The Terminal List showrunner David DiGilio, author Jack Carr, and executive producer Jared Shaw spoke with ComingSoon’s Tyler Treese about the second season of the hit Prime Video show. The trio discussed how Season 2 expands the story, working with director Ray Mendoza, and Chris Pratt’s dark performance. It’s now streaming on Prime Video.
“Season Two finds James Reece (Chris Pratt) searching for new purpose after finishing his list. When the CIA corners him, Reece must clear his name by stopping a resurgent terrorist group that has turned a former ally to their cause. The globe-trotting espionage thriller uncovers a conspiracy reaching from Moscow to Langley and into Reece’s own family history,” says the official synopsis.
Tyler Treese: David, in the first episode of this season, we get a very unexpected cameo, at least for me, Bill Maher. How was it getting him involved and having to do your own little episode of Real Time? You guys nailed it.
David DiGilio: It was incredible. Thank you. And we can thank the man behind you, Chris Pratt, for reaching out directly to Bill Maher. I believe he may have traded a podcast performance to get Bill Maher to perform in our show.
We brought a small crew from Canada to work with our existing crew in Los Angeles. It was great to be able to shoot part of this show back in L.A. Bill was incredible. We did it right at the end of a taping. Constance jumped in there. Our other actor jumped in as well. And the man who just nailed his lines, Mr. Bill Maher, was incredible.
Jared Shaw: We’re hoping he’s going to be able to make the premiere. He’s a little busy, but man, yeah, it’s great.
Tyler Treese: Jack, this season adapts the second book, True Believer. What impressed you the most about this adaptation and how they made tweaks to the story to fit a new medium?
Jack Carr: This one is global in nature. I was very intentional on my part in the book, and we did the same thing in the TV show.
It’s a risk to take a full episode and go across the Pacific. It’s a risk to take a full episode and drop it into Africa and have this character evolve and still propel this storyline forward. So I did that in the book, and that was successful on that front.
We did it in the show. People are loving these first two episodes. And for a lot of people that read the books, they always think that we’re not going to do certain things because Hollywood would never do X, Y, or Z.
And so to have this journey that Chris Pratt goes on as James Reece across the ocean, to have him learning to live again in Africa and capture that on film and deal with the difficulties that you have filming in such a remote location, and then to do these things that people think we’re not going to do, that part was probably the most rewarding, to see those scenes and chapters brought to life.
Tyler Treese: Jared, Chris Pratt told me that he really relies on being able to look at you anytime he’s unsure during filming or has a character question, and you’re able to give him feedback. What does that mean for you to have such trust from a star of that magnitude and him really wanting to be collaborative?
Jared Shaw: Yeah, I mean, we have that foundation of years of friendship just to start with. So there’s that bond that’s built over time just naturally as two very close buddies. And then with my background and where I come from, from the military side, Chris has been able to tap into that.
And I’ve been able to transfer over that knowledge and experience that I have and help him on the day when we’re on set find that tone and where it needs to be. Like he said, a lot of the time it’s just simply a look. If I just give a little nod, he knows he’s in the zone.
And we’ll say it a lot of the time, “Hey, give me a little more Reece. Give me just a little bit more Reece.” And he knows exactly what that means. All right, I need to go a little darker. I need to go a little more stoic with it. I need to be a little more on the operator side.
David DiGilio: He’s such a good guy. I mean, he constantly wants to bring that smile. He wants to bring that affability, and you help ground him as the Reece Whisperer.
Shaw: And as we all see on screen, he’s found it. He knows it. I mean, he is James Reece. And it’s really cool to see that transformation that he’s made from Chris Pratt, happy-go-lucky, funny guy, to, “Damn, you got that side of you.”
DiGilio: And maybe his best performance ever this season.
David, I want to ask you about working with Ray Mendoza, who’s one of the great directors on board this season. I loved Warfare. He’s another veteran who served our country. How was it getting him involved and working with Ray?
DiGilio: Ray Mendoza is an incredible asset to this team, and he’s been with this team from the beginning. He worked super closely with Antoine Fuqua to do the tunnel set piece in Syria that kicks off the entire franchise.
We then watched him rise to second unit director for us and then go off to co-direct Warfare, which is now one of the most authentic military thrillers ever put on screen.
We needed a director to step in and finish the Morocco work of 204 and 205. Our director, Tucker Gates, had a family crisis that he had to attend to back in the States.
Ray Mendoza, first pick. Incredible for him to come over. And then amazingly, I think episode 205, you’re going to see the first episode ever directed by a former SEAL, produced by a former SEAL, written by Kenny Sheard, a former SEAL, based on a book by this man, Jack Carr, a former SEAL. It’s pretty remarkable what Ray brought to that team.
Yeah, I love how you guys have all embraced all these former military and getting them involved in the entertainment industry. It really adds a layer to the show, and I think it’s really successful because of that.
Thanks to David DiGilio, Jack Carr, and Jared Shaw for taking the time to talk about The Terminal List Season 2.
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