Alex Dutton has fairly the journey forward of her in 1923. Not solely does she need to cross an ocean within the hopes of reuniting with husband Spencer Dutton in Montana, however the season 2 premiere revealed she’ll be embarking on the journey whereas pregnant.
In an unique interview, Julia Schlaepfer, 29, dished on what sort of challenges the mother-to-be will face en path to Bozeman, the place she and Brandon Sklenar’s Spencer have been headed earlier than he was taken away for throwing her ex-fiancé Arthur (Rafe Soule) overboard within the season 1 finale. “It’s definitely going to make her journey much more troublesome,” the actress instructed Us. “There’s a lot extra at stake for her being pregnant and realizing that there’s a baby on the best way.”
“If you happen to’re simply taking good care of your self [while] shifting via the world, you may make selections for your self that really feel proper, however now she has a baby to maintain,” she defined. “It’s going to be tough, particularly being a pregnant girl within the Nineteen Twenties alone. That provides a degree of depth to the state of affairs.”
Although the fan-favorite character is thought for being courageous and fearless, Alex “needs to be much more cautious with how she’s handled and the way she takes care of herself alongside the best way,” Schlaepfer continued. “It turns into her final precedence to guarantee that this baby stays alive and that they will all be reunited as a household.”
It stays to be seen what sort of roadblocks Alex will encounter in the remainder of the season, however Schlaepfer believes the previous Countess of Sussex will face a actuality test throughout her travels. “She’s lived a really privileged life,” the Politician alum stated. “I don’t suppose that she fairly [understands] the hazards that exist in numerous elements of the world, so there’s quite a lot of studying.”
Taking part in the “feisty girl” has been “a dream function” for Schlaepfer. “Alex pounces on all the pieces that she needs and she or he’s very sturdy,” she instructed Us. “She’s been very sheltered, however she is set, and we see much more of that in season 2 as effectively.”
In actual life, Alex has motivated Schlaepfer — who jokes she would additionally “would run away to Africa with a person that I fell in love with after a day” — to observe her personal goals: The actress moved to Montana after falling in love with the state following Taylor Sheridan’s legendary cowboy camp.
“I used to be feeling so impressed by Alex and the way she simply follows her happiness wherever it leads her,” she defined, noting she was “so blissful” working in Massive Sky Nation. “I [thought], ‘Why wouldn’t I observe that happiness and take a leap?’”
Now, “I reside on a ranch in Montana,” she added. “I’m so blissful and I by no means wish to depart.”
Season 2 of 1923 airs Sundays on Paramount+.
