Season 2 ofThe Giftedwas a big change of pace for everyone involved.
These new coalitions were particularly hard on Lorna Dane, a.k.a.
Eclipse (Sean Teale), the love of her life and the father of her infant child.
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But over the course of the season, Polaris also found new sources of strength.
That latter story line culminated in a big way inthis weeks season 2 finale.
EW spoke to Dumont about Lornas journey and finding a different way to save the world.
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Season 2 was totally a whole new monster for me personally.
My character has changed 180 degrees.
There was a learning curve for season 2 Lorna, because shes so different from season 1 Lorna.
Immediately they were like, No, Emma, this is wrong.
This year shes gonna be more scared and passive.
I hate to say it because it sounds negative, but Lorna was kind of a wimp this year!
Which is totally fine, but I definitely struggled in the beginning.
Youve played this character for a bit, and then youre told shes different.
Her cadences changed, her word choice changed, everything changed, and there was lots of crying.
But for her this isnt black and white, shes struggled with it her whole life.
He wasnt abandoning her, he was trying to protect her.
He was doing the correct things a father should do.
She doesnt want people writing articles in the paper like Lorna Dane, just like her father!
But the truth is, he wasnt those things; he was actually a political activist in many ways.
She has some walls up for sure.
But as a parent you understand how to live for someone else.
What he got out of it was, she remained safe and hidden and out of danger.
It hurts her that she basically does the exact same thing with her daughter Dawn.
I felt like Marcos and Lornas beliefs were very much in parallel with Xavier and Magneto.
She wants to do the right thing.
This is something that will keep her up every night for the rest of her life.
Even though she hated Max, it was a similar extent.
She didnt plan for him to be killed, and it wasnt her doing.
For her to not be in control is a big trigger.
She doesnt like to not be in control.
When shes not in control, it freaks her out.
Its easy to forget that Sage is one of her oldest and only friends.
They actually have a very tight bond.
So when the deaths did happen, we wanted it to hurt more.
But of course that didnt happen.
Her season 1 moment was politically driven, and it was about being a superhero with powers.
Ill be your friend!
Esme is Dawns godmother, 100 percent.
That is maybe her best friend now, which is crazy.
If you were going to pick a friend for Lorna Dane, it would not be Esme Frost.
But they have a friendship that can withstand anything, literally.
You know what, Lorna saves the day every season!Well, Reed did a lot too.
Then when I got the headpiece, we knew something was gonna go down.
We saw Lorna almost kill her this season.
Similar to her father, she does not put up with that telepath nonsense.
Since as we all know, Magnetos helmet protects against telepaths.
But we know that Lorna might know.
When she confronts Esme, does she know that she has protection?
So Lorna is taking a risk!
Its almost like a placebo effect, because this thing might not do anything.
There are typical cliffhangers, like did that person die or not?
But our cliffhanger is like, anything is possible.
On the final day of that last day they had us doing our dialogue in different ways.
So I actually have no idea where season 3 is going.
It can go literally anywhere in the scope of the Marvel Universe, which is very broad.
I think shes cute as leader, so Id like to see her as a leader again.
Also, straight-up, Id like to see her in the green bodysuit!
Personally, I want to see her go full-on Magneto.
I want to see her tear cities apart and then deal with the consequences of that.
