Actor Leo Suter talks about what could happen in Vikings: Valhalla Season 2. Vikings: Valhalla is a spinoff of the series Vikings that ran for six seasons on the History channel, with the new series premiering on Netflix in late February 2022. The second season of Vikings: Valhalla wrapped filming in November 2021 with a release date of sometime in early 2023 and will feature episodes directed by BAFTA-winning director Niels Arden Oplev, who also directed the pilot.
Vikings: Valhalla takes place a century after the conclusion of Vikings and covers the end of the Viking Age by following historical figures Leif Erikson, Freydis Eiriksdottir, and Harald Hardrada as they travel across oceans for survival and glory. Vikings: Valhalla has already been renewed for a third season by Netflix, with production set to begin next month. Both seasons two and three are expected to have eight episodes.
In an interview with People, Suter talks about what could happen to the three leads in season two and some BTS details about the series. He talks about how the second season will show the three leads being pushed to their limits following the Battle of Kattegat in the first season finale. He also mentions how the events of the series have a historical basis and that the real-life fate of his character Harald Hardrada is quite fascinating. Read his quote below:
Harold is a real character who lived an incredible life, so Google [his real-life fate] at your own volition. What I would tease about season 2 is I would say, at the end of season 1, these three characters who we've come to sort of hopefully know and love, their worlds are all a little uprooted and the world is a little uprooted. Kattegat's changed hands, it's all at boiling points. So yeah, these characters have been pushed to their extremes.
Since Vikings: Valhalla takes many historical liberties, it's interesting to speculate where the series might go with its narrative developments. Suter talks about the immersive production demands of the series, with intense exercise regiments and time mastering the Scandanavian accents the characters use and growing out his hair and beard for the role. He also mentions shooting the series on location in Ireland and how the country helped add to the sense of place for the series.
It's hard to predict where the story will go in Vikings: Valhalla, with the basis in history being used rather loosely so that the writers can go in more creative directions. It's never been Hollywood's job to educate, and perhaps the series is entertaining enough that it might encourage some people to find out more about the real-life figures that inspire the series. Vikings: Valhalla has already had its share of plot twists in its inaugural season, and if Suter is to be believed, it's bound to continue that way.
Source: People
