Thought The Rivals Season 2 Cast Looked Familiar? Where You've Seen The New Stars Before

Fans of Marvel, Star Wars a even Shrek will recognise a few of the Disney series' new additions.

More larger-than-life characters have joined the cast of season two of Rivals, making things even more complicated for the scheming Rutshire residents played by the likes of Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner and David Tennant.

Set in the Thatcherite late 80s, against the backdrop of the Cotswolds countryside and the backstabbing world of British television, Rivals’ latest outing sees the return of the star-studded cast of the first series – alongside some brand new faces you may well recognise.

Here is a guide to the latest additions to series two of Rivals – and where you might have seen them before…

Hayley Atwell joins the cast of Rivals as Rupert Campbell Black’s frustrated ex-wife, and the mother of his children, Helen Gordon.

The British star has been a recognisable face to film and TV fans since she first found fame in 2008’s Brideshead Revisited alongside Ben Whishaw, and The Duchess with Keira Knightley.

Well-known for her work in period dramas, Hayley reached a whole new audience when she began playing Peggy Carter in Captain America, and other Marvel films, as well as portraying Grace in the most recent two Mission: Impossible movies.

On TV, she won acclaim for her work in 2010’s The Pillars Of The Earth, the Channel 4 adaptation of Any Human Heart and the 2017 adaptation of Howards End.

More recently, Hayley played Aunt Diane in Heartstopper, and appeared on stage as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing alongside Tom Hiddleston.

You may also recognise her dulcet tones as she has recently voiced Lara Croft in video games and in Netflix’s animated Tomb Raider series.

Rupert Everett feels like an obvious fit for Rutshire and the world of Rivals. He joins the cast as Helen’s new partner, and Rupert’s old polo coach, Malise Gordon.

Having been in the public eye since the 80s, Rupert first found fame when he........

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