We chat with PerryMason EP Susan Downey & showrunner Michael Begler about cracking the mystery of season 2, and how Robert Downer Jr. helped shape the direction of the HBOseries this year:
Perry Mason returns for season 2 nearly three years after it first debuted on HBO. After creators and showrunners Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald stepped down, Jack Amiel and Michael Begler stepped in to work alongside executive producers Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey. Perry Mason stars Matthew Rhys as the title character initially created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Joining him are Juliet Rylance as Della Street and Chris Chalk as Paul Drake.
Ahead of the premiere of Perry Mason season 2, Screen Rant sat down with Begler and Susan Downey to discuss the lawyer's next chapter, including defining this stage of Perry's story, cracking season 2's big mystery, and writing for a slew of excellent characters. We thought about what would happen in that six months in between, and what happens when you get that thing you think you want. Well, with that comes a lot of responsibility. And it comes [with] a whole new set of problems. And underneath all of this simmering, as you see in the first few episodes, is a secret that Perry is harboring, that has had a profound effect on the way he is taking the firm and the direction it's taking.
I would then say, cracking a mystery is damn hard, but I think we start from the place of character. Where are they? And as Susan said,, where do we want to start them in terms of the next chapter of their journey? And then looking at the history of the city, we wanted to explore more of the city during the season [and] we wanted to expand on what was established in the first season.
Susan Downey: Oh, we definitely did not end it in mind of any politics or changes or anything happening at the network. No, we just want to tell the best story. We just want to go on the most interesting journey for Perry.
Michael Begler: And I also would say, you write it one way, it's acted another way, and then you see it in the cut another way. And so what you love on the page, you may change when you're watching it being shot. And then, when you're seeing it on the screen cut together, you're like, oh, wait a minute. That's so good. And so I think that's what's so great and surprising about the whole process.
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