‘Gen V’ Season 2 Interview: Jaz Sinclair and More

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(L to R) Derek Luh, Jaz Sinclair and London Thor star in ‘Gen V’ season 3.

Premiering on Prime Video beginning on September 17th is the second season of ‘The Boys’ spinoff ‘Gen V’, which stars Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau, Lizzie Broadway as Emma Meyer, Maddie Phillips as Cate Dunlap, London Thor and Derek Luh as Jordan Li, Asa Germann as Sam Riordan, Sean Patrick Thomas as Polarity, and Hamish Linklater (‘42’) as new character, Dean Cipher.

Air Date: September 28th, 2023

Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Jaz Sinclair, London Thor and Derek Luh about their work on ‘Gen V’ season 2, what happened to their characters at the end of the first season and where they are at the beginning of Season 2, how Thor and Luh work together to portray the same role, why Marie doesn’t trust Dean Cipher, and what it means to them to be part of this popular series.

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‘Gen V’ Season 2 premieres on Prime Video beginning September 17th.

Moviefone: To begin with, Jaz, can you talk about what happened at the end of Season 1 and where we find Marie when Season 2 begins?

Jaz Sinclair: I mean, at the end of season 1, I get lasered by Homelander. We think I might be dead. I’m not dead. We wake up in a facility, and then we cut to Season 2, where I’m on the run. So, we got captured, we got thrown in Elmira, and there’s a bit of a time jump. I think Maria is just grappling with that, and that the world is not what she thought that it was, and just being in survival mode at the beginning.

London Thor (Jordan Li) in ‘Gen V’ Season 2. Credit: Jasper Savage/Prime. Copyright: Amazon MGM Studios.

MF: London, can you talk about how Jordan is feeling at the beginning of season 2, especially being separated from Marie?

London Thor: I think Jordan’s going through a big crisis at the beginning of season 2. We’re at our lowest point. We’ve just spent 10 months in prison and all we know is that Marie has abandoned us. We don’t know if she’s okay, if she’s coming back or what’s going on. We don’t know if she made it out. So, it’s an all is lost moment for a lot of us at the top of Season 2.

Derek Luh (Jordan Li) in ‘Gen V’ Season 2. Credit: Jasper Savage/Prime. Copyright: Amazon MGM Studios.

MF: Derek, you have the unique acting experience of sharing this role as Jordan with London. Do you discuss together off screen what you are both doing in your separate scenes to create one seamless performance for the character?

Derek Luh: There’s conversations that are had and check ins from scene to scene like, “This is what transpired in the scene.” But also, to circumvent that, we would go and watch each other’s coverage to really see what the other person is doing on the day and the choices they’re going to make. Because the scene changes as you do it. You can plan one way and then it completely changes, and someone does something else and now you have to react a certain way. So going and physically getting to watch it and track it made it so much easier than having to recall what we did that day.

(L to R) Jaz Sinclair (Marie Moreau) and Hamish Linklater (Dean Cipher) in ‘Gen V’ Season 2. Credit: Jasper Savage/Prime. Copyright: Amazon MGM Studios.

MF: Jaz, can you talk about why Marie is suspicious of Dean Cipher and what is it like working with actor Hamish Linklater?

JZ: I do come in so suspicious at the beginning. I’m like, “I don’t trust you”. For starters, Cypher is at Elmira when we’re at Elmira. So, when I’m meeting Cypher, I’m not meeting Cypher. I’m like, “Bro, I know you’re involved with all this evil stuff. When are you going to tell me how and why?” So, I know he’s playing a game from the beginning. That’s why I’m suspicious, because I know he’s bad.

Hamish Linklater (Dean Cipher) in ‘Gen V’ Season 2. Credit: Jasper Savage/Prime. Copyright: Amazon MGM Studios.

MF: Finally, London, what does it mean to you personally to be part of this series and the overall ‘Boys’ franchise?

LT: It’s the best experience ever, honestly. I was such a big fan of ‘The Boys’ before booking ‘Gen V’ and it’s been such a life changing experience in getting to meet everyone in the cast and getting so close with everybody and being a part of such a unique show. I love superheroes. So being a part of such a unique superhero universe has been amazing.

‘Gen V’ Season 2 premieres on Prime Video beginning September 17th.

What is the plot of ‘Gen V’ season 2?

In the second season, while the US experiences Homelander’s reign, Marie (Jaz Sinclair) and the rest of the inmates return to Godolkin, with a dean who turns Supes into soldiers. On the brink of a war between humans and Supes, the team discovers a program that could change everything.