It took exactly a yr for The Artful Dodger to receive its first renewal — so what are the possibilities Hulu would pick the show back up for season 3?
Throughout the season 2 finale, which aired on Tuesday, February 10, Belle (Maia Mitchell) learned a shocking revelation in regards to the governor (Damien Garvey) not being her biological father. Her mother, Jane (Susie Porter), shared the reality when she thought she was on her death bed but Belle’s love interest Jack (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) ultimately saved her life.
In consequence, Jane finally gave Belle permission to be with Jack. Belle ran to seek out him but it surely appeared that Jack got on a ship and left. The ultimate moments of the season confirmed that Jack couldn’t leave Belle — and the fan-favorite couple shared a kiss.
Elsewhere within the finale, Fagin (David Thewlis) had a plan to die so his troubles would disappear. Jack helped executive the plan but Fagin actually survived and woke up … buried underground.
“There’s rather a lot [more story] to inform,” Mitchell, 32, exclusively told Us Weekly in regards to the way forward for the show. “It’s such an enormous show with so many characters and so many plots happening all of sudden.”
The actress noted that there’s “loads of opportunity” for “far more character development” in the long run, adding, “With Belle and Jack, it’s seeing what domestic life could appear like. I don’t know the way they pull that off. I don’t see them ever being settled but seeing what that appears like and seeing them actualize their relationship.”
Mitchell didn’t stop there when it got here to possible story lines.
Maia Mitchell and Thomas Brodie-Sangster in The Artful Dodger season 2. Hulu / Courtesy Everett Collection
“But in addition with the family. Belle learned this revelation about Lady Jane and we see the family in a way more sort of authentic closeness together,” she teased. “But I might like to see what that does for the family — and for Lady Jane. I’d like to see what Lady Jane is as much as in season 3 as well.”
She continued: “Fagin is as much as no good. And Belle’s sister, Fanny, her story line this season is essentially the most delightful surprise. I actually wasn’t across any of those scenes so watching the show back I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, that’s what they were as much as day-after-day that I used to be at home.’ Seeing where that goes with Fanny, she’s so empowered and so delightful. I might love to do this. I might like to do a 3rd season and I do know everyone feels that way.”
Acting as a sequel to Charles Dickens‘ novel Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger is ready within the 1850s and follows Jack Dawkins, who’s a former Royal Navy surgeon trying to determine himself as a respected young doctor. Along with his antics outside of labor, Jack quickly develops a romance with the governor’s daughter Belle.
“It was a protracted painstaking wait to listen to [about a season 2], so we’re very blissful to be back,” Mitchell noted to Us. “By way of jumping back into character, the break was good. It’s all the time nerve-wracking going back. Nevertheless it’s really easy with our sets and in our costumes, you only really do melt right into the world. However the break was good because I might have needed that circuit break to seek out a distinct tone in her, to do some different prep. Especially with the dialect coaches, I used to be vocally dropping her slightly lower and there was a rather different physicality. Hopefully we get a season 3, and hopefully the break isn’t as long.”
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Mitchell was thrilled at the possibility to film a project in her native Australia.
“At the tip of 2021, I had written a listing of things I used to be manifesting. It was a job that was shot in Australia, a period drama and it was a lady who was playing a feminist and claiming her power. That’s literally The Artful Dodger for me. So it’s a dream job,” she gushed. “And to give you the option to work from home is improbable. It’s less of a flight to go to family and our crew is so amazing. I’ve now shot a pair projects in Australia in the previous couple of years, since I’ve moved home — and in addition overseas — and I can say needless to say that it’s the perfect and most elevated work that I’ve been capable of do.”
She concluded: “It’s due to the crew and everybody behind the camera and the forged. We have now such immense talent here and I’m so excited that the world is becoming aware about it because we’ve known it. We’ve all the time made such improbable shows but they’ve this Aussie tone with a gritty drama. Now we’re expanding that and we’ve got these massive period dramas with crazy budgets. It’s really fun to be an element of that sort of latest moment in Aussie film and TV. So I couldn’t be more stoked and I might just work in Australia with Aussie crew for the remainder of my profession if I could. It’s the perfect.”
The Artful Dodger is currently streaming on Hulu.