Virginia Gardner (Karolina Dean)
When asked about the “
“I think it was always Josh [Schwartz] and Steph [Savage]’s intention to write that relationship out. But [Lyrica] and I from the beginning were like ‘we need to push this’ because her and I both read the comics and we shipped Nico and Karolina. And obviously, most people do, I hope.”
The young lovebirds definitely don’t make it easy for Nico’s former love interest, Alex.
“This season it’s explored so much more than it was last season to the point where Karolina and Nico are living above Alex in a bedroom. It’s really thrown in Alex’s face that I stole his girl.”
Gardner realizes how important the relationship has become to the fans.
“Just to have that representation is so important and the fan response has been really, really amazing”
The other part of her identity we will see Karolina explore more this season is her alien heritage.
“Well in Season One she was definitely afraid to embrace all those things and in Season T
That’s especially true of Karolina using her powers this season, and Gardner teases we won’t even see the maximum potential of Karolina’s powers used.
“Everyone is honing in on their powers and finding out what they’re actually capable of. For Karolina especially she has a full arc this season of discovering what she can do
Of course, exploring her heritage will also require Karolina to reconnect with her birth father Jonah, an enemy to the Runaways.
“I do think she gets a little bit isolated this season because she’s the only one that still needs that relationship. It’s very easy for all of them to label Jonah as evil, but for
Despite that isolation, Gardner promises the team will still come together this season.
“Because last season there was a lot of us with our parents, this season it’s a lot of us together in the same place. So this season I feel like we really just become one unit.”
All episodes of Season 2 of Runaways will be available on Hulu on December 21.