“ living in her own world and this relationship kind of figuring out who she is.”Įven when her character isn’t exactly like her regular life, Ally relates (or likes to think so). And it’s just thinking like ‘okay how am I going to approach this?’ I know exactly how she feels. Tilda has become such a big part of Ally, so this new character arc has been exciting to take on. “In order for her to become her own person, she needed this time to be separate.” She compares it to moving out on your own for the first time with your first love.
She doesn’t have any of those labels anymore,” Ally says she thinks it’s exactly what Tilda needs. “She’s in a really loving, amazing relationship …she’s away from all of those roles like ‘the Baron’ and ‘the Regent’. The Iron Rabbits become Tilda’s new identity in S3, allowing her a chance at redemption by stealing from the Widow and Chau to provide for the civil war refugees. They’re really cool, they’re kind of punk rock, they wear cool eyeliner,” she says. “Tilda has bounced back from her fight with the Widow, and now she’s off with Odessa ( Maddison Jaizani ) and she’s living among her Robin Hood vigilante group called the Iron Rabbits.
For Ally Ioannides, what her character Tilda went through with her mother, the Widow, has been hard but forced her to grow in the new season. Tilda (Ally Ioannides). Photo: Aidan Monaghan/AMCįamily has always been an intrinsic layer of Into the Badlands, where forged bonds and blood ties are equally important. “There’s a point where he kind of has to accept his fate, and so from that point on he has to charge forward and try and save the Badlands from the chaos.” And the world is forcing him to get back into it, so he’s also dealing with that struggle and again, trying to erase those tattoos off his back but then those tattoos start to weigh down more and more on him as the season progresses.” Through that journey, Daniel says, Sunny begins to find out more about himself and his past. “It’s very emotionally draining…he doesn’t wanna fight anymore. But, humor aside, Sunny’s in for an even worse time. Kind of like real parents,” Daniel jokes. “This thing that happens to his son causes him another panic, another mission he has to go on, so he has to fight through all those emotions to deal with the day to day. But when Henry gets sick Sunny’s forced to venture out and is pulled back into the civil war between the Widow ( Emily Beecham ) and Baron Chau ( Eleanor Matsuura )-such is the sadistic nature of the Badlands. “He’s kind of in a state of depression, he’s holed himself up, he’s living on the edge of the Badlands, trying to stay away,” Daniel explains. Now he’s left alone to raise their baby boy Henry.
Sunny lost the love of his life, Veil ( Madeleine Mantock ), in the battle. When we last saw Daniel Wu’s character, Sunny, he defeated his nemesis and former baron, Quinn ( Marton Csokas ), but it cost him.
The cast are nearing the end of an intensive nine month shoot in Ireland but Daniel and Ally took time out to reflect on their whirlwind year and look at what’s coming for their characters. To craft such a rich story takes time, hard work, and faith for lead actor/executive producer Daniel Wu and co-star Ally Ioannides the filming of S3 has been exhausting but the payoff is immense. In the third season of Into the Badlands the story is only getting started-there are worlds beyond the wall and we’re about to see them collide. Photo: Aidan Monaghan/AMCĬhaos begets chaos in the Badlands, where ruthless barons reign and the only way out is a fleeting myth you can’t hold on to.