In MobLand Season 2, Conrad Harrigan (Pierce Brosnan) and his cunning wife, Maeve (Dame Helen Mirren), struggle to maintain control of their empire as they face threats from both inside and outside their organization.
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they → struggle → organization
Though the Harrigans have an expert fixer and consigliere in Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy), they aren’t sure they can trust him.
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they → have → him
While their son, Kevin (Paddy Considine), plots to undermine his father, Maeve has been secretly grooming Conrad’s half-son—and Kevin’s surrogate son—Eddie (Anson Boon), as her protege and business partner.
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Maeve → plot → protege
As much as Conrad does not want to lose the role of head of the family, it’s clear to audiences that he respects Kevin for his succession attempt and Eddie for his schemes.
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he → want → schemes
“[Conrad] grew up with violence,” said Brosnan.
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Brosnan → grow → violence
“He has pride in the vengeance of his boys.”
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He → have → boys
However, these Harrigan men are nothing compared to the looming threat of Boston-based crime boss, Kat McAllister (Janet McTeer) and her new “paladin,” Frankie Cooper (Johnny Flynn).
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men → compare → boss
While their characters will no doubt clash at some point this season, Mirren said it was “fabulous” to have McTeer join their ensemble.
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McTeer → clash → ensemble
Brosnan noted that McTeer plays Kat with “a stiletto, cold, chisel-like presence.”
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McTeer → note → presence
However, what Brosnan and Mirren relish the most in their roles as the Harrigans is the “freedom” they’ve found in playing these characters created by esteemed playwright Jez Butterworth.
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they → relish → Butterworth
“It’s so fun to not be restricted,” said Mirren.
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Mirren → ’ → ?
“I never think about [Maeve’s] motivation for anything.
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I → think → anything
She just goes and does whatever she’s going to do, without any self-consciousness whatsoever.”
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she → go → consciousness
Brosnan still delights in the note he received from director Guy Ritchie about Conrad way back in Season 1.
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he → delight → Season
“Minutes before we were supposed to film my first scene, he said to me, ‘Go Irish; go mad,'” remembered Brosnan.
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Brosnan → suppose → me
“To find a role like Conrad at this point in my life has just been a joy.”
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find → find → life
Decider briefly spoke with Brosnan and Mirren during a press junket about Season 2 when they discussed their characters’ family dynamics and shared how “liberating” it is to work within this company of actors.
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it → speak → actors
Have Maeve and Conrad ever experienced a threat to their empire as dire as the one from Kat McAllister and Frankie Cooper?
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Maeve → experience → McAllister
I don’t know if the Harrigans have faced a threat like Kat or Frankie.
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Harrigans → know → Kat
Before the curtain went up in Season One, Helen and I didn’t really talk about previous circumstances.
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Helen → go → circumstances
We didn’t talk about the motivation of the characters.
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We → talk → characters
We read the script, took it for what it was, and prepared our own performances.
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it → read → performances
It was fabulous to have such a very serious threat to their empire such as Kat, played by the great Janet McAteer.
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It → have → McAteer
[Laugh] She will come into our lives face to face, you and her together.
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She → come → face
Janet plays Kat with such a stiletto, cold, chisel-like presence.
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Janet → play → presence
We really have no idea where the story’s going.
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story → have → idea
We’re just sitting in the wings here, waiting to start filming the third season.
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We → sit → season
Pierce, is there a part of Conrad that’s a tiny bit proud that his children are as ruthless as he is when it comes to succession?
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it → ’ → succession
I think there is, yes.
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I → think → ?
I’ve always seen Conrad as this kind of pig farmer.
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I → see → farmer
Don’t ask me why, but he strikes me as one.
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he → ask → one
He’s from the cut of Ireland, which made life very hard for him as a young man.
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life → ’ → man
He grew up with violence.
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He → grow → violence
So, yes, he has a pride in the vengeance of his boys.
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he → have → boys
I’m fascinated by Conrad’s and Maeve’s relationships with their children.
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I → fascinate → children
It all comes down to the writing.
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It → come → writing
We have one of the great living playwrights, Jez Butterworth, doing our scripts.
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one → have → scripts
It’s an unbelievable honor to have that.
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When we get a new script, we can’t wait to see the scenes that we’ve got to play and the dialogue that goes with them.
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that → get → them
It’s always very exciting to get a new script.
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It → ’ → script
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