George Takei joins the cast of The Terror for season 2
By Dan Selcke
Earlier this year, AMC aired The Terror, an icebound period horror show based on the book of the same name by Dan Simmons, a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition to the Arctic in the mid-19th century. The show was a moody, textured, spooky delight, and AMC soon renewed it for a second season.
But season 2 won’t be set in the northern ice. The first season wrapped up that story. Instead, it will revolve around an “uncanny spectre” haunting members of a Japanese-American community during World War II, whether they’re fighting in the Pacific or confined to internment camps on the mainland.
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Now, AMC has announced that Star Trek’s own George Takei is coming aboard as a series regular for the second season. He’ll play Yamato-san, a “former fishing captain and community elder.” Takei himself was held in two Japanese internment camps as a child, so he’s also acting as a consultant to “ensure the accuracy of historical events and storytelling.”
In AMC’s press release, season 2 showrunner Alexander Woo calls Japanese internment a “blemish on the nation’s conscience” and that his new season will communicate the terror of the camps “in a way that feels modern and relevant to the present moment,” probably referring to the Trump administration’s internment of migrants, something that got a lot of press this year. Based on the bold, evocative first season, we’re really looking forward to this.
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