Aidan Turner on Why the Raunchy Moments of Rivals Were Needed

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[Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Rivals.] Based on the novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, the drama series Rivals has been picked up for a second season of further romantic entanglements and bouts of excess, and if you haven’t yet checked out what it’s all about, you’ve got plenty of time to do so before Season 2 premieres. Set in the 1980s world of independent television in the UK, career-driven Declan O’Hara (Aidan Turner) just wants to succeed in a backstabbing profession that takes so much of his time and focus that he’s become neglectful of his family. When cutthroat station director Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) offers Declan his own interview show, he pairs him up with producer Cameron Cook (Nafessa Williams), a fierce women looking to prove she deserves the position that she’s stepped into. During this one-on-one interview with Collider, Turner talked about being one of the first actors in the door for Rivals, how definitive the characters were, watching old BBC interviews to prepare, what he most enjoyed about playing Declan, that the TV studio set was built for real, the trifecta he was a part of with Tennant and Williams, and how the sex scenes were vital to the story. #rivals #aidanturner #davidtennant For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit https://collider.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL https://twitter.com/collider https://instagram.com/collider https://facebook.com/collider