Arcane Season 2 | 'Making Arcane' - Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell | Netflix - video Dailymotion

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The cast and creators of ARCANE share an in-depth look at what it took to bring this incredible saga to life, and to bid farewell to these beloved characters. Arcane Season 2 is only on Netflix.

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00:00I'm done blaming myself for your mistakes.

00:03Done pretending you're my sister. You're not.

00:06Then stop me.

00:11I'm still just, like, in shock.

00:14Like, I don't even have the words.

00:17That's the beauty of this show, is it's complex.

00:21Arcane Season 2 is dark.

00:24Ambitious.

00:27Badass.

00:28Unbelievable.

00:29Surprising and dramatic.

00:31I'm such a fan.

00:32This is not just the next chapter, like, we need to do something here that's very special.

00:36The scale is so large and it's so ripping.

00:39There is something for everyone.

00:40It really is memorable.

00:46In Season 2, we're in the aftermath of my attack.

00:50Your attack.

00:51Jinx's attack.

00:52Jinx's attack.

00:53Yep, that's me.

00:55A lot of tension.

00:56A lot of tension.

00:57Between Piltover and Zorn.

00:58The chaos and the conflict are at an all-time high.

01:04The amazing thing about doing a series where you come back for a second season

01:08is you can completely trust the creators and it feels very collaborative

01:11and you know your character.

01:13With Season 1, first thing was, like, can we establish the characters from the game

01:17that we all know and what they sound like, what they fight like.

01:19But we want to have the drama and the stakes of something that we see in anime.

01:23Season 2, a lot of it was, like, kind of pushing it much further.

01:26It really explores the dark sides of the characters.

01:28What the hell are we supposed to do now?

01:30Watch it all burn.

01:33We had so much trust from both Christian and Alex and the entire team

01:37to really take on these characters in this new light,

01:40having spent so much time with them and having learned them so much over Season 1.

01:44Where are the others?

01:46Spit it out.

01:47Working with Ella and Hayley, they're so good.

01:49You know, they internalize the lines in the moment.

01:51I'm ready.

01:52And go really deep on the different emotions.

01:54I'm glad it's you.

01:56Had to be you.

02:01I love, love, love playing Jinx. She's so unpredictable.

02:05I get to really ignite my inner child.

02:07But then again, she has these moments of rage and these moments of extreme confusion.

02:11And then the vulnerability that comes out is heartbreaking.

02:14Vi is coming to terms with, is her sister actually gone?

02:19Is there any part of her left?

02:21Because that's where the fight is within Vi.

02:25And we see her with very little to nothing left in her.

02:29It has to end.

02:31I think that's a huge part of Vi's growth.

02:33It has been really fun to play through that dynamic.

02:37To watch someone go into a recording booth

02:40and then to give them the kinds of instructions that are like,

02:43have the craziest mental breakdown in specifically this way.

02:48And then it's like, well, they nailed it.

02:50Yeah, I always leave those sessions, like, exhausted

02:52because I feel like I've felt every emotion on the scale.

02:55Best feeling in the world, kid.

02:57For Jinx, one of my favorite parts of this season

03:00is the relationship between her and Isha.

03:02It's just so sweet.

03:03Ta-da!

03:04One of my favorite scenes is where they're playing.

03:06You like it.

03:07And they're just two kids having fun.

03:09But you do see these moments of, you really think she's gonna figure it out.

03:12And there's still this darkness that just takes over.

03:15It's very much about reckoning with what she's done.

03:18She goes to, like, an all-time low

03:20and has to, like, make this final decision of

03:22is she Jinx or is she Powder?

03:24Powder's gone.

03:28With Vi, she's grown so much.

03:30We've seen her deal with so much trauma.

03:32I think the family dynamics also are so complex.

03:35And as I get older, I have a better understanding

03:37of, like, what those are and how many there can be

03:39within a small family or within a sibling dynamic.

03:42Yeah, and you're chosen family.

03:44Not just the people you're related to,

03:46but the people that you choose to protect and adopt as your own.

03:50I love so much that Vi is as vulnerable as she is strong.

03:54I resonate with that completely.

03:56Who are you?

03:57How do you know my name?

03:58Junior Officer Nolan.

04:00Maddie.

04:01And, uh, it's written on your face.

04:04I was really blown away by the writing

04:08and the handling of the female characters.

04:10I felt like every woman in the show was handled

04:14with dignity and complexity and empowerment.

04:17Multi-layered femininity.

04:19Maybe we can negotiate.

04:21Savika has the spirit of understanding

04:24that the cause is greater than one individual person.

04:26And she is for the people of Zaun getting their independence.

04:30We don't hand over our people.

04:33I feel like Jace, you really get to watch him evolve

04:36from who you think he is

04:38into the person that we know he is now.

04:40And it's a completely different side of Jace

04:42than I think the audience is used to.

04:44I won't fail.

04:45I swear it.

04:47Heimerdinger's fall from grace is about perspective for him.

04:50He gets to see that genius happens outside the lab.

04:54That great minds come from distinct places.

04:58Every action sparks a reaction.

05:01That's why he takes Echo on in this mentor kind of a role

05:05is he connects with him.

05:07I think we find new ways of Echo

05:10learning more about what it is to be a true leader.

05:14Everybody needs to be represented.

05:16And Arcane is just one of those shows

05:18that adds to that beautiful history

05:21that's always evolving.

05:23Everybody gets a chance to really, really dig deep.

05:27I like pretty much everything about Victor.

05:29He's a paradox of a person.

05:31His vulnerability but also his massive strength.

05:34And finally we begin to understand how he becomes

05:36the character that players will be familiar with.

05:38We can be of one mind.

05:43It's so heartbreaking but fun at the same time.

05:46And when you can have these two kind of opposing emotions

05:51that's when, you know, the magic happens.

05:54I am a decorated officer, leader of House Keirriman.

05:58There are so many layers to Vi and Caitlyn.

06:01I feel like Caitlyn has unlocked this softness in Vi.

06:05She's lost everyone else in her life

06:07and she's just like praying to God that she doesn't lose Caitlyn

06:10because she finally has someone.

06:12I think that was really interesting

06:14especially when you had characters like Caitlyn

06:16who's so positive, who's always been the hopeful beacon

06:19that is like, no, there's a way to work with the Undercity.

06:22We can show them together.

06:24You want to believe her that this is possible

06:26and she's just very pure.

06:28If you see someone like that lose their hope

06:30it just really hurts.

06:31I want to tear that laugh from her throat forever.

06:34Cait.

06:37While this show is so captivating and wild and fun to watch

06:41there are so many layers to it.

06:43Identity and family dynamic and perception of self.

06:47That's really the biggest uniting thing I can think of

06:50between all of the characters

06:51and one of the biggest themes of Arcane is like

06:53you are the choices that you make

06:54and you can never predict the consequences of those choices.

06:59There's two things that you feel like you're trying to achieve, right?

07:02Live up to the story that you've told

07:04and also bring an evolution to it.

07:07That was actually an interesting

07:09and always challenging process going through Season 2.

07:14Fortiche was like the obvious partner.

07:16I mean, they're just an absolutely amazing animation studio in Paris.

07:19We knew that they would want exactly the same thing.

07:22Like, they really wanted to take animation as a whole to the next level.

07:26Wow!

07:32The world that inspired this, right?

07:35Like the one from the video game.

07:36There are so many stories that we want to tell and hint at.

07:42It really wasn't like, let's just make another.

07:44It was really like, let's start from zero

07:46and really have the same ambition and the same hunger

07:48that we have with Season 1.

07:52I'm always with you.

07:55Even when we're worlds apart.

07:59What we do with music in the second season

08:01is something that's just a big step up

08:03in terms of just scope and ambition.

08:13They're all handcrafted original tracks.

08:16We work with Fortiche to find one or two moments in every episode

08:19where the music kind of takes over.

08:21As an example, we have a song early on in the first episode

08:24the funeral scene of Caitlyn's mom.

08:26We started working with Freya, the singer and artist.

08:29We wanted someone that has a kind of voice

08:32that mirrors Caitlyn's personality.

08:34Makes it so much more special when you find an artist

08:36that really hits those emotional qualities you're looking for.

08:43I'm like in a constant state of awe over this show and these characters.

08:54You know, this is the last season

08:56and I think that they've wrapped it up in such a beautiful way.

09:01It feels fulfilling.

09:04Everyone I know who has seen it

09:07has been blown away by the animation,

09:10the performances, the story.

09:13The writing is just so beautifully nuanced.

09:15That then makes it so easy to just immerse yourself.

09:18It's brilliant because they just care so much.

09:21We've worked on this for so long.

09:23Everyone just battled through it.

09:25Everyone really believed in it from the beginning.

09:27I'm just really proud of it.

09:30Everything is an opportunity to imagine what if.

09:33That is the thing that is both tantalizing

09:36and satisfying as much to us as for the fans.

09:39The fandom of this show has had a real impact on me as a person.

09:44You can see the love for the world.

09:46It moved me in a certain way

09:48and I love to see how it affected others.

09:50It's almost overwhelming.

09:52This is just a really celebratory moment

09:54and I'm really proud to be a part of it.

09:56By far one of the coolest projects

09:58I've ever gotten to be a part of.

10:00I cried at the finale.

10:02It just does feel satisfying.

10:04I feel so honored to play this role

10:06and to be on the other side of that

10:08and sort of see how this has influenced people.

10:11How incredible to be a part of this journey.

Arcane Season 2 | 'Making Arcane' - Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell | Netflix

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