“It allows him to be number one in a completely different environment,” explains Hopper.
“He’s not as self-conscious about it,” Hopper says.
“He says his body’s a temple, right?
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He’s very meticulous in how he moves and all these things,” shares Castaneda.
“Season 2 kind of breaks him.”
“Her power is so tricky,” Raver-Lampman says of Allison’s persuasive voice.
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“He creates a situation that he immediately wants to run away from,” Sheehan teases.
Sheehan speculates his character’s previous experience with addiction taught him to roll with life’s punches.
“I think he finds it easier to adapt,” Sheehan says.
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“So it’s just chaotic, and it goes to another level in season 2.”
“Coming into season 2, we continue to see more of that.”
Despite being the most good-natured Hargreeves sibling, Ben unquestionably had the most horrific superpowers of them all.
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“Seeing the devastating effects of that power were kind of hard for him to deal with.”
But the resulting amnesia gives her a new lease on life and her superpowers, and her family.
For more onThe Umbrella Academy, check outEW’s digital cover storyfeaturing the cast discussing season 2.
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