The Great Season 2: Gwilym Lee & Bayo Gbadamosi on Their Surprising Characters

Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Season 2 of The Great. From creator Tony McNamara, the second season of the Hulu original series The Great sees Catherine (Elle Fanning) succeed in her coup against Peter (Nicholas Hoult), taking the Russian throne for herself. But that’s definitely not the end of the battle, as she finds herself up against her court, her team, and even her own mother (Gillian Anderson), and she must decide whether she might actually love the husband turned prisoner who is also the father of her child. During this interview with Collider, which you can both watch and read, co-stars Gwilym Lee (who plays Grigor, best friend to Peter and husband to Georgina) and Bayo Gbadamosi (who plays Arkady, a loyal friend in Peter’s inner circle) talked about how much they enjoy saying “Huzzah!,” the fun in playing these roles, how much they know about where their characters are headed, the Grigor-Peter relationship, Arkady’s need for self-preservation, and the incre