Hugh Bonneville Joins The Gentlemen For Season 2

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Plus: when will it arrive on our screens?

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Good news for fans of Netflix gangster dramedy The Gentlemen: season 2 is on its way. The streamer has revealed that filming is officially underway, with a whole host of familiar faces set to join the cast. Here’s everything you need to know.

The Gentlemen Season 2: Plot, Cast, Release Date & More

Theo James as Eddie Horniman in The Gentlemen. © Kevin Baker/Netflix

Will There Be The Gentlemen Season 2?

Yes, Netflix confirmed last summer that season 2 of The Gentlemen was in the works, with Theo James, Kaya Scodelario and Daniel Ings all set to return to their roles of Eddie Horniman, Susie Glass and Freddy Horniman respectively. And around nine months later, filming is finally underway.

The news follows the huge success of season 1, which takes a peek at the criminal underbelly of aristocratic Britain, inspired by Guy Ritchie’s 2019 film, also called The Gentlemen.

‘With its gun-toting chickens and drug-dealing Dukes, The Gentlemen was a huge hit with audiences in 2024,’ the UK content VP for Netflix told Variety. ‘Not really a surprise as Guy Ritchie remains one of the industry’s most iconic creators telling authentically British stories with his signature swagger, grit and wit. We are thrilled the series will be returning to Netflix for a second season, and cannot wait to see what happens when the worlds of old money and drug money collide once more.’

Guy Ritchie will return as director, teaming up with Matthew Read to write season 2.

Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario), Eddie Horniman (Theo James) in The Gentlemen. © Christopher Rafael/Netflix

What Will Happen?

Plot details are scant, but Netflix has given us our first teaser of the action. ‘It’s been one year since Eddie and Susie joined forces to work together in Bobby’s criminal empire overseas,’ the logline reads. ‘As they drive to expand their enterprise, the decisions Bobby is making seem to be increasingly unsound. Now Eddie and Susie must decide whether to take action or risk losing it all, but unfettered ambition never ends well…’.

At the end of season 1, we saw Eddie drawn deeper into the criminal underworld he spent so long resisting, now in an equal partnership with Susie and Bobby Glass. Meanwhile, season 1 closed with Bobby and Stanley dining together in prison, hinting at a brewing alliance – so we’re sure we will see the repercussions of this in season 2.

‘It’d be fun to see the business spread a bit more,’ Scodelario told Netflix’s Tudum when season 1 launched. ‘How do they take it to the next level? They’re very adamant about not getting into the chop game, so how do they then continue to build the empire? Where does that take them? How does the new structure of the business work practically?’

Guy Ritchie behind the scenes on set of The Gentlemen season 2

And Scodelario’s wish is Netflix’s command, with creator Guy Ritchie describing season 2 as ‘a deliberate expansion, both geographically and thematically, as we journey from the English countryside to the Italian lakes’.

‘Eddie and Susie find themselves navigating an increasingly volatile empire as they’re besieged on all fronts by an influx of enigmatic new players,’ Ritchie adds. ‘The stakes are heightened, the power dynamics are more precarious, and I’m thrilled to be collaborating once again with this exceptional cast and crew.’

On Eddie and Susie’s developing working relationship, James added, ‘I think they’ve grown to love each other in their own way, but I think they’ll never fully trust each other because they are so different and they’re from such vastly different worlds. There’s a love between them, but ultimately they will never be from the same cloth.’ Let’s see how well they navigate being equal partners, then…

Who Will Star?

In a very star-studded reprise, Hugh Bonneville, Maya Jama, Benjamin Clementine, Benedetta Porcaroli, Michele Morrone, Sergio Castellito, Amra Mallassi and Tyler Conti are all set to star in The Gentlemen season 2 – but no news just yet on the characters they will portray.

Meanwhile, the following stars will reprise their roles:

Theo James as Eddie Horniman, the new Duke of Halstead
Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass, the de facto head of Bobby Glass’ criminal empire while he is in prison
Daniel Ings as Freddy Horniman, Eddie’s elder, unreliable brother
Joely Richardson as Sabrina Horniman, Duchess of Halstead and Eddie and Freddy’s mother
Vinnie Jones as Geoffrey Seacombe, Halstead Manor’s long serving gamekeeper
Ray Winstone as Bobby Glass, Susie’s father and the imprisoned head of a cannabis empire
Giancarlo Esposito as Stanley Johnston, an American billionaire looking to buy Halstead Manor
Jasmine Blackborow as Charly Horniman, Eddie and Freddy’s younger sister
Michael Vu as Jimmy Chang, Susie’s chief weed grower
Harry Goodwins as Jack Glass, Susie’s professional boxer brother
Ruby Sear as Gabrielle
Pearce Quigley as John ‘The Gospel’ Dixon, head of the Scouse crime family