Arthur Darvill, who plays the Reverend Paul Coates in Broadchurch
has spoken to BBC America on the amazing success of the drama. Arthur, who is
currently appearing on Broadway in Once, said that he expects to be part of the
second series, although he doesn't know yet how much his character will appear.
“I have no idea yet. It depends. I mean I’m in touch
with the production company and my agent, but I actually don’t know. I’m meant
to be doing the next series. Whether that’s an episode or a whole series, it’s
quite nice not knowing because I really can’t give anything away. I’d quite
like to find out soon so I can plan my life!”
The success of the series, he says, is down to the passion
of everybody involved in making it to create something special and the good relationships and respect for one another they all had on set:
“Chris [Chibnall] is a brilliant writer, and he’s been
wanting to write [Broadchurch] for a while. He’s very passionate and he’s
very good at what he does, and he was allowed to actually write it
and make it the way he wanted to. It’s made with real heart and detail and just
has the most wonderful collection of people involved from Chris to the
directors to the script editors and of course the cast. It was just an amazing
meeting of people wanting to make the best piece of work possible,” he said. “It
was such a massive cast, and for me I was sort of in and out of filming. But we
all got on really well. A lot of us already knew each other. It was just a
really good cast of nice people. But there was still some tension as there was
sensitive stuff being done, and I think everyone had real respect for each
other for what each had to do, and also knew when to have a laugh outside of it
as well, which was necessary to alleviate some of that pressure.”
He also says that the reaction to the show has made him very
happy, although he’s not surprised that they have found it so gripping.
“You know, people have been great. I meet people every night
after [Once] and people say “Well done.” People mention Broadchurch more
than Doctor Who now! They’re really into it. I’m really pleased. And when
people say, “Oh my god, Broadchurch is brilliant,” I generally go “I know!” I
think it’s amazing. When I watched it I was hooked, and I [already] knew what
happened. I couldn’t stop watching it.”
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