The Tourist was the most-watched drama within the UK in 2022.

Originally supposed to be a restricted sequence, the BBC present has swapped Australia for Ireland for its second outing.

It sees Jamie Dornan return as Elliot Stanley, a person who wakes up from a automobile crash within the Outback with extreme reminiscence loss.

Speaking to Sky’s Backstage podcast, Dornan says he pushed for the six-part thriller to be shot nearer to dwelling.

“I’ve got to admit that I used whatever power I felt that I had from that first show being a success and being an executive producer on the second series… to my advantage,” he mentioned.

This is just not the primary time Dornan has performed a personality with reminiscence loss – he beforehand portrayed serial killer Paul Spector in The Fall, who claims to have suffered reminiscence loss after he’s shot.

But the actor says his character in The Tourist needed to be approached in a different way than any of his earlier roles.

“I felt like it was quite liberating actually,” he defined.

“What I loved about [it] is it kept you really present, like every bit of information is true to hearing for the first time and a snippet of the recollection that he has or someone has, or any lead that he has, it is all just like for the first time.”

With the second sequence relocating to Ireland, it meant a complete new solid and crew for the present.

“We’re a characterful nation and we are also, I think, a pretty funny nation so I was excited to see how that would blend,” he mentioned.

The Tourist additionally stars Dumplin’ actress Danielle MacDonald who says the sequence is “genre-bending”.

“Life is full of ups and downs and I love when you can laugh at the darkness. And I think that The Tourist has that in spades,” she mentioned.

Jamie Dornan was lately awarded an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University in Belfast.

He says he plans to get it framed and positioned in his workplace “just so people believe” him.

Reflecting on 2023 in movie and TV, the Northern Irish actor picked Slow Horses and The Morning Show as his favorite sequence.

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“My wife and I are both Academy members, so we get all the screeners. So we’re just watching unbelievable movies every night,” he mentioned.

The actor chosen Todd Haynes’ May December as a latest favorite movie together with American Symphony by Jon Batiste.

The first episode of the second sequence of The Tourist airs on BBC One at 9pm on 1 January. All episodes are additionally obtainable to stream on BBC iPlayer from 1 January.