There’s lots to love about Prime Video’s The Wilds, but a personal favorite component of the show is the ensemble. Season 1 introduced us to a group of girls who think they’re going on a retreat only for their plane to crash and strand them on a deserted island. Soon after, the audience comes to learn that that plane crash was no accident. They’re the subjects of Gretchen’s (Rachel Griffiths) Dawn of Eve experiment.
While some of the core cast did have experience prior to working on the show, The Wilds put Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Reign Edwards, Mia Healey, Erana James, Sarah Pidgeon, and Helena Howard on the map in a bigger way than ever before. Yes, The Wilds is a highly entertaining survival thriller, but it’s also a complex exploration of powering through a variety of challenges and how one grows from those experiences, character arcs that require a cast with great range and peak chemistry with one another. And series creator Sarah Streicher certainly got what she needed in that department.
With Season 2 of The Wilds set to hit Prime Video on May 6th, I got the chance to have a chat with Rachel Griffiths about her experience collaborating with this exceptional ensemble. Check out what she had to say in this video interview!
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