ACTRESS Dolly de Leon has announced that since Hollywood labor disputes were settled earlier this month, she will be flying to Munich, Germany to finally begin working on Season 2 of the mystery-drama series “9 Perfect Strangers” with actress-producer Nicole Kidman, no less.
“We will start shooting on Jan. 15, so I will fly there on the first week of January,” Dolly told Inquirer Entertainment during the opening ceremony of the 2023 QCinema International Film Festival over the weekend. Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” where Dolly plays one of the main characters, was the festival’s opening film last year.
“I’m not really ready for it yet. Because of the strike, I didn’t read the script that was sent to me. I waited until everything was over. Now, I’m just waiting for them to send the rest of it. I only have the first six episodes. I’m waiting for the seventh, eighth and ninth,” she added.
Dolly is expected to stay in Germany for six months. “I’m hoping that my stay there will be shorter. There’s a possibility that the shooting will only last for four months,” she said. “Expectations? I’m going to have so much fun doing it, and I’m already sure of that. I also know that it’s going to be challenging because the cast is so small. It’s going to be super cold there, too — it will still be winter when I arrive. That’s also part of the challenge, and the fun.”
The award-winning actress continued: “I already saw the first season (currently streaming on Prime Video). In the second season, Nicole’s character is going to be way crazier! The story is about a psychiatrist who treats her patients with therapy, as usual, and with some hallucinogens. She has nine patients, and in Season 2, I’m one of them.” (Marinel Cruz © Philippine Daily Inquirer)
