Actress Nicola Walker and her co-stars have spoken candidly about what lies ahead for the Disney+ series Alice and Steve.
Exclusive Interview Reveals Season 2 Hopes
In an exclusive interview with Reach Plc, the publishers of the Express, the Unforgotten and The Split star shared her enthusiasm for a potential second series: "Yes, yes please."
Walker went on to describe the show's unpredictable narrative: "It's a wild pony, isn't it? No, I'm eating grass now. No, I'm running into that field now. It never does what you think it's going to do and you can't control it."
Her co-star Jermaine Clement, known for What We Do In The Shadows and who portrays Steve, revealed: "[Creator] Sophie [Goodhart] has told us all different ideas of what season two would be. Some of them are crazy."
Clement added: "She's had a lot of ideas, I don't know where she is at the moment with them."
Dark Comedy Plot Overview
The darkly comic six-part series chronicles the gradual breakdown of Alice (Walker) and Steve's (Clement) three-decade friendship after he begins a relationship with her 26-year-old daughter Izzy. Alice employs progressively more extreme tactics to sabotage the age-gap romance, yet finds herself caught off guard when Steve chooses to fight back against his former friend.
The first series concludes with an ambiguous cliffhanger, and the central trio have reflected on where they hope the chaotic black comedy might venture next.
Co-Star Reactions
Actress Yali Topol-Margalith, who portrays Alice's daughter and Steve's girlfriend Izzy, said: "I trust [Goodhart] whatever she's doing, I'm along for the ride." The star, who has previously featured in House of David and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, elaborated: "I feel like I can never predict what she's going to do next and any idea I have, she does so much better and takes it in the probably opposite direction that I would never go."
Flight of the Conchords actor Clement added: "That's the fun thing about reading these scripts, even in the first season, you don't know which direction they're going."
Creator Inspiration
Alice and Steve was penned by Sex Education and Rivals writer Sophie Goodhart, who disclosed that she drew inspiration from a conversation with a male friend who was seeing someone slightly younger. Goodhart responded by jesting about the situation she would encounter if he were dating her daughter, which sparked the concept for Alice and Steve.
Alice and Steve is streaming on Disney+ now.
