“Lady’s Gambit” (“Queen’s Gambit” in its original language) is the original Netflix miniseries that made history on the streaming platform becoming the most watched in 2020. Since its premiere in October last year, the fiction created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott has become a phenomenon globally, reaching number 1 in 63 countries.
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Based on the novel of the same title by Walter Tevis, “Lady’s Gambit” has the main role Anya Taylor Joy in the character of Beth Harmon, a child prodigy of chess who becomes the most remarkable chess player of the 1960s. The great interpretation of the British actress led her to a Golden Globe nomination for best actress.
The success “Lady’s Gambit” it is indisputable. Netflix announced in late November that 62 million subscribers watched the show in the first 28 days after launch. right Taylor-Joy, the perspective that the story offers is one of the strengths responsible for its success.
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Despite its success and popularity, Netflix shows no signs of renewing the series for a second season. Since the initial plans were only for a first installment of seven chapters.
However, Anya Taylor-Joy he ventured to imagine how Beth Harmon’s story might continue in a second season of the year “Lady’s Gambit”. “It’s surreal and wonderful that people want a second season,” the actress said in an interview with Deadline.
“We never thought about it, it was never discussed. That being said, he never says it in Hollywood, “he added. “It would be very interesting to see what Beth is like as a mother, now that she is sober and more aware of the demons that haunt her,” she said.
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If a second season of “Lady’s Gambit” is to be made, Anya Taylor-Joy is clear about what will happen to Beth and how she will face her professional and personal future.
“It would be very interesting to see how Beth is as a mother, now that she is sober and aware of the demons she has overthrown,” she told Deadline.
Anya Taylor-Joy said that Beth is a character whose greatest enemy is herself. A situation that many of us live in closed by the coronavirus pandemic: facing ourselves.
“There is something to be said for a character whose greatest enemy is herself. Now we are all home and locked up; We probably have a lot more to do with ourselves than we are used to, because we are used to distracting ourselves. When you are locked in your house, there is only a certain amount of space to escape from you. It’s something that people were a little more open to, “said the actress.
In addition, Anya Taylor-Joy stressed that the series “sends a wonderful message.” She states that “even if you are brilliant, you need help. We work better with the support and I think Beth gets to find beauty in the support she receives “, he added.
Soon, the British actress will appear in “Last Night in Soho”, “The Northman”, “Furiosa” and “Laughter in the Dark”. In addition, he will participate in the next film by David O. Russell, still untitled.