The Devil’s Hour (2022)
is a dark psychological thriller series in which a woman wakes up every night at exactly 03:33, in the middle of the devil’s hour. The reason was slowly revealed in the first season, with the series continuing in season 2. This time, Lucy (Jessica Raine) and Gideon (Peterus Capaldi) must form an uneasy alliance in order to prevent a recurring tragedy and hunt down an elusive monster .
Peter Capaldi is known for another role in which he travels through time, Doctor WhoBut he is also a very recognizable actor with over a hundred roles under his belt. Jessica Raine is also no stranger to the screen, having mainly played Annie Quinn in Jericho and Jenny Lee in Call the midwife. The devil’s hour Season 2 will launch exclusively on Prime Video globally on Friday, October 18.
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Screen Rant Interviewed Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine about The devil’s hour Season 2. The two reveal what they’re most excited to explore with their characters this season, as well as the positive reception from viewers. Capaldi compares the series’ tone and time travel to Doctor WhoWhile Raine admits she wouldn’t go back to change anything from her past if given the chance.
Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine are grateful for the response from The Devil’s Hour viewers
“I was stopped all the time, and people wanted to not just say well done, but they really wanted to get into it, which I was really happy to do.”
Screen Rating: The devil’s hour Seemed to instantly have a large fan base who are trying to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. How did that feel?
Peter Capaldi: It was lovely. It was a surprise. And it’s not because I had a diminished view of the show, it’s just that you don’t expect, you don’t know what’s going to happen with something that you do, whether people are going to engage with it or not. But the tremendous scale of engagement was a delightful surprise.
Jessica Raine: Incredibly gratifying, because we all knew it was a great show, well, we hoped it would be, and then I saw it, and I thought it was great. We got an International Emmy nomination, which I was absolutely amazed and thrilled about. People stopped me all the time, and they didn’t just want to say good things, but they really wanted to get involved, which I was very happy about. Yes, it was fantastic.
Both actors praise The Devil’s Hour lead director Johnny Allan
“You just have to play it scene by scene and leave it in the capable hands of Johnny Allan, our brilliant lead director.”
Screen Rant: The Devil’s Hour feels like several genres mashed together. Can you talk about getting to play with that?
Peter Capaldi: Well, I think we should really pay tribute to Johnny Allen, who’s our lead director, because it’s a show that works with a lot of different genres, but one of the things that it plays with is the psychological horror movie. genre, and so there is a kind of restlessness in it, which is very difficult, I think, to generate. It takes a lot of skill and preparation to do that, and it’s really a directorial thing. So we were very lucky to, in a way, you don’t really know what’s going on when you’re doing it. It’s kind of when you see it, you go, what? And then you get an alarm. Why did I get scared? I read the script, I knew what was going to happen. But then it is a kind of carnival. You’re in a sideshow, and it’s weird and wonderful.
Jessica Raine: That’s what keeps it really exciting. I get super bored super easily. I can’t be in long-running shows. But that’s why it’s such a pleasure, because it’s never formulaic. Really keep on your toes. A constant challenge for me playing so many different characters, different Lucy’s, sorry, not different characters. But you can’t play this genre all the time. You just have to play it scene by scene and leave it in the capable hands of Johnny Allan, our brilliant lead director.
Would Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine change anything in their past if given the chance?
“If I’ve learned anything from the devil’s hour, it’s that a butterfly flaps its wings and everything changes.”
Screen Rant: For both of you, personally, if you could go back and change anything, would you?
Jessica Raine: I think I would leave it. I believe that there is no point in looking back. If I’ve learned anything from the devil’s hour, it’s that a butterfly flaps its wings and everything changes.
Peter Capaldi: You’ll change that and you think you’ll make it better, but you won’t and something else will come along.
Jessica Raine: Things can get very dark very quickly.
Jessica Raine and Peter Capaldi detail what they’re most excited to explore in Season 2
“But there’s a strange fatherly thing that’s starting to happen, which is interesting.”
Screen Rant: What are you most excited to explore with your characters in season 2?
Jessica Raine: For me, it was the physical aspect of getting to be really kick ass and doing a lot of action scenes running around with guns. I don’t sell guns. I hate them. But I mean, it was just so much fun to have blood capsules in your mouth, get punched in the mouth, spit it out, swear, get in trouble. From the point of view of being, I mean, Lucy in series one was fairly powerless and clueless to what was going on, very scared a lot of the time, to be very powerful. Detective Inspector Lucy, she is much more in control and cold and tough, and the other Lucy is also more woke and ready to go to great lengths to stop the terrible crime that is about to happen. So yeah, the more solid, kick assness of both of them, I was really looking forward to diving into.
Peter Capaldi: I think I just enjoyed that we had much more of a spiky kind of relationship, rather than that, here’s the secret I’m going to reveal to you. We have a much more pragmatic, getting on with it, kind of sniping at each other, kind of thing. And also the beginning of, there is a strange bond that begins to develop between them, which we will probably go deeper into in season three. But there’s a strange fatherly thing that’s starting to happen, which is interesting.
Peter Capaldi compares Doctor Who and The Devil’s Hour
Both series feature him jumping through time, but one of the two has a smell of latex on set.
Screen Rant: Peter, this isn’t your first time jumping in time. How would you compare Doctor Who to The Devil’s Hour?
Peter Capaldi: Oh, well, the Devil’s Hour is darker. The Devil’s Hour has fewer happy endings. I would say that and there is less smell of latex. I always say when I smell latex, I go back to the Doctor Who set because everyone has been wrapped in latex at some point. There’s always some rubber monster around. There is less latex in the Devil’s Hour.
Jessica Raine: You wouldn’t want your kids watching.
About The Devil’s Hour Season 2
The Devil’s Hour Season Two sees Lucy (Jessica Raine) and Gideon (Peter Capaldi) forming an uneasy alliance in order to prevent a recurring tragedy and hunt down an elusive monster. Lucy’s double life sees her torn between family and duty as she finds herself in the crosshairs of her past-life husband, DI Ravi Dhillon (Nikesh Patel). Assisting Dhillon in his investigation is DS Sam Boyd (Saffron Hocking) who was mentored by Lucy Chambers in a previous life. Meanwhile, Isaac (Benjamin Chivers) is discovering new emotions every day and struggling to keep his balance in a reality that rejects his existence. Fresh secrets are revealed when our stories converge in one explosive moment that will change the fate of our characters for the rest of their ever-recurring lives.
The devil’s hour Season 2 will launch exclusively on Prime Video globally on Friday, October 18.