The Hamilton creator plays aeronaut Lee Scoresby on the HBO fantasy show.
Lin-Manuel Mirandatakes his role as Texan aeronaut Lee Scoresby on HBO’s fantasy showHis Dark Materialsseriously.
“Oh, this is my holiday,” Miranda said.
I said, ‘No, man, me pretending to be a cowboy in Wales is the holiday.
Thisismy vacation from all the other projects I have going on.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How would you compare season 2 to season 1?
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA:Its interesting.
The characters all kind of ricochet off each other in different ways.
Were split in different ways.
I dont have as much time with Dafne.
I was sort of glued to her side in the first season.
But it deepens and widens the world.
I think thats the magic of Philip Pullmans world.
It starts in a world thats sort of recognizable to ours, right?
Then the worlds just keep getting wilder and wilder.
[It] keeps expanding the aperture of what is possible and thats sort what happens in season 2.
Would you say the second season is darker?
I think theres more of both extremes.
I think theres moments of incredible levity.
There are moments of great levity and there are almost moments that are dark and pretty intense.
As you said, season 2 explores these other worlds.
Does that affect you?
The world is just constantly expanding.
I was like, wow, this is really big scale for BBC.
This was before HBO had joined.
That is the tiniest set Ive been on this season.
So, yes, just the scale of the thing is so surreal now.
Whats it been like working with Dafne?
Oh, its so great.
I dropped right into the Hugh Jackman track of her life.
Its really nice when you see someone that talented, that young, and their head isveryscrewed on straight.
Because its a lot, you know, to have all this going on when youre a kid.
His Dark Materialsseason 2 will premiere on Monday, Nov. 16 at 9 p.m.
In the U.S., the series will air on HBO and stream on HBO Max.
Watch theHis Dark Materialsseason 2 trailer above.
