GOTHAM: Ben McKenzie & Danny Cannon Talk Jerome's Return & A More Serialized Season 2
Gotham returns next Monday, and actor Ben McKenzie & EP Danny Cannon recently opened up about Season 2's more serialized structure and abundance of villains. Naturally, they also had a few things to tease about Cameron Monaghan's wonderfully unhinged 'Jerome'...
By Minty -
Sep 18, 2015 08:09 AM EST
Source: EW
"It is a very very different show," revealed Gotham star Ben McKenzie, while speaking to EW about the show's impending return next week. "It is almost completely serialized. We’re aiming for a grander, saga-type construction in which we can actually sit with the characters and understand their motivations and how the turbulence of their lives affects the greater landscape."
Season 2 has been dubbed the 'Rise Of The Villains' - something that EP Danny Cannon explains has come about as a result of its more serialized structure. "What we've done is up the ante level. Now that we have the confidence of the world, we can start to add characters" he claimed. "So when we call this season the rise of the villains, it’s very much that. More villains move in to take their piece of the pie and Gordon has to go to very extreme measures to quell the chaos that ensues."
In addition to promising a darker tone, the actor and producer both had a few exciting things to tease about the season's early episodes. “At the beginning of the season, we visit Arkham, where so many people that Gordon has locked up and so many potential villains share the same air,” Cannon revealed. "You’re going to want to watch the first episodes," McKenzie chimed in, "Jerome is very much in those, and Cameron Monaghan does an absolutely fantastic job in the role. I think it will give the show the shot of adrenaline that it needs coming back into Season 2."
Despite only making one appearance last year, Monaghan's 'proto-Joker' Jerome has swiftly become a fan favorite character. Are you excited about his expanded role in Season 2? EW also released a sneak peek for US viewers at the chaos headed to Season 2, titled "New Days, Dark Nights".
Gotham Season 2 premieres next Monday, 21 September on FOX.