,Spoiler alert: This article contains candid chat about the premiere episode of “The Cleaning Lady” Season 2.,
Elodie Yung is aware of your #Armony post. “The Cleaning Lady” star portrays the titular mother, undocumented immigrant and cleaner, who is inadvertently dragged into the criminal underworld of Las Vegas after witnessing a murder in Season 1 of Fox’s hit drama. But in Season 2, the actress teased, her character Thoni de la Rosa is more “empowered” in her secret syndicate role, leading her to further entangle with charismatic kingpin Armaan Morales (Aidan Canto).
“He takes a very important place in her life because of his love for her and this debt” [after] She helped her son,” Yung said in an interview with TheWrap. The reason why she is going to be more active in this criminal world is because she wants to support him. Things are slipping between those two characters in Season 2.
Yung said that while the series “holds the same DNA” overall — equal parts crime thriller and “hearty” family drama — its “stakes are higher this year,” with the character’s problems to the rest of her family. Eating out, including Fiona (Martha Milne). ) and her in-laws.
“Last year, Thoni tried to keep his family apart and [criminal] The world that she had to navigate, ”said the actress. “The lines are crossing now, so it’s getting very intense as more people are involved, [including] The people she loves.”
Most notably, in the Season 2 premiere, Thony has to deal with the untimely death of her husband, Marco (Evan Shaw). Last season’s cliffhanger revealed that Marco took his son, Luca, in hopes of returning to the Philippines. Now, after locating Marco at a motel, a fight erupts between the family at the top of the stairs, where Chris (Sean Lew) pushes her to her abrupt end. All of this, naturally, gets caught on security cameras.
“All events like Marco’s death are events that are deeply affecting Thorny and Fiona and everyone in the family, so we have the whole family at the core of this season … and all those events to cope with.” How they stay together is being thrown at them,” Yung said of the “very shocking” start to the season.
The actress said that Marco’s absence will be felt throughout the season and will not go away quickly. “What drives, too, is the story, ‘Let’s have this world that’s not real at all — it’s like an amplified reality — but let’s see how a real human would react to that so we can see exactly where his heart is. Yes,” said Yung. “And there’s this constant dilemma: Am I doing well? Am I doing bad? [The writers] Let my character walk this fine line of morality. They keep me on my toes. ,
Accordingly, this season’s storyline is “more complex and more layered”, as Thoni becomes more confident in her role as Armaan’s trusted worker. Instead of being “reactive” to his life, his character has become “empowered,” Yung said.
“She’s making deliberate decisions, not just trying to dodge and react to things,” she said: “Now she knows the codes more and she uses them. So she’s this criminal. Navigates the world in a more conscious way and in a more proactive way. It caught my interest as an actor because she’s not just reacting to things on the backfoot. She’s leaning into it now.”
Part of Thoni’s constant immersion in the dark underbelly of Sin City is her romantic entanglement with Armaan. Last season, the two’s undeniable chemistry caused waves of jealousy in Armaan’s wife, Nadia (Eva de Dominici), as well as nervousness from Fiona. The pair also shared many intimate moments together.
“We could see very subtle changes in their relationship throughout Season 1, and he helped her do the most important thing for her, which was helping Luca,” Yung previewed. “In a way, he has this debt, and that bond has evolved and is thick and strong, and that’s going to inform his choices in Season 2.
However, above all, Jung said that he enjoys portraying the character’s “vulnerability”, as well as the idea that Thorny is an ordinary mother trapped in an impossible situation.
“Sometimes when you have too much [going on] It’s like, ‘Try to go and it’ll be good,’ and so I love it because it’s a complicated thing and a very human thing that I can relate to,” Yung said. There remains a human being with the virtues and flaws and struggles and resilience and all that makes her an ordinary woman, an ordinary mother – I can relate to all of that. She is as real as you and me. ,
