'Penny Dreadful' Season 2 News, Spoilers: Helen McCrory Talks About Villainous Character, Vanessa's Past Revealed in 'The Nightcomers'
Right before the second season of Showtime's hit horror TV drama series "Penny Dreadful" kicked off with its premiere episode titled "Fresh Hell," it was found out that Season 1's Evelyn Poole a.k.a. Madame Kali played by Helen McCrory will be the chapter's major villain.
The 46-year-old cast member dished some details about what to expect of her character this season.
"In Season 1, they were the hunters," the actress told Collider, referring to Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) and Company. "They were trying to find out Mina's whereabouts. In this season, they are the hunted and I'm the huntress."
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"You will find out that, like Vanessa, I am also within the occult and within witchcraft, and I am battling for her soul. The light is on one side of her, and the darkness is on the other. You can have a great big guess about which one I am," she continued.
Needless to say, the first few episodes this season showed just how interested Madame Kali is with Vannessa. Her intentions, however, remain to be seen.
"You'll discover that we've met before, that we have things in common, and that we're familiar, in many different ways. We just have chosen different paths. We both try to struggle to get the other one onto their path. Her intentions will be revealed to the other characters much more slowly," she went on to say.
In fact, this week's episode titled "The Nightcomers" will reveal in a flashback the moment when the two characters meet. The segment will also introduce a new character played by Tony Award winner Patti Lupone.
Lupone takes on the role of a cut-wife who trains Vanessa how to use, control and direct her powers. In one of the promo trailers released by the network, Madame Kali, together with her cohorts, visited them in their recluse cottage on the moorland where eventually a confrontation takes place.
Find out more of these events when "Penny Dreadful" Season 2 airs this Sunday, May 17, on Showtime.
