haven’t read it yet, so I don’t know. I think so. What’s so great about introducing all of these new characters is that there are so many egos flying around. They’ve all got a similar aim – to keep everyone safe and happy…”
Maisie Richardson-Sellers: “A lot of cooks stirring the pot.”
Arthur Darvill: “A lot of cooks stirring the pot and I think that very quickly makes some quite tense situations with people. It’s great because in my life I’m so afraid of confrontation that I can just live it out at work by having arguments with everyone – pretend arguments.”
How do you think Rip would take to having Rory run the ship?
Arthur Darvill: “I don’t think he’d be ready for that. He’d be like, ‘Jesus Christ! This guy’s not very good at being brave, is he?’ I don’t think Rory would deal very well with it. I don’t know… He steps up occasionally.”
Watch the full Arthur Darvill and Maisie Richardson-Sellers interview:
(Interview by Fred Topel. Article by Rebecca Murray.)
