‘Never say never’: Anya Taylor-Joy on possibility of Queen’s Gambit season 2

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'Never say never': Anya Taylor-Joy on possibility of Queen's Gambit season 2

The lead actress is providing fans of the hit Netflix series a glimmer of promise.

Here's some hopeful news for those of u.s.a. who cruel in dearest with the character of Beth Harmon – and as well got more interested in chess – after watching the Netflix hit The Queen's Gambit.

Actress Anya Taylor-Joy, who played chess prodigy Beth, was asked on Dominicus (Mar 7) if in that location was a chance for a flavour 2 of the series and her respond provided a glimmer of hope for the testify'due south legion of fans.

This took place backstage after she picked up a Best Extra trophy at the Critics Option Awards, reported Deadline.

Taylor-Joy said: "It is obviously incredibly flattering that people want to spent more time with characters that we care so much about and that we poured and so much love into, but we did intend it to be a limited series, so we were all quite surprised when people started asking for Season ii".

"That beingness said, never say never."

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The bear witness won best limited series at last week's Gold Globes and 24-year-old Taylor-Joy also won best actress in the category.

The Netflix serial is based on Walter Tevis' 1983 novel of the same name. It drew praise for Taylor-Joy'due south interim, making chess very exciting and also for the costumes and set designs.

‘Never say never’: Anya Taylor-Joy on possibility of Queen’s Gambit season 2

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