{"id":80552,"date":"2025-08-20T16:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80552\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:34:10","slug":"hayley-atwell-rupert-everett-join-rivals-season-2-at-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80552\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayley Atwell, Rupert Everett Join ‘Rivals’ Season 2 at Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDisney+<\/a> has unveiled new casting additions for the second season of \u201cRivals<\/a>,\u201d with Hayley Atwell<\/a> and Rupert Everett<\/a> joining the ensemble as guest stars in the drama based on Jilly Cooper\u2019s bestselling novel.<\/p>\n

\n\tAtwell, known for \u201cMission Impossible\u201d and \u201cAgent Carter,\u201d will portray Helen Gordon, the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and mother to his children Marcus and Tabitha. Everett, whose credits include \u201cNapoleon\u201d and \u201cMy Policeman,\u201d takes on the role of Malise Gordon, Helen\u2019s husband and Campbell-Black\u2019s former show-jumping coach and mentor.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Happy Prince production, part of ITV Studios, is currently shooting in the U.K.. Season 2 will expand to 12 episodes, building on the success of the first season which became one of Disney+\u2019s most popular British original dramas.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdditional new cast members announced include Maxim Ays (\u201cBoarders,\u201d \u201cSanditon\u201d), Holly Cattle (\u201cYoung Sherlock,\u201d \u201cMr Loverman\u201d), Oliver Dench (\u201cHotel Portofino,\u201d \u201cDomina\u201d), Amanda Lawrence (\u201cMalory Towers,\u201d \u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d), Bobby Lockwood (\u201cWolfblood,\u201d \u201cHere We Go\u201d), Eliot Salt (\u201cSlow Horses,\u201d \u201cNormal People\u201d), and Jonny Weldon (\u201cOne Day,\u201d \u201cBrassic\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series brings back its original ensemble cast alongside an extensive list of returning supporting players, including Wendy Albiston, Jamie Bisping, Denise Black, and David Calder, among others.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in the glamorous world of 1980s British television against the backdrop of the Cotswolds countryside, the second season will feature heightened power struggles and deeper rivalries as careers, marriages and reputations hang in the balance.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRivals is a landmark series for Disney+, quickly becoming one of our most beloved British U.K. original dramas,\u201d said Lee Mason, executive director of Scripted Originals, EMEA Disney+. \u201cI\u2019m delighted to welcome Hayley and Rupert to our extraordinary family of actors. They are a perfect match for the world of Rutshire, so lovingly created by Dame Jilly and the team at Happy Prince.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDominic Treadwell-Collins, chief creative officer of Happy Prince, and Alexander Lamb, creative director, added: \u201cWe are utterly thrilled to have Hayley and Rupert join us to play Jilly Cooper\u2019s legendary characters Helen and Malise Gordon. Alongside our other new wonderful actors and truly brilliant returning cast, \u2018Rivals\u2019 series two absolutely showcases the best of British and Irish talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is executive produced by Treadwell-Collins, Lamb, Felicity Blunt, Elliot Hegarty, Laura Wade, Cooper and Jonny Richards for Disney+ EMEA scripted content. Eliza Mellor serves as series producer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRivals\u201d will return to Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ in the U.K. and internationally. The first season is currently available to stream on Disney+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney+ has unveiled new casting additions for the second season of \u201cRivals,\u201d with Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6460,96,59,6479,36838,40923,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-80552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-hayley-atwell","tag-rivals","tag-rupert-everett","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}