Season 2 begins after a devastating tsunami, as oil company Pictor tries to cover up its role in it, and also includes scenes of crew members riding a submersible to the ocean floor.

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Emily Hampshire, who plays Rose, said: “I didn’t realize, and I don’t think any of us could have known, how much art imitates life, (life) imitates art. “

“It feels like David (Macpherson, creator) knows the future. Even when we were filming this scene where we’re going to try to save people in the deep sea, the Titan submersible happened during filming.” That scene somehow happens.

Rochenda Sandall, who plays Cat Braithwaite, the paramedic desperately searching for her wife after the disaster, added: “You can’t help but think about (the real life parallels). Every day, every scene.”

Iain Glen, who plays Magnus MacMillan, the crew leader, continued: “As an actor you get offered something or you go into something and sometimes they have a message like that and you feel proud to be part of something , which you believe is a story worth telling.

“But if you’re honest, it’s a kind of inherited pride. This is just a wonderful advantage that you can possess and that you hope to possess. You hope that every role deepens at some point in your little journey in life, that every world that when you come into contact with it as an actor, you learn more about that world. That’s the fun of what we do.

He continued: “(Macpherson) is such a good writer, and he honestly taught me a lot that I didn’t know about. And it feels like first-hand knowledge. It feels like insightful knowledge.”

Season 2 continues to follow the surviving members of the Kinloch Bravo in the aftermath of the tsunami as they face a “terrible conflict” and deal with Pictor’s cover-ups and secrecy.

The Rig Season 2 is available to stream on Prime Video – You can sign up for a 30-day free trial of Prime Video now.

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