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Top of the Lake, which premiered in 2013 and was an instant critical success, is back for a second season that, according to star Elisabeth Moss, will be “deeper and darker.”
When a body washes up on Bondi Beach, Detective Robin Griffin is once again faced with a challenging case.
Cast
Robin Griffin character
Detective Robin Griffin has returned to Sydney after spending the first season delving into the trauma of her past in order to escape her problems, but a new case brings her closer to her biological daughter, resurfacing unpleasant memories.
Moss told RadioTimes.com, “I didn’t really think there would be much to do otherwise,” regarding her character this season, so she requested that they go in a darker, deeper, more challenging direction.
I think the second season focuses a lot more on the complexities of female relationships than the first season did.
Why Do I Feel like I’ve Seen Her Somewhere Before?
Among Elisabeth Moss’s many notable roles are those of Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale, Zoey Bartlet, the president’s daughter, on The West Wing, and Peggy Olson, from whom she won a Golden Globe for her performance in Mad Men.
Miranda Hilmarson
Miranda, a newbie police officer in Sydney, is partnered with Robin to solve a murder case.
Christie told RadioTimes.com, “It was the opportunity to explore a very intense and passionate relationship with another woman that operates in a multitude of ways, and without spoiling anything ways that are potentially not ideal, that can be conflicted, complex, disturbing, unsettling, and tumultuous.”
“It’s unusual for a man to have such a focused perspective on a passionate female bond,” she said.
Why Do I Recognise Her?
For her role as the formidable swordswoman Brienne of Tarth on “Game of Thrones,” Gwendoline Christie has become a household name. In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, she also portrayed Captain Phasma.
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Julia Edwards
Mary, Robin’s biological daughter, was adopted 17 years ago by Julia after Robin gave her up for adoption after she was raped. Julia worries about her daughter’s new relationship and begins a new one with one of her daughter’s teachers, but she also ends her marriage.
Nicole Kidman told Vanity Fair, “I’m just trying to stay very bold and open and try things and support filmmakers that I believe in, and also people like Jane Campion (writer and director), who has been a friend of mine since I was 14 and basically discovered me.”
Why Do I Recognise Her?
Nicole Kidman, one of Hollywood’s biggest names, has starred in numerous blockbuster movies, such as Days of Thunder and Moulin Rouge and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. With her role as Celeste Wright in the HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, Kidman has officially made the switch from the big screen to the small screen.
Mary Edwards
Mary, Robin’s biological daughter, causes friction by getting involved with a violent man named Puss. Mary is 17 years old and was adopted by the Edwards family when she was a baby.
According to Englert, Mary is “trying to recover from the person that she is without any real input.”
“She wants to have her own thing, and Puss is that thing for her. She is Julia’s child and Robin’s child.”
Why Do I Feel like I’ve Seen Her Somewhere Before?
Alice Englert is a well-known Australian actress, having played the lead roles of Rosa in Ginger & Rosa and Lena Duchannes in Beautiful Creatures (2013). Even though Top of the Lake’s writer and director is her mom, Jane Campion, she has been assured that she was not cast because of any family ties.
Alexander Puss Braun
For the Edwards family, middle-aged troublemaker Puss, a former language teacher who now runs a brothel, is not the ideal suitor for their daughter.
According to an interview David Dencik gave RadioTimes.com, he plays an immigrant to Australia who is “an East German academic, has read very many books, and is a bit of an antagonist to everything in this story and to society as a whole.”
For some reason, he identifies with the sex workers and tries to set himself apart from society in that way. His cats are a great symbol for his unpredictable, free-spirited, independent, and potentially dangerous character, and he owns several of them. And Mary means a lot to him.
Exactly Where Have I Seen Him Before?
The Swedish actor David Dencik played Toby Esterhase in both The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In preparation for his role as Puss, he has adopted a slightly less neat appearance.
Is There Anyone Else from Series One in Series Two?
- Mary (Robin and Julia’s adopted adolescent daughter) is friends with Alice Englert.
- Julia’s husband, Ewen Lesie Pyke
- David Dencik, aka Puss, is the much older boyfriend of Mary.
- Both Clayton and Adrian Jacobson (Police chief)
When Does Bbc Two’s Top of the Lake Return for a Second Season?
On BBC Two tonight (August 24) at 9 o’clock, Top of the Lake: China Girl will continue.
You can watch the entire series on BBC iPlayer.
Jane Campion and Gerard Lee are responsible for the script for the second season, which premiered its trailer in May 2017.
Some lucky critics saw the entire series when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017.
Along with Twin Peaks, it is one of only two TV shows ever to have its world premiere at the prestigious film festival.
In September of 2017, it will debut on Sundance Channel in the United States. After the premiere the previous day, each episode will be made available on Hulu.
Trailer
Plot
In Top of the Lake: China Girl, detective Robin Griffin has just moved back to Sydney after a stint in China and is starting over.
Bondi Beach’s “China Girl” washes up dead, and at first it seems like there’s no way to find her killer until Robin realises she wasn’t killed by a single person.
Robin hopes the investigation will help her heal, but she’s only making things worse by getting in touch with the daughter she gave up as a child.
Meanwhile, her investigation into the murder victim’s identity will lead her deeper into the city’s shadows and closer to her own innermost secrets than she ever imagined possible.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Top of the Lake Returning for a Second Season?
Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) and her new partner (Gwendoline Christie) investigate a body found inside a suitcase on Bondi Beach in the second season of Jane Campion’s miniseries titled China Girl.
Is Top of the Lake Returning for a Third Season?
We anticipate a delay of approximately 18 months due to the COVID crisis. Therefore, the release date of Top of the Lake Season 3 is extremely unpredictable. However, given the program’s release pattern so far, we think 2023 is a safe bet.
In Which Country Does Top of the Lake Take Place?
Top of the Lake, a 2013 miniseries directed by Jane Campion and starring Elisabeth Moss as a detective looking into the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old, was shot in the fictional New Zealand town of Laketop, and the stark, otherworldly setting was a major contributor to the show’s impact.
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