Broadchurch creator and writer Chris Chibnall has admitted in a recent interview with the Dorset Echo that Broadchurch 2 would not have gone ahead without David Tennant and Olivia Colman, “We would not have done it, absolutely but luckily they wanted to come back because they weren’t contracted to.” says Chibnall.
Chibnall has worked previously with Tennant on Doctor Who and the one-off drama, United and he knew he was “the best man for the job”. He continues “I almost thought I can’t just ask David, that would be lazy but instantly you go, he’s such a brilliant actor, he is such a fantastic human being, as is Olivia, they are great leaders of a company which is really important when you are together for six or seven months.
He continues “With David and Olivia everybody has a lot of fun, they lead by example, they are very professional, so it is a much more enjoyable process”.
As well as bringing back such a fantastic cast, which will also see the return of Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan and Arthur Darvill the series will return to the beautiful Dorset coastline and the town of Bridport.
Chibnall is full of praise and cannot thank the local people enough for their patience and understanding during the filming of this second series…..
“I would love to say a big thank you to everyone because everyone has been so tolerant – we have closed roads, and made life difficult and caused log jams of people standing on pavements watching us. Everybody has been so supportive and lovely, not just down here – there has been lots of different landowners, in lots of different places and all the people who have put up our cast and crew – they have been everywhere they have been at Freshwater, they have been in the B&B’s and everyone has been amazing and we couldn’t do it without that brilliant support.
Filming finally wrapped on series 2 on the 12th October and is expected to air on ITV in January of 2015.
The returning cast will be joined by new cast members Marianne Jean-Baptiste, James D’Arcy, Eve Myles, Meera Syal and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
The new series will be executive produced by Chris Chibnall for Imaginary Friends and Jane Featherstone on behalf of Kudos, a Shine Group company. The Producer is Richard Stokes who also produced the first series. James Strong, who directed 5 episodes of the first series including episode one, will be directing episodes one and two of this new series.
For more info, video’s and pics on the original series, see our dedicated pages.
The post “Broadchurch 2 Would Not Have Gone Ahead Without David Tennant & Olivia Colman” Says Creator Chris Chibnall first appeared on David Tennant News