Tonight season two of Killjoys premieres on Syfy. The series follows three bounty hunters, or "killjoys," as they chase after criminals across the Quad.

Recently Killjoys stars Hannah John-Kamen, who plays Dutch, Aaron Ashmore, who plays Johnny, and Luke Macfarlane, who plays D'Avin, talked to the media about what's coming in season two.

MacFarlane talked to SciFi Vision about D’Avin’s fate now that he’s been brought to Level 6.

“I remember being very concerned with it. Oh, what are we going to do with my character? Finally, I’m in Level 6; am I going to be like Khlyen (Rob Stewart)?

“So I think what we can tease, is that we learn a lot more about what a Level 6 is, and that it’s not as simple, and it’s not as good and evil as we originally thought.

I think I’ll also tease by saying it’s what makes the Level 6s that becomes a big story point, the actual physical sort of makeup of a Level 6, that becomes a big story point.”

MacFarlane also talked to the site about D’Avin and Pawter (Sarah Power), and said that they do not hook up this season; however, Ashmore teased that Johnny just might.

MacFarlane added, “But you know, it’s something that will unveil itself. Yes, it will become clear, and it’s an important, I think, part of D’Avin’s growth, that idea of sort of holding on to things. So it’s a very good story.

“But I hook up with lots of other people, so don’t worry.”

Syfy Conference Call
Killjoys
Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore, and Luke Macfarlane

June 16, 2016
3:00 p.m. ET

SCIFI VISION: Is there anything at all that you can tease about what Level 6 is and maybe what’s going to happen to D’Avin, if he’ll become part of that or if he’s just going to escape?

LUKE MACFARLANE: I’ll start with that. I remember being very concerned with it. Oh, what are we going to do with my character? Finally, I’m in Level 6, am I going to be like Khlyen?

So I think what we can tease is that we learn a lot more about what a Level 6 is. And that it’s not as simple, and it’s not as good and evil as we originally thought.

I think I’ll also tease by saying it’s what makes the Level 6s that becomes a big story point, the actual physical sort of makeup of a Level 6, that becomes a big story point.

QUESTION: We know it’s quite an action-packed show. Can you tease some upcoming moments that fans can look forward to?

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Well, definitely I think this season, what fans definitely need to expect is the world is a lot bigger. And we just discovered Arkyn and with that comes really, really awesome new and exciting characters.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes. I think a huge part of this season is -- yes, obviously, new characters. But also really expanding on some of our supporting characters, which I think is awesome. Because I think we have great -- you know, Pawter, and Alvis, and Pree are three that we really, really get to see more background. And we really interact with them in our mission and stuff.

So I think that’s a pretty exciting aspect of the show moving forward, is really bringing forth some exploring these other characters that I think are really interesting.

QUESTION: So thematically, the first season I think was about finding your family in this very large world. Can you talk to us about whether there’s a certain theme to what goes on in Season 2?

AARON ASHMORE: Maybe holding your family together. I definitely think...

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. That’s a really good answer. Yes.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Yes.

AARON ASHMORE: The circumstances that are happening in the Quad are tearing it apart. And I think on some level – even though we explore that the team is being pulled apart in the first season and this world being torn apart, we really continue with that and what’s that going to look like and how is our team going to stick together through all these insane things that are about to happen to them.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. Yes, that’s right.

I think we learned a lot last year, what it means to love each other. Now, we know that we have loved each other, so it’s now what we can bear, how much weight we can take on, how much responsibility, how much we can understand each other and what everybody needs as individuals, and so stay together. Yes, because we challenge each other a lot, the three of us this year.

AARON ASHMORE: Absolutely.

QUESTION: As far as your experience in filming Season 2, how did it feel different for you guys than Season 1?

LUKE MACFARLANE: I am going to answer this question right off the bat...We had a really, really tough time in our studio this year. So I’m just going to start with that.

We have incredible audio people. But when we - one of the really challenging things this year was our studio space was really loud, literally. We had to hold a lot of roles. We could hear compressors, and saws and drills through the wall.

So this year was, it was snowing and it was cold and it was a winter. The first season was in a summer. So it changed, I think in a really good way, the outdoor experience of the show, because all of the sudden the world that we have in is cold and rainy and wet and snowy, whereas the first season it was green.

So that I think were two very distinct things that changed the filming experience this year versus last year.

AARON ASHMORE: I think something that was different for me or I found different is the first season we were all getting to know each other. It was totally brand new, this world, these characters, and even our relationships with each other.

And this season, we were past that. We already knew, we knew each other now, we were friends. And I think that in a lot of ways it was even more fun in the second season because all that getting-to-know stuff and all that were out of the way.

And we are already friends, like from day one of the second season when we jumped in. So I find it to be a lot of fun. And yes, even more fun we than had during the first season.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: I think for me what was different this season was actually story-wise, without giving too much away is, I remember last year working a lot with Aaron and Luke and with Bellish, and with Nora.

But then this season I know that there’s just - working with different people for a long period of time, because of the way the story goes. So yes, as I want to say who and what and when but definitely that was different to me.

QUESTION: Usually when a series does reach year two, there is - you mentioned that some of the supporting characters have their day. But do we dwell more into the three of you and what’s going on with you, and maybe a little bit more of your past and who you were, that kind of thing?

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Definitely, this season is - we went a lot together last season. And this season we will or will be doing our own thing actually.

And Dutch was absolutely - we’ll be seeing so much more of her past come to life and that’s the real battle that Dutch herself and a struggle with what’s good and what’s evil. I mean, definitely you will be seeing so much more of Dutch’s past.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes. And I think there’s always going to be character development with the three of us. You know, that will just be what it is. But again, we need to develop the world bigger and these other characters. So there’s definitely a lot of that as well.

And as Hannah was saying, Dutch is our main girl, right? Dutch is the focus and the focal point and what brings all of these characters together. So yes, we definitely get a lot of really cool -- really, really cool back story and layering with Dutch, which is, yes, I think people are really, really going to find it interesting.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. And I think in the classic second season of the show, we meet the characters, we understand the way they function, how they operate, and the second we make the world bigger. And we’ve done that for sure in the second season.

QUESTION: Can you tease a little bit about, and this I guess applies primarily to Hannah, but perhaps the other guys can comment on this too. Can you tease a little bit about how the relationship pans out with Khlyen this season?

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Ah, with Khlyen. OK.

So with Khlyen and Dutch, it’s really obviously a very complicated, conflicted relationship, because he’s the guy that she just wants to hate. It’s really easy to hate Khlyen. And obviously at the end of Season 1, he’s taken D’Avin away. And we know that he has.

But definitely with Khlyen, there’s going to be more of an understanding of why he’s done what he did - why he’s done what he’s done in the past. And I think for an audience member as well, it’s going to be a bit harder to just see Khlyen as the bad guy, there’s more understanding of his character as well.

AARON ASHMORE: And nothing seems cut and dry this season, does it? There’s lots of complex things going on.

And yes, and I think you’re right, that’s exactly what that relationship is, it’s very complex. And Khlyen, we saw only one side of him in the first season and we see so much more in the second season. And yes, it’s -- again, it’s a very, very interesting to see that stuff unfold.

QUESTION: I would just say specifically to Aaron, congratulations on your baby.

AARON ASHMORE: Well thank you so much. I’m a very, very proud papa.

QUESTION: Very good. And I know, since I have two kids myself, that this is scary for anybody being a new parent. If Johnny was the parent of a child in the Killjoys world, what would be the biggest thing you would be afraid of for them?

AARON ASHMORE: Have you seen the Quad?

LUKE MACFARLANE: Wow.

AARON ASHMORE: It’s a terrible, terrible place. We’re surrounded by assassins and civil war, and so I think everything...

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: We saw a missile on the set.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes, sure. Yes. Lucy is not baby-friendly. Yes, we have laser guns all over the place so we would have to seriously baby-proof Lucy. But...

LUKE MACFARLANE: No pocket.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes, I don’t know. I think there’d be a lot to be afraid of.

But I also think that Johnny would, build some really fun little toys and stuff like that for his baby with his little - he put little things together and have the baby well pacified while they are out on missions.

Or he could build some cool little armor structure that he could mount the baby on its chest and go, you know, like some sort of a warrior father or something, I don’t know. It would be fun, I think. I think it would be fun to see Johnny do that.

QUESTION: I think Johnny would be a great dad and Lucy would be a great sort of baby-sitter.

AARON ASHMORE: She would, yes.

LUKE MACFARLANE: And I would be a terrible baby-sitter.

AARON ASHMORE: Uncle D’Avin. You’re going to meet your Uncle D’Avin.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Uncle D’Av.

QUESTION: You guys have some of the best action scenes. I’m just curious about, do you have to learn a lot of choreographies? Does it depend on the episode? And do you have any funny anecdotes about this?

AARON ASHMORE: I learned none.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Oh, my gosh.

AARON ASHMORE: And Hannah learned none.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: I learned a lot.

Well, to be honest, it’s a bit crazy actually learning the fight. And luckily, it’s quite naturally to me. But there’s so many cool, awesome badass fights that happen this season. And there’s actually the first girl-on-girl fight this season as well, which is really, really timed.

AARON ASHMORE: Oh, tell me more.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: But I do remember fighting outside and it was in the snow. And I didn’t know my fight yet. And I remember I had light lit you and the camera is rolling, like, “Right, Hannah. You do left, kick, turn around.” I was like a (damn). And then yes, the fight happened. So it’s pretty...

AARON ASHMORE: Miraculously, this is amazing thing...

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: It miraculously happened.

So yes, there was -- it was really fun, actually, it’s really - it was a challenge. But when you achieve it, it was cool.

LUKE MACFARLANE: I think Hannah is a little modest in a sense that I think something that the writers and the producers discovered this year was actually Hannah has a real gift for the fight choreography. She picks up really quickly. And they asked a lot of her and she always delivers.

And honestly this year she has longer, more badass fights. It’s really been impressive.
HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Luke is really good.

LUKE MACFARLANE: So I’m like the grunter and the muzzle. And you there is this one episode where I have to do something quite balletic for reasons that would be revealed later.

And yes, I had this very complicated stick thing that I have to clean and spin and twist and do it very elaborately. And there was a group of reel of about, you know, 50 takes of me just going look, “Oh God! I can’t.” “Oh my God!” like I was dropping it.

And then when I actually saw the thing get together, I look like I know what I’m doing. But just rest assured, I really don’t know what I’m doing. And that’s like our kind of thing.

Hannah has lots of options. They can take some of them (indiscernible).

QUESTION: Now, my question goes to all of you. What is actually harder? Because it’s a very physical show, what is harder for you to do, the physical aspect of the show or dealing with the green screen working against nothing?

AARON ASHMORE: We actually do a ton of green screen, to be honest with you. Do we guys like - I’m trying to think when we and Lucy obviously looking at the cockpit and stuff, there are some green screen shot.

But we don’t do over-the-top stuff. They do a really good job of building sets and going to locate some of the stuff so that we’re...

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: And being on location, yes.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes. So obviously, there’s green screen stuff that has to be done. But not as much as you may think being that we’re set in a galaxy far, far away.

LUKE MACFARLANE: What was also interesting too, because the effects artists are so gifted, I was actually just looking at something today, and you know, something levitating very close to me in my eyes are tracking it. And because they do their work so well, it looks like my eyes are actually tracking this whole thing that wasn’t there. So a lot of it, the success of it has to do with the work that they do afterwards, honestly.

But the physical stuff, I actually always find really quite enjoyable myself. It’s a very different party here, the brain, the body. You don’t have to think as much as disturbed reactant. I always find the struggle is just to get this much out of my head as possible. So I really like the physical stuff a lot, personally.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Yes, I love the physical stuff. The physical stuff is amazing.

But yes, I agree with Aaron and Luke that the effects is amazing. But we haven’t a massive ton of it. But when we do, when we’re in the space, it was actually, it was really fun. It kind of brings back like you’re a kid again, just hanging, just using your imagination. So yes, I like it.

AARON ASHMORE: And the directors do a great job of explaining to you what it’s going to look like and what’s going to happen. And it’s not like they just leave you to hang out there and have no idea. They definitely fill you in and - yes, like Hannah was saying, you just use your imagination. We do that all the time anyways in our jobs. So yes, it’s fun.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. And we try to thank them pretty much as often as I can.

QUESTION: My question is for all three of you. Can you describe Season 2 in one word?

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: I’m going to say steroids, as it hits like then made even bigger.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Good. Yes. I would say family.

AARON ASHMORE: I’m going to say complexity.

Steroids, family, complexity. Come watch our show.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. Come watch our show.

AARON ASHMORE: The tagline for Killjoys Season 2. That will be a hot topic out there.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Steroids, family, complexity.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. Oh my God.

AARON ASHMORE: Guys, we should work for the PR team. I think we’re doing good.

LUKE MACFARLANE: It would be nice...

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Hey guys, steroids, family, complexity.

QUESTION: I was curious whether this season’s script plays where it subverts science fiction conventions? I noticed a little bit of that on the first one, so I’m interested to hear.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Very much so. You guys can answer that.

But this is to me, what comes to mind, is I think we referenced a lot of these sort of campier aspects of the 70s. And that’s always been part of the show, what the sort of 70s tropes of sci-fi. I’ll just throw out like femmebots as a possible sort of thing that we see this year.

So I think subverts ,or makes light of, or kind of has like an ironic appreciation for, definitely is part of the flavor of this show this year, yes.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Yes. I definitely agree with Luke. I agree with that kind of 70s and the business coming definitely with this season.

And I know it’s still a lot with some of my costumes, when even when you look back into the past, very much reminded me of Space Oddysey, that look in scenes and certain costumes. So yes, definitely.

AARON ASHMORE: And Michelle, our show runner is such a fan of sci-fi. And I think you know, sci-fi from the past, so I think it’s inevitable that she’s going to be bringing a lot of those references and a lot of that stuff into the show, but then also spinning it in a new way.

LUKE MACFARLANE: I would also say, in the humor aspect of the two, there’s this kind of self-awareness of it, the way we speak, the kind of tough little sort of quips that come out of our mouth. You know, they definitely revert back to some TV from the 70s for sure.

SCIFI VISION: Everyone is asking, so is there going to be any more scenes of D’Avin with Pawter this season?

LUKE MACFARLANE: D’Avin with what?

SCIFI VISION: With Pawter. Are we going to see them hook up at all?

LUKE MACFARLANE: No, D’Avin Jaqobis does not hook up with Pawter this season.

AARON ASHMORE: John Jaqobis might.

SCIFI VISION: But Johnny might?

LUKE MACFARLANE: Might.

AARON ASHMORE: So there you go.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. But you know, it’s something that will unveil itself. Yes, it will become clear, and it’s an important, I think, part of D’Avin’s growth, that idea of sort of holding on to things. So it’s a very good story.

But I hook up with lots of other people, so don’t worry.

QUESTION: Now you mentioned earlier that this season is going to be action-packed. Is there a particular episode that’s maybe more action-packed than others?

AARON ASHMORE: Actually, the first episode is really action-packed, there are some amazing action sequences in it. But I think most of the episodes have quite a bit of action. But definitely the first episode back is insane, I think, as far as action goes.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: I think it seems like - yes. We set the valve very high in this last episode and it seems like every single episode just gets really bigger and wilder with all the action.

I always notice that as well in our read-throughs just how the excitement, and yes, like a real action-packed, fun-filled episode, there’s got mini-episodic things where there are so much going on.

So I have to say, yes, pretty much every episode.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes. There was no easy episodes, like guys like feel laidback. It was all like fast-paced action-packed stuff throughout.

LUKE MACFARLANE: We, Aaron and Hannah and I would always joke like, “This is episode where I really did like Lucy a good cleaning.” We get to stay on that tip and rub her down. It’s very organized with big closets, you know.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Make nice tea, make some food.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Make some food, like watch a movie maybe.

I also think the action comes in all kinds of different - this year we have a lot of this the kind of combat. We have some done sequences. We have some spaceship-on-spaceship sequences.

AARON ASHMORE: Oh, my favorite.

LUKE MACFARLANE: So action in all different shapes and sizes. Yes, exactly.

QUESTION: I noticed that in Season 1 there were a lot of episodes that seemed to be self-contained. And then by the end, it all kind of tied together very nicely, is that same kind of flavor in Season 2?

AARON ASHMORE: Well, there’s definitely a warrant-based episodes in Season 2 but I think that now that we locked into a bigger story, and there’s the bigger mystery about what’s going on, obviously, that’s what driving the second season.

So I think the first couple episodes, we definitely have some more warrant-based things happening. But it really does ramp up again like the first season, I would say. That was my take on it.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: I think as well. Because things this season will be revealed. You’ll forget about them until you actually find out the bigger meaning behind it in a later episode.

So yes, it does tie together. But in between that, there will be a warrant-based episode. And what we find on the warrant actually will play much bigger later on. And yes, it all does tie in to a little bit more like that this season, I find.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes, definitely. I think one of the great thing as the viewer of the show is that, because the story is so dense, there really isn’t anything that’s not significant. Pretty much anything that is on it, the character, a prop, align like it does get to let it back in, and that’s just the density of the show.

AARON ASHMORE: No filler.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes, no fat. No fat. So it didn’t bloat.

AARON ASHMORE: Oh, I miss you guys.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes.

QUESTION: In the first season, Killjoys really developed a very loyal fanbase so quickly. What would you guys attribute to the (feasibility) to pull fans in and then keep them coming back week after week?

AARON ASHMORE: I definitely think it’s the characters that draw everybody in. Because I think the sci-fi stuff is amazing. And if you’re tuning into sci-fi, that’s good looking. You want that futuristic or sort of not quite reality. But I think if the characters in the story line and the dynamics between them aren’t interesting, you’re not going to get a loyal fan. People aren’t really going to be drawing in.

I think that that was what the writers and what Michelle did really well, is creating a dynamic between these three characters and all are supporting characters that’s really dynamic and interesting to watch. It’s not just the action that keeps people coming in. I really think it’s the characters.

As an actor, it’s like, I love these characters. I love all of them. I don’t just love the character that I play, I love all of them. I think that they’re all so interesting and well-rounded, and all sorts of different colors of them. And I think that that’s what people respond to, that’s what people watching the show respond to as well.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: And I think as well, it’s the characters. They go against the grain as well. Like especially with Dutch and Johnny’s friendship, platonic friendship, you don’t really see that in shows.

When there’s two guys, one girl, it’s inevitably always a love triangle, or as well also happen between Dutch and D’Avin, and then to find a way back to being friends again. It’s this complex thing between the characters, I think, as well. I’ve seen a massive response from that as well.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. I think anything that gets bringing people back is that they want to know these people, be part of their little community.

QUESTION: You shot the whole season. Is there a particular episode that you’re really excited to see, visualize on TV once it’s ready and everything?

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: For me it’s Episode 7. That was the one - that was written by Michelle. And I think there’s an amazing one line, isn’t it. And that would be interesting to look.

So I’m actually just really excited to represent D’Avin because it’s so - the lines, some of the lines that are in there are so funny.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Five.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes, five. Yes, yes, five is really - no, sorry. Go, go, go, talk, talk.

LUKE MACFARLANE: I’m looking forward to five because it was very much a John episode and it’s just always nice to see your fellow actors work.

And I think I only work like maybe a day-and-a-half in that episode because it was John’s episode and it’s a great location. I heard all these great scenes. So I wanted to see how it all turned out because it’s John’s big episode.

AARON ASHMORE: Right. I was going to say as well, this year we definitely work apart from each other quite a bit. So I’m excited to see - well, I’m really excited for the finale this season too.

I think there’s like some really cool dramatic big stuff that happens obviously in the finale. But I’m excited to see all the episodes because we definitely get to work apart more this year. And it’s really fun to watch the scenes that you weren’t a part of because you got to see your friends, your fellow actors, you could see the story unfold.

And of course you read the script, but it’s really a completely different thing to watch the scene put together and see how everybody is playing things, all the dynamics are happening. And so I’m actually excited for the whole season just to see it. You know, we put a lot of work into it. And we all, I think, really love the show.

And so for me, at least, I am so excited to see it. And we don’t get to see very much of it either. You know what I mean? Like we see maybe some rough cuts here and there, points, and we see stuff from what we’re doing AVR, but we’re sort of in the dark as the final product, the music, the editing, the takes it shows, the special effects until it airs as well.

So I’m really excited to just to see the whole thing put together.

QUESTION: Aaron, first of all, how’s Lucy?

AARON ASHMORE: My girl is doing great.

QUESTION: And she’ll still be in Season 2, right? She’s still talking to us?

AARON ASHMORE: Of course. She’s the fourth member of the Killjoys, you know. She’s in every mission we’re going, she’s in every episode. Yes, she’ll definitely be there.

QUESTION: In the finale last season, Johnny did the blessing, fake the blessing of that woman. And he didn’t tell the guy that he wasn’t a true believer but the guy insinuated that maybe he was. Is that going to come up sometime this season?

AARON ASHMORE: No. I’ve actually have lots of people asked me questions about that. And a lot of interests in that element of monk and the religious stuff. And I will say that the religious stuff and the monks play quite a big part in Alvis in the second season.

But no, John does not go for monk, although that would have been interesting. But he doesn’t really go down that road. But just the whole religious aspect of the show plays a very, very big part in the second season.

QUESTION: Well, I was wondering if that was something, because he seems to be maybe more compassionate and - I don’t know, sensitive maybe than his other shipmates a little bit.

AARON ASHMORE: I don’t think that one is cold-hearted. I don’t think the Quad is a place that creates sensitivity or compassion. You know, it’s a tough, tough world. And as we’ve seen Dutch’s past and also D’Avin’s past these guys have been through some really difficult stuff. And John has too but for whatever reason he’s - yes, he is just maybe a little bit more sensitive in whatever ways.

So sure, yes. That’s just one of his, you know, qualities that makes him him.

QUESTION: I know you can’t say if D’Avin has been in the Level 6. But can you answer if being Level 6 makes you an asshole, sort of a killer?

AARON ASHMORE: Wouldn’t it be awesome to let go? That would be call.

LUKE MACFARLANE: I think I can say this though, and you guys correct me if I’m wrong. But you know Level 6 does not mean you’re an asshole.

AARON ASHMORE: No, no.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: No.

AARON ASHMORE: Way more complicated than an asshole. Yes. Yes. But it sort of seems that way. Doesn’t it thought, a little bit? They’re just complicated.

QUESTION: I know you hit on this just a bit. But can you tease anything about how the dynamics between your characters are changing this season?

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Definitely, the dynamics between us are aligned and between Dutch and Johnny.

I think for Dutch, she’s got to let Johnny go and do his thing. But also she’s so super protective of him. There are reasons why Johnny will go and do certain things and not tell her. And then there’s going to be a little risk, like definitely complicated between Dutch and Johnny, the two of them.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes, yes, for sure. And I saw some really interesting things happening between Dutch and D’Av too, some really interesting - I would say almost a friendship forming.

I mean, I still think that these characters will always have sexual tension and there’s something kind of hot about them, but there’s also something in some of the things that I saw where there’s a real bond and a real friendship that’s formed. And obviously, they just met in the first season, so that wasn’t there.

So to me it’s interesting to see those dynamics play out like these two characters actually get to know each other. They actually spend time together. It’s cool. From what I saw, it’s really interesting to see it play out.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. I think, for D’Avin, I think, his relationship to both of them is defined by this acceptance that you can’t control people. Because I think his whole life leading up to (inaudible), he can control people, whether that’s violence or over sex. And here he’s with two people that he can’t control and it’s open, kind of softens him in a very deep way that can make relationships deeper.

AARON ASHMORE: Deeper. That’s deep, that’s deep, I like that. That’s - wow, that’s really interesting.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Really? I’ve got a lot of time to think about it.

QUESTION: As actors, what would you say has been the toughest challenge you face this season?

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: I think, for me as an actor, I mean this and Season 1 as well, taking on a role that requires a lot of emotional strengths, a lot of physical strengths.

And suddenly for this season the stakes are higher and especially with other characters you should close to and other characters you should love and close to. And so I think this season with stakes being raised so high, that find the emotional strengths that the character has and trying to hide it as well. So it’s that conflict within Dutch. Yes, that was very tough for me this season.

AARON ASHMORE: I think, yes Hannah, you’re right about this - or what I think is really difficult about doing the show, and I think you touched on it Hannah, are the stakes. There’s no scenes. There’s no time where we’re just sitting around and it’s just chill and it’s really conversational.

It’s always -- and as much as it keeps the tone of it fun and moving in that, it’s very fast-paced. There’s always so much going on in these scenes, there’s always tons of information, there’s tons of emotional stuff in every scene, in every episode. There’s never like just sit back and just conversational about it. It’s always fast-paced.

I’ve done like horror movies before where - which are really difficult because you’re being chased through the woods, you’re being chased whatever. And those stakes are high. You have to keep at that place where you’re like on edge, adrenaline something, adrenaline something.

And I feel like this show’s sort of like that. There’s not a lot of downtime for the characters to just be relaxed or whatever, they are always on a mission. They’re always on guard. They’re always killing with emotional stuff. They’re always dealing with problems and warrants.

So it’s just - it’s very, very busy. There’s no easy scenes. There’s always something going on. And if it’s not action, if it’s not emotional, well then there’s -- and you’re throwing humor in that too, right? So they ask a lot of you. They ask a lot, would you be able to play all these things, and juggle all these things, which is amazing. It’s an amazing challenge.

But it’s definitely a lot tougher than a lot of other acting jobs that I’ve done.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Yes. I think I can reiterate everything that both of them said. It’s both the strongest aspect of the show and also the biggest challenge.

It’s totally -- you’re in a scene and you just punch somebody or shot somebody and then you make a joke. And it’s kind of funny. It’s just, sometimes it’s hard to know exactly how to play that. And we’re very lucky with great directors who help guide us and who have bigger visions. But yes, you wonder like, “Oh, how serious is this now?” Or, “How much joke it is now?” And realizing the nice edge of those things, humor and pain and drama are very close to each other.

QUESTION: What can you tell us about Red 17?

LUKE MACFARLANE: Oh, we never know how much we can say. It’s always so hard. We learned a lot more about it. We learned that it’s an institution that’s been around for a very, very long time. And they have some evil plans.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: And Red 17 is connected to something that we - is very much in our lives and we find out.

I don’t know what else to say. It’s really hard.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes. We delve into Red 17 right off the bat. I don’t really get into the Red 17 stuff. So if you can wait until July 1st your answers will be forthcoming because yes, we definitely jump into all of that stuff right off the bat.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Probably true, yes.

QUESTION: If Lucy manifested in a human form or even like a robot, how would you guys interact with her?

AARON ASHMORE: I think it would be very interesting. I mean, we know Lucy. She may not have a physical manifestation but her personality would be the same. So how would we interact with her? Probably quite similarly. I think maybe the question would be more, how would Lucy interact with us?

QUESTION: Do you have any series on that?

AARON ASHMORE: Maybe just stay tuned. Stay tuned.

QUESTION: Oh, really? OK. I didn’t think it was going to happen. But OK.

AARON ASHMORE: I didn’t say, I just said stay tuned. We may see other aspects of Lucy that we haven’t seen before.

QUESTION: You talked in the past a little bit about having a cast that was big into singing. So I’d love to know whether we’ll hear any characters singing this season.

AARON ASHMORE: Yes, we will.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Yes, we will.

AARON ASHMORE: Multiple characters sing. Yes.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Oh yes. That’s right. Multiple - yes.

QUESTION: Oh, my gosh. I can’t wait. Thank you.

AARON ASHMORE: There’s lots of singing this season. Yes.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: On and off camera.

LUKE MACFARLANE: It does. I was singing just a little bit all this morning.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: I’ve been singing the country song all the time.

LUKE MACFARLANE: It’s a really good song. Oh boy.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Amazing.

AARON ASHMORE: You guys got to record it next year.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: I know. I know.

QUESTION: One of the strengths for the show is the culture between the different planets in the Quad. And I’m wondering, if we’re going to get deeper into any of these specific cultures that you can mention, or maybe even cultures beyond the Quad that we might get to see.

AARON ASHMORE: Maybe.

I think that we definitely delve into the politics. That’s still a huge part of Season 2, all the relationships between the planets and the political system that set up. That’s a huge part of it. And the world does open up slightly, I would say, to explore at least the possibility of stuff beyond the Quad, beyond what we’ve seen in the first season. So yes, the world is certainly opening up in the second season.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Definitely as well you will see historically the cultures politically very different in the past, and how the states of it whereas now and how different it is.

QUESTION: You mentioned earlier about Pree and that we would see a lot more of him and his - I guess his bar is gone. So can you give us any more details about that?

LUKE MACFARLANE: It might not be done.

AARON ASHMORE: I would say the thing about - to me, one of the biggest surprises of Season 2 were like, they’re really fun and interesting characters stuff was working with Thom or work with Pree. He gets some really, really cool fun stuff. And Michelle and the writers just really opened up that character and really expanded it in a really, really fun way. There’s more to Pree that meets the eye.

LUKE MACFARLANE: Very much so.

QUESTION: This one is for Hannah. I read something recently where Michelle talked about how you in real life are very light and fun and funny. And she felt like she didn’t serve you very well last season in that way, but she’s trying to make your character Dutch have more fun and give you more opportunities to show your fun side this season.

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: Absolutely. Dutch is very witty. And of course, when you’re introduced to Dutch, you’re also introduced - well I mean, with her character, with meeting D’Avin in Season 1 and obviously she had got up his long lost brother, and she’s not very trusting.

But the people who she trusts (inaudible) - I’m on the last season yet. There were a lot of times when maybe Dutch wasn’t the fun joker. But that Dutch has her fun in her own way. And definitely the Season, Michelle’s Episode 7, yes, there’s so much fun and that there’s so many -- one line in that that made me laugh.

So that was a really fun episode. And yes, you will definitely see more of that this season.

QUESTION: What is your favorite part about playing each of your characters? What is about your character that you like the most and your favorite part about playing them?

HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN: The one thing I respect about my character, the one thing I love the most about Dutch is her loyalty. As a character is just her loyalty to people that she loves, her friends, she will move mountains.

The challenge, and the one thing I love about playing Dutch is - I mean, not necessarily, but the range of emotions as an actor I get to play with one character. And also physically, it’s amazing, it’s a dream, and to play a strong character as Dutch.

LUKE MACFARLANE: I’m really grateful to get to play something as physical as D’Avin. You know, it’s not an opportunity that’s been given to me in the past. I really like -- so really for lack of a better word, and this is a bad word, but the masculinity of him or his ideas or what he thinks that he really is, I like that.

And the thing I really like playing D’Avin is he often reacts what got first in his head. And that’s something as a person that I don’t normally do. I overthink things a lot. And it’s quite a joy and a relief to being somebody’s body who doesn’t do that.

AARON ASHMORE: You guys have a deep answer, I like those. It made me think.

I think the one thing that I really like about John and playing John is there is hope in this guy, he’s always looking for the positive in people. He’s always sort of - that’s what he’s thriving for. That’s what he wants for other people too.

And it’s fun to play a character that that is the basis sometimes for what he is. He is always trying to help people. He’s always trying to make things better for people - maybe not always for himself but for the people that he loves, the people that he cares about. And that’s fun to play a character that cares so deeply about other people.

And I think that that ties into something that Hannah was saying about the loyalty too, it is fun to play a character that is loyal to a fault. I think that there’s something admirable in that. And that’s - so it’s really fun to play character that that’s a huge part of how he is and why he does things.