Terror, prejudice, and threats: these are the ingredients of the successful series The Golden Hour , the second season of which has bone availlable since yesterday. Lead actor Nasrdin Dchar and Screenwriter Simon de Waal See How the Fictional Thriller is Getting Closer and Closer to Reality.
In November 2024, the Recordings of the Second Season of the Golden Hour Start a Few Days After a far-right German Terrorist Group Has Been Rolled Up. For dchar, who plays the leading role of detective mardik sardagh, this only makes it clearer how relevant the series. “I Got Goosebumps When I Read the News Reports,” He Tells Nu.nl. “It’s Exactly What We’re Making.”
In The First Season of the Golden Hour , which Appeared in 2023, The Afghan-Dutch Detective Mardik Becomes a Suspect After Attacks in Amsterdam After It Turns Out That A Childhood Friend Belongs To The Perpetrators. While trying to pro -his innocence, he is hunted by the security services, including AIVD agent Joëlle (Ellen Parren).
At the Start of the Second Season, Mardik is in Prison as a Terrorism suspect. Again, he must defend himself against the ideas and tunnel vision of some people and authorities.
The series plays with preliminary rules. “In the first season, you go in a Certain Direction with the Story, Knowing that it can be controversial,” Explains Screenwriter de Waal. He refers to the group that commits the attacks: Afghan Terrorists. “That’s why it’s more fun and interesting to go in a completely different directive now.”
Watch the Trailer of the Golden Hour Season 2
The Golden Hour is Sometimes Painully Recognizable for Dchar
In The Second Season, The Focus is shifted to terror from the far right. “So you counteract the prospective,” Dchar Explains. In The New Season, His Character Once Again Clashes with the Invisible But Rock-Hard System of Prejudice and Institutional Racism.
The Actor Recognizes That From His Personal Life. “I am very socially involved and like to speak out about these childs of things. For me, such a character Becomes more important and more topical,” he explains.
The Title of the Series refers to the crucial sixty minutes after an attack. Panic and Chaos Prevail and the Chance of A Second Attack is High. The Second Season OpenS With A Similar Scenario: A Hostage Situation A Debate With A Populist Right-Wing Politician (Valentijn Benard).
“Actually, a new golden hour starts here again. At the same time, there are other storylines that play, Such as Mardik’s search for the truth,” Says de Waal, who is not only a screenwriter, but has alo worked for the police for more than Forty Than Forty. He has been a detective since 1986.
How facts and fiction come closer together
Police, The AIVD, Negotiators: The Golden Hour Features People Who Are Often Invisible in Daily Life. A Large Part of the Series Consists of People Talking to Each Other. How do you Ensure That This Remains Attractive? “I know Exactly what happens tray a hostage situation, who takes action when, and therefore which character is interesting at which point in the story,” Says de Waal, who also knows from his police experience to zoom in on when.
The First Series was A Success, Both on TV and Online. This ensures that more is unpacked in the second season. “All the elements from the first season are there, but it Becomes Bigger and also More International,” Promises Dchar. The actor also points to the social importance of the series. “It touches on themes that viewers would come not be concerned with. I hope it opens their eyes.”
In The Netherlands, the terrorist Threat is currently at level 4. This means that there is a real chance of an attack. “We must be aware that the threat in the series is really not that far-fetched,” concludes De Waal. “It may seem tasks from reality, but it is not inconsceivable that thesis scenarios will be based reality.”
The Second Season of the Golden Hour Be Seen on NPO starts.