After a return to The Ton for Bridgerton Season 4 earlier this year, Nicola Coughlan is just a day away from stepping back onto the streets of modern-day London for Season 2 of her comedy-drama hidden gem, Big Mood. It’s been over two years since the series first aired on the U.K.’s Channel 4 and the free streamer Tubi, and a lot has changed since the last time viewers saw Coughlan’s Maggie. After her once tight-knit bestie, Eddie (Lydia West), sped off in a taxi at the end of Season 1, the two haven’t been in touch for an entire year. Now, however, Eddie’s back in town for a wedding, and with a maddeningly positive spiritual healer friend named Whitney (Hannah Onslow) who leaves Maggie feeling jealous. She’s not the only fresh face in town, though.
Collider was previously able to reveal that British acting icon and multi-BAFTA-nominated actor Rupert Everett would be coming aboard Big Mood for Season 2. Now, we can exclusively share a new sneak peek that officially introduces him to Maggie as she seeks a favor. Little is known about exactly what Everett’s character does, but there are a few things we know, like the fact that he dresses extravagantly in fur coats, hangs out with the London drag community, and, as seen in the clip, that he has a lot of sway. Although it’s Maggie’s first time coming face-to-face with him, he clearly knows who she is and is excited by her talents. However, there’s a bit of a mix-up about why she’s there to see him. Instead of a playwright, he thinks she’s supposed to be a new assistant and starts arranging for a more “glamorous” maid outfit, though she really just needs his help to get tickets to a show.
There may be a bit of a mentor-mentee relationship that will blossom between Coughlan and Everett’s characters. After all, he openly admired her “spunk” for asking him a favor so early into their relationship, and he seemed keen to work with Maggie in some way, ideally over martinis. Everett’s a big new addition for the series, best known for starring in everything from My Best Friend’s Wedding to Another Country, The Happy Prince, and both Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third, where he voiced the smarmy, murderous Prince Charming. This will be his latest turn on television before joining Season 2 of Disney+’s steamy series Rivals on May 15.
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‘Big Mood’ Season 2 Gets a Big Upgrade to Its Cast
Created by Camilla Whitehill, Season 1 of Big Mood was hailed for showing a completely different side of Coughlan as she played the chaotic Maggie, who wrestled with her bipolar disorder while trying to make her way through new personal and professional pressures. In Season 2, she’ll try to find a spot in her friend Eddie’s life once more, but after growing apart, she may be forced to accept that they should go their separate ways. Her darkly-comedic attempts to reconnect with her bestie will be accompanied by returning cast members Robert Gilbert, Eamon Farren, Niamh Cusack, Amalia Vitale, Luke Fetherston, Rebecca Lowman, Stephen Sobal, and Kate Fleetwood, along with other newcomers like Robert Lindsay, Marina Bye, Marcus Collins, Munroe Bergdorf, Kyran Thrax, Kelly Campbell, Leo Wan, Zachary Hart, and John Locke.
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All episodes of Big Mood Season 2 will premiere on Tubi tomorrow, April 16. Check out our exclusive sneak peek in the player above.
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