Rose Leslie on how her real life pregnancy shaped Vigil’s plotline
ok.co.ukWith much anticipation, BBC One thriller, Vigil is back for series two. Actress Suranne Jones, known for the likes of Gentleman Jack and Doctor Foster returns to the show as DCI Amy Silva.
Also returning is Suranne’s co-star and Game Of Thrones actress Rose Leslie, who plays Amy’s romantic partner and colleague DI Kirsten Longacre.
Amy and Kirsten as a couple have reached a new milestone as series two begins, and are having a baby – as a result of Rose and her real-life husband Kit Harington [Game Of Thrones’ Jon Snow] expecting their second child at the time of filming.
Instead of hiding the baby bump, it was written in. “I think being pregnant helped with the development of their relationship, I got a fast track on it – and now both my children have been on screen,” laughs Rose, who was also privately pregnant during filming of the first series. “But I liked the idea that being pregnant meant that Kirsten had to stay home and be in Scotland and as a result that drew the characters apart in a very natural, organic way because there was no way she’d be going to the Middle East.
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