Emily Hampshire on The Rig SE2: ‘The Ancestor’s the other – it’s queer, in a way’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Emily Hampshire in The Rig (Image: Prime Video)

Emily Hampshire has had an extraordinary 30-year career in acting, starring in everything from sci-fi TV drama 12 Monkeys, to cult cinema classic, Mother! by Darren Aronfonsky. However, she is best loved for one of her more recent projects: the role of the sarcastic and dry everywoman Stevie in Schitt’s Creek.

Now, after a stint filming in the Scottish Highlands, Hampshire returns alongside screen stalwarts Ian Glen and Martin Compston, in season two of Amazon’s smash thriller, The Rig. Attitude asks her about working on big budget television, her love of musicals and the struggles of being LGBTQ when in the spotlight…

You have just been to the premiere of season two of The Rig. How are you feeling?

It was an

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