The third season of Netflix’s hugely popular superhero drama, The Umbrella Academy, began filming in February, and now, one of the stars of the series has offered an update on the project.
In an interview with Collider, Tom Hopper, who plays Luther Hargreeves, revealed that not only are the cast and crew are having to work shorter days due to restrictions but he has nothing but praise for the material they are working with.
“Well, the COVID protocols mean that we have shorter days, which means that the actual length of the shoot is going to be a lot longer. But yeah, we’re really near the beginning. We’re not that far into it at the moment, so we’ve got a long way to go, but it’s good. The great thing is the material, the work is amazing, so every day on set is, like I say, a joy and so much fun.”
Hopper continued to provide an update on the status of the scripts for Season three, which he says haven’t been finished yet but the filming restrictions have given the writers more time to work on perfecting them.
“We’ve not got all 10, but we’ve had a fair chunk and yeah, I think that you’re right. I think it did allow them to have a bit of extra time on, because I think we got commissioned in the middle of all this stuff. So the writers I guess got more of a headstart. But now it’s only allowed them to really refine them, so the ones we’re getting now are really special.”
Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy is set to focus on The Umbrella Academy taking on The Sparrow Academy after the dysfunctional family changed the future to prevent doomsday in 1963 – accidentally causing an alternate timeline. The Sparrow Academy is led by Ben, played by Justin H. Min, one of the original members of the Umbrella Academy who died when he was young.
The upcoming season will feature newcomers Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Jake Epstein, Genesis Rodriguez, and Cazzie David as The Sparrow Academy alongside returning stars Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, David Castaneda, Aidan Gallagher and Colm Feore.
