Silo season 2 stars discuss how the hit Apple sci-fi series changes things up from the books: "I was like, I’m going to die"
Exclusive: The Silo season 2 cast says receiving the scripts felt "like Christmas" as they realized their characters have much bigger role🅘s compared to the books

Last week, one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Apple TV shows returned to our screens as Silo season 2 kicked off. The dramatic 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:first episode saw Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) explore another silo, coming across a mysterious stranger hiding behind a locked door, a man known by the name 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Solo (Steve Zahn). It was quite the opening, but as our very own 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Silo season 2 review suggests, the series will get even better as it♕ continues.
This week we return to the show's original silo, whic♉h was only featured iꦉn flashback scenes in episode 1. So, if you were wondering what is happening back at home as Juliette ventures outside, with episode 2 you will get your answers.
Of course,✃ you could have looked to author Hugh Howey's trilogy of novels for clues as to what to expect from Silo season 2. However, as the show'🌊s cast emphasized to GamesRadar+ in a recent interview, showrunner Graham Yost has significantly switched things up.
For example, episode 2 reunites us with Harriet Walter's electrical engineer Martha Walkeജr, who is somewhat of a parental figure to Juliette. As the actor tells us, in the books her character is a man which means she didn't really look to the trilogy for inspiration: "I couldn't get much of of that so I was free to invent really," Walter says.
We see Martha reunite with Carla (Clare Perkins), her ex-wife from the supply department who she previously hadn't seen in 25 years. The pair did share a b🔯rief scene together in the finale of season 1, but here their relationship is🅷 further explored.
For Perkins, it was quite the opportunity given that in the books Carla dies, as she reveals: "I was like 'I'm going to die, at some point I will die'. So I rem🐭ember saying that to the producers and they told me 'we are kind of doing the book but doing it our own way'. So they are stringing out my life [laughs]! It's been gr൩eat, the journey of the characters has been really enjoyable to play."
Both Martha and Carla become wrapped up with the rebellion that is kicking off in the original silo, as the residents are calling out for the truth about what happened to Juliette. Never before have they seen someone "walk over the hill" as usuall🌳y🐎 when a person goes outside, they swiftly pass away.
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Also playing a key role in the rebellion is Shane McRae's Knox, the head of mechanical who was pr𝔍eviously Juliette's boss. The character only had a small role to play in the first season but h♍ere plays a pivotal part, which has been expanded upon from the novels.
McRae tells us reading the scripts for season 2 then therefore felt "like Christmas" as he reveals: "When I talked to Graham [Yost] when he was first pitching the show to me, he mentioned that in season 2 Knox is going to have a bigger role to play. But you know, you never know what's going to happen. So it was like Christmas when I got to read the scripts for the first time. I d🌟on't think I've ever been more excited. I just was flying through them, thinking, I get to do this, this is everything as an actor you want to do."
Whilst reading the scripts McRae would be texting his co-star Remmie Miller, who plays engineer Shirley, to share his excitement. Just like with Knox, Shirley didn't feature much in the first season𝓡 but here is one of the leads as she helps to helm the rebel cause, again playing a bigger role than she does in the books.
Miller then was just as delighted as McRae was upon reading the scripts: "We would be texting each other reading it. And then on set we wo🔯uld be like can you believe we get to do this, it's incredible. It truly is jam paღcked of all moments, high intensity to more tender beautiful ones."
Silo season 2 streams weekly on Apple TV+. Don't miss a beat with our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Silo season 2 release schedule.
Emily Murray is a former Entertainment Editor of GamesRadar+, once responsible for overseeing all the online content for Total Film and SFX magazine. Emily has previously worked for the BBC, Zavvi, UNILAD, Yahoo, Digital Spy and more. When Emily isn't writing about film and TV, she can be found cuddling her cat on the sofa, likely bingeing New Girl for the millionth time (Nick Miller is the love of my life). You can also find h🎃er waxing lyrical about Christopher Nolan on a podcast dedicated to his film🐼ography.