Interview: Martin Freeman & Daisy Haggard Talk Breeders Season 3, Starting On Different Paths, And Their Characters' Journeys

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Picking off right where the previous season ended, Breeders Season 3 sees the Worsley family face a new set of difficulties. Paul (Martin Freeman) and his son Luke (Alex Eastwood) had gotten in an altercation, and Luke punched his father after being victim to another one of his anger outbursts. The family was forced to seperate after Luke refused to sleep under the same roof as his father. This new season sees Ally (BAFTA nominee Daisy Haggard) stuggle to balance the household's shifting dynamics, along with her early menopause and strained relationship with her daughter Ava (Eve Prenelle), while Paul and Luke attempt to repair their bond.

Created by Emmy winners Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison, and Martin Freeman, the show takes a unique look at modern parenting. It is not afraid to push boundaries, drop a few curse words, and explore topics of mental health, religon, and aging. It famously explores the paradox, «you’d happily die for your children, but quite often also want to kill them.» Game Rant spoke with leading actors Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard aboutBreeders Season 3, starting the season on different paths, Ally's character journey, and Freeman's experience channeling such heavy emotions throughout the series.

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Game Rant: Was it challenging to start the season on different paths?

Martin Freeman: When we were coming up with the show, we always planned to skip forward several years as we did between seasons one and two. But at the end of season two, it ends with this big thing of Paul getting hit by his son, Luke. So, we knew we couldn't just skip ahead and not deal with that, and the