The implications of COVID didn't just impact when or if "Carnival Row" would see a Season 3. It also had sway over what Season 2 would ultimately become. Orlando Bloom told RadioTimes the lockdown created an environment where aspects of the show's narrative could be retooled.
"[E]veryone could work from home and look at the footage that we had, and really address what was there and what we could do more of — or improve upon," Bloom explained. "So in the time that we were shut down... they actually got a pretty interesting shape of what the show was." What the season ended up being was a series finale, but it also had an eerie reflection of what was going on in the real world. As Bloom told ScreenRant, the social commentary of racism and prejudice is at the heart of the fantasy show. And just like a virus affecting humans in the real world, The Burgue was also subjected to a terrifying disease.
"What was sort of unique was that we were shut down for COVID just as we were filming and finishing filming a storyline that involved a virus going through the Carnival Row, taking out fae," the "Lord of the Rings" actor stated. "So it was like, 'Wow, is this really happening?' And I think that was life mirroring art and it was so true for the whole show and I love that about it."
