So, whats it like working so closely with Colman?

Really terrible, Menzies tells EW, chuckling.

Shes a real delight.

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Incredibly generous, hard-working, humble.

Read on from more from Menzies about what to expect in the new season.

The marriage is in a more settled place.

Their challenges come from outside for both of them.

Philips mother comes into this season, [played by] a great actress called Jane Lapotaire.

She comes and lives with the family, and that raises various complications for him.

Sort of buried emotions, I think.

It raises thoughts in him of What have I done with my life?

when he sees this sort of apogee of heroism in these men.

I get the sense that theyre very different people and his fatherly concern for Charles manifests as slight bullying.

But I dont think hes uninvolved.

But anyway, with this season, yeah, we dont see a lot of that relationship.

We see more of him with Anne [Erin Doherty].

I think Ive learned a lot.

I think you might imagine a much sort of flabbier, less interesting version of that.

Its a sort of weird position, and hes given it a lot of attention and energy.