'The Great' stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult on their challenging and surprising second season

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dramedy series, have reunited for EW's cover shoot in Savannah having recently wrapped the Emmy-nominated show's upcoming second season.

It was all well-received by critics and audiences alike — in addition to its two Emmy nods, season 1 also notched nominations from the SAG Awards, Golden Globes, Indie Spirits, WGA Awards, and more. Much like creator, writer, and executive-producer Tony McNamara'sis at once blithely anachronistic and stylish, extremely crude, and surprisingly emotionally resonant. It's obscene but enjoyable precisely because of that, not in spite of it.

Eagle-eyed viewers will notice Hoult is also listed as an executive producer this season, but he gets bashful when asked about it. "I guess it's just a nice way of them saying that I did a good job on the first season and [to] keep it up, which is very nice of them," he says. Hoult explains that — as the two leads — he and Fanning are on set all the time, which can help keep things consistent.

Perhaps no one exemplifies this better than Peter, though fans might be surprised by the turn his mercurial character takes this season. Losing the throne to Catherine and becoming a prisoner in her court humbles him a bit, forcing him to confront some of the more unsavory parts of his tempestuous personality. "He's shredding away a lot of what made him who we'd come to see in season 1," Hoult teases.

For the role of Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, McNamara says he always hoped two-time Emmy winnerwhen the offer came her way, but after reading the scripts and watching the series, she was sold. "When I actually saw the show, it reminded me so much of aspects ofhumor, and just how unbelievably irreverent it is," she says. "I just wanted to join in with the fun, really."

Like Anderson, Isaacs joins the series in a pivotal moment toward the end of the season, which builds to an "odd place again," according to Hoult. For starters, there's the birth scene, which involves Catherine delivering her baby in front of the entire court — in order to make sure the heir is legitimate, of course — as everyone places bets on if the little one will be born half horse, or if Catherine will die during labor.

 

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