Alex Rider Stars Otto Farrant, Brenock O'Connor & Vicky McClure Look Back At The Series

Summary Alex Rider season 3 follows Alex, Tom, and Kyra as they take on the criminal network Scorpia for justice.

Stars Otto Farrant, Brenock O'Connor, and Vicky McClure are proud of their work and excited for the show's return.

Season 3 explores Alex's relationships with Kyra and Tom, promising drama and growth in their dynamics.

Season 3 of Alex Rider consists of eight installments and is currently available to stream on Amazon Freevee. The final batch of episodes is adapted from the fifth novel in Anthony Horowitz's book series. It follows Alex, Tom, and Kyra, as they attempt to take down the criminal network known as Scorpia in the hopes of getting justice for Alex's uncle and Kyra's parents.

Given the show's two-year hiatus, stars Otto Farrant, Brenock O'Connor, and Vicky McClure, are enthusiastic that Alex Rider has finally made its return. It's bittersweet that the series has come to an end, but the actors are proud of what they've accomplished and remain hopeful that they will see another onscreen adaption of the novels. Sofia Helin, Stephen Dillane, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Marli Siu, Shelley Conn, Kevin McNally, and Jason Wong make up the rest of the main cast.

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Vicky McClure, Otto Farrant, and Brenock O'Connor chat with Screen Rant about Alex's relationship with Kyra and Tom, their favorite on-set memories, and whether fans will be satisfied with the ending of Alex Rider season 3.

Alex Rider Season 3 Started Filming In October 2022

Screen Rant: Congratulations on Alex Rider season 3! How excited are you that this is finally being released?

Brenock O'Connor: Oh, we're ready. It's been a while. Otto Farrant: We're so excited. We put so much hard work work into this one. We think it's gonna be the best one yet. We're just really excited to see what the fans think.

How long ago did you guys film this? It's been two years since season 2 aired.

Brenock O'Connor: October 2022–March 2023 was when we shot this. It was a long time ago that we shot it. It's been a long time in the vaults, waiting to get it all just right. We're ready for the world to see it now. Otto Farrant: It's difficult because we have such amazing, talented actors on the show. Trying to get everyone together when everyone's free is really difficult. The good thing was, we knew that everyone who was involved in it wanted to come back and wanted to make this final chapter. We were just glad that we could get everyone back when we did, and this is what we have to show for it. I think it's gonna be the best one.

Vicky, I love how much Mrs. Jones has grown to care about Alex throughout seasons 1 and 2. Will we see more teamwork between them in season 3?

Vicky McClure: I think you'll get a lot from Mrs. Jones and Alex's relationship in season 3 for sure. And it starts off very fractious. A lot has happened, and there's a lot that's yet to be revealed. That's what's so great about this whole journey from start to finish. We've had such a length of time, we've had hours upon hours and episodes to be able to build to this final chapter. So you will see plenty of that. And it's been nice to sort of see Mrs. Jones mature within in the department, and be a little bit more open about how she feels towards the end.

Fans Will See Alex And Kyra's Relationship Develop

Fans are definitely excited about Kyra's role this season. Otto, it seems like the show has been planting the seeds for a romance between them. Could we see some development on that front?

Otto Farrant: Anything's possible. Working with Marli Siu and watching her bring to life Kyra—in this season, Kyra has such a pivotal role from the beginning. She's fully integrated into Alex's life, and Tom and Jack's as well. They spend a lot of time together, and I think that there's a special relationship there. I think that we will see that develop in this season. Brenock O'Connor: Marli also has such an interesting place within the show, because she's one of the only characters who is a show creation. She doesn't appear in any of the Alex Rider books at all. So to come in, as a new character, in a world where every other actor has got some source material, whether they choose to use it or not to base their ideas off of, to come in and blitz it like Marli has with nothing but her own work is incredible. She's wonderful.

Brenock, I was going to ask you about Tom's relationship with Kyra, as well. They bicker, but they clearly care about each other. Will we see more of them this season?

Brenock O'Connor: I'd say you get to see a bit of Tom and Kyra very gently butting heads with each other. I think they both want what's best for Alex, but they both believe what's best for Alex is them. So whenever someone tries to get in the way of that it does create a little friction. But we're not going to let it destroy the friendship because that would ruin Alex's day, and we don't want to do that, so we'll keep it civil. Marli's been with us since season 1. She started in Romania with [Otto]. She was part of the Point Blanc storyline, so I didn't have any interaction with any of those incredible actors who were a large part of season 1, and I always felt there was something slightly amiss there because it's an incredible group of young actors, and I'm just sort of sat waving at you while you were all shooting. I was glad that I got to finally get some meat and potatoes with Marli and there's plenty more to come in season 3.

What about the friendship between Tom and Alex? What is that going to look like with Scorpia playing an even bigger role?

Otto Farrant: In this season, there are so many unanswered questions that have been on his mind and sort of floating around through seasons 1 and 2, and he really is going out now with his friends to try and find the answers to these. Through the process of that, he kind of gets split from them, and he realizes he's kind of on his own. He really needs to work out who are his real friends and who are his enemies in this season. I think both Tom and Kyra are also very confused in that space. Brenock O'Connor: There's a sort of similar energy between season 1 and season 3 in terms of Alex is taking off into a world, isolated, and thrown into a new set of rules. But what is different between season 1 and season 3 is Alex has people on the outside working for him this time. Tom and Kyra are very much still trying to do their best with their sets of skills. Whereas in season 1, it very much felt like Alex is there stranded, got to solve it for himself. What Alex doesn't know this time is we've got his back.

Alex Rider Season 3 Will Provide Long-Awaited Answers

Were you aware that season 3 was going to be the end of Alex Rider?

Otto Farrant: Alex Rider has 13 books, so there are so many stories to tell. I know that this is the final chapter, at least on my stint, so who knows what the future holds. But there's plenty of material and enough people want to see the stories brought to life. Fingers crossed we can sit back and watch as fans. Brenock O'Connor: Yeah. In terms of the story of our trilogy of seasons that we've made, all the questions that we've set up in seasons 1 and 2, you'll find the answers in season 3.

Do you think fans will be satisfied with how the show wraps up?

Brenock O'Connor: I think they will be. I think if the fans are as invested as they have been, I don't know how you could watch this and not feel content with what we've made. Otto Farrant: I second that.

I would love to hear your favorite on-set memory now that we've reached the end of the show. What has been the most emotional part of filming?

Vicky McClure: There's been lots actually. The general Alex Rider setup is a very friendly one. It's always a place you want to be, and it's a very welcoming place to work. I think a lot of my scenes are with Stephen and Ace and Nyasha, and we are locked in this very dark basement kind of building, and we spend weeks and weeks there, and so we make it home. We made sure that this year we sort of really weren't there. We had little potted plants and nice furniture and made sure that when we weren't on set, we weren't living in the department. It was nice, and we played games, and we'd just have a laugh. For all the serious stuff the department is involved in and tend to be doing lots of plotting, it's great for us to just be relaxed and enjoy each other's company. There was so much of that for me. That was a massive part of why I enjoyed the job. Otto Farrant: Personally, the one that comes to mind is always the fights. There was one fight where I think we were doing night shoot and there was a big fight. It was a very technical fight. We hadn't done one as technical, because it was lots of moves that were very similar to each other. I really had to start thinking quite hard in every moment. And as the night went on, we weren't getting it and it wasn't happening. I had to work really hard, really stay focused throughout the whole thing. And then when we finally got it, like really got it, it was just this rush of, "Oh, yeah. That was great." A punch that's not a punch, but it looks like a punch. Brenock O'Connor: I'm also going to mention a fight, but the complete other end of the spectrum—a punch that was a punch. In season 1, Otto was meant to take down a guard with three punches, and I was meant to come in and drag Otto off. I also got a little bit overzealous and threw a fourth punch. Not only was the stunt performer on the ground, not expecting it and got punched square in the face, in the recoil of Otto loading that arm of his, he elbowed me in the nose and gave me a nosebleed. So three people in the scene, both of whom weren't Otto, were injured fairly intensely for the next maybe 20 minutes. I tanked it. It's never happened again, but I'd say that that is a memory I won't soon forget.

With this chapter coming to a close, what's next in the pipeline for each of you?

Otto Farrant: At the moment, I'm just releasing this. I put so much hard work into this for the last four years, so I'm really excited for it to come out. Who knows what the future holds, but I'm really excited to see what fans think of this season because, like I said, so much hard work and passion has been put into it. If I can find another project with great actors that's going to be as good a challenge, then I'll be a very lucky person. Brenock O'Connor: Personally, at the minute, I'm focusing more on my music. I'm a solo artist under the name McGovern. I'm gigging a lot around southeast London, trying to look into a tour for the end of the year. I'm working on a debut solo album, and I'm in a five-piece jazz and funk collective called Gravy River, who also have a gig around southeast London. We're releasing an EP in the summer. So that's been taking up my time. Vicky McClure: Now I've got to go after you. [Laughs] I've got a show coming out soon called Insomnia, which is on Paramount+, and I've got my own production company, so I've got lots of plates spinning with my slate at the moment, which is great fun.

About Alex Rider Season 3

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Adapted from the fifth Alex Rider novel, Season Three sets the teenage spy on the tail of his greatest enemy: the elusive criminal network known as Scorpia. Under new leadership, the criminal cabal plan to extort the British Government using their catastrophic new super-weapon: ‘Invisible Sword.’ Free of The Department and aided by his closest friends, Tom and Kyra, Alex embarks on a personal mission to destroy Scorpia once and for all. Little does he know, his ties to both organizations run deeper than he ever thought possible.

Check out our interview with Alex Rider EP Eve Gutierrez & star Sofia Helin, as well.

Alex Rider season 3 is currently available to stream on Amazon Freevee.

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