As the highly anticipated second season of Apple TV+’s multilingual thriller “Drops of God” approaches its January 21st premiere, stars Tomohisa Yamashita and Fleur Geffrier open up about diving deeper — both literally and emotionally — into their roles in this intoxicating wine-world drama adapted from the beloved Japanese manga.
Stephen McCarty for South China Morning Post:
For his latest small-screen starring role, Japanese actor Tomohisa Yamashita went deep… “I went to 15 metres [underwater],” he says. “It was a hard shoot, but I think it helped.”
“It was actually very hard to be in the character of Issei,” he says, smiling. “It was heavy. But when I went to do [one particular] dive, I went 15 metres down – and that experience helped to build Issei.”
Yamashita, 40, is being modest because he was not just diving but free-diving, with no reliance on any scuba gear. However incongruous they may seem in a show about wine, the free-diving scenes in Drops of God help explain Issei’s steeliness – and are entirely genuine.
“My teacher was a world champion and gave me lots of tips, because I didn’t have much time to practise,” he says. “I appreciated that the production crew prepared the stunt guy, but I wanted to do it myself, as much as I could. I went deep.”
MacDailyNews Take: Apple TV’s hidden gem “Drops of God” is set in the high-stakes world of gastronomy and fine wines, the International Emmy Award-winning Best Drama Series is adapted from the New York Times bestselling Japanese manga series of the same name. The eight-episode second season will premiere on Wednesday, January 21st with the first episode, followed by one episode weekly until March 11th.
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This is a fantastic show and I am anxious to see the premier of Season 2!