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Her thoughts on a third season can also be found below.
Id come from sitcom world, which is half hour and two laughs on every page.
L-R: Eva Birthistle, Sharon Horgan, Eve Hewson and Sarah Greene in ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2Apple TV+
I think my stuff always had a drama slant to it.
I was used to these really short filming periods.
When we would make a sitcom in the UK, its like seven weeks, and then youre done.
Fiona Shaw in ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2
Its that stamina that it’s crucial that you have.
HORGAN:Well, I guess just giving the story a two year break.
And what do you do when thats gone?
And then, of course, we had the really open wound of Graces death.
That changes everything, and it changes how you approach things.
She needs to feel something that isnt just pain.
And so I think its the same for all of them.
Theres a crack of light in all of those dark moments.
DEADLINE:Did you ever think about having Claes [Bang] appear in flashbacks this season?
When you see Grace in bed with Ian, and her nightmare wakes her up.
You know just from that point that its not gone away.
And then the fathers body being dredged up, so hes there, like his deeds are there.
DEADLINE:Fiona Shaw and Thaddea Graham both add so much comedic relief, but also seriousness.
Did you have them specifically in mind for these characters?
How did their casting come about?
HORGAN:Fiona Shaw, absolutely was in our minds from very, very early on.
And Thaddea, I had never seen her before, and it was an absolute revelation to me.
DEADLINE:With Graces death, did you ever consider it being a different sister?
How does that raise the stakes?
SHARON:Never thought about [it]being a different sister at all.
I thought about other approaches to the story for sure.
I was nervous about it because, sometimes audiences get angry if you do something like that.
Sometimes it might seem like its for the shock of it or the sake of it.
And really it wasnt.
How do you restart the caper?
The grief wave is such a movable thing.
Its the weirdest thing.
You kind of have to show how brutal it can be and how bad things could get.
DEADLINE:Have you thought about a Season 3 at all?
My brain obviously had such a great time, but I feel like the ending is the ending.
And I didnt ever want it to be a thing where just crazy shit kind of happens to them.
Its something else entirely.
