'When I was reading it the first time I was shocked as well, but at the same time I was also in a weird sense relieved from a character's perspective, just because she's finally looking for her brother,' she explained.

The storyline marked a change from the books, as Inej only starts her quest to find her sibling at the end of Crooked Kingdom, but for Suman it felt right. Shadow and Bone's second season ends with Inej leaving the Crows in order to look for her brother, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Amita Suman Wants to Explore Inej's Family Life It's always felt like the end goal for all of us, we would love to be able to do it.'Īll three actors have aspects of the story that they wish to explore the most in the standalone series, which is in development but will only be greenlit if Shadow and Bone Season 2 performs well on Netflix. 'Hopefully if Season 2 goes down, we'll be able to start digging into that storyline.

'It was where I fell in love with Nina and all the characters so, of course, we've been waiting and holding out for a long, long time to try. ' Six of Crows was the first book that I read,' the actor shared. Galligan shared that the cast members who portray the Crows in Shadow and Bone have been eagerly waiting to adapt the books, even if elements of both Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom have featured in the flagship series. The cast spoke to Newsweek about what they hope to see in a 'Six of Crows' spinoff. L-R: Amita Suman, Freddy Carter and Danielle Galligan as Inej, Kaz and Nina in 'Shadow and Bone' Season 2. Is 'Six of Crows' Happening? 'Shadow and Bone' Cast Share Hopes for Spinoff Galligan joked that the storyline has been 'a very distant carrot dangled for us since the beginning' as Shadow and Bone set the stage for the spinoff by exploring the backstories of the beloved characters in Season 1 and 2. Six of Crows follows its titular crew Kaz Brekker (Carter), Inej Ghafa (Suman), Nina Zenik (Galligan), Matthias Helvar (Calahan Skogman), Jesper Fahey (Kit Young), and Wylan Van Eck (Jack Wolfe) as they embark on a heist at Fjerda's Ice Court to retrieve a scientist who has created a dangerous drug known as Jurda Parem. Showrunner Eric Heisserer previously shared with Newsweekthat the plan is to make a standalone series based on the books, and actors Danielle Galligan, Freddy Carter and Amita Suman told Newsweek about what they'd like to see happen with the characters. Fans of Netflix's Shadow and Bone have been waiting with bated breath for the show to adapt Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows duology, and so too has the cast.

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