“I fucking screamed with happiness,” Omar Rudberg says of the scandalous - let’s repeat that for dramatic effect, scandalous - storylines in the long-awaited second season of Young Royals, “like, give me some drama!” The championed Swedish series, following the forbidden romance between his character Simon and the fictional Prince Wilhelm of Sweden (Edvin Ryding), will undeniably cause pandemonium within the fandom when it makes its grand return on Netflix next month with the aforementioned characters engaging in - as Edvin puts it - “problematic” and - as Omar puts it - ‘indefensible’ storylines that result in an even more confident and outrageous new instalment for the hit drama. “I was pretty anxious beforehand because I had a long period of time where I didn't understand why [Wilhelm] did what he did this season,” Edvin tells GAY TIMES. “I thought, 'How will I be able to defend this, as an actor?'”
Cracking the top 10 of various English language countries around the world, the first season of Young Royals became a monumental success for the streamer and subsequently catapulted Edvin and Omar to global prominence with a combined Instagram following of - wait for it - four million. Since its premiere, Omar has launched his bid for pop superstardom with his acclaimed debut studio album, OMR, while Edvin has been yo-yo-ing across Europe for the upcoming disaster film, The Abyss. In-between their various projects - “My life is pretty fucking boring whenever I'm not working!” Omar insists - the actors sat down with GAY TIMES to discuss the ‘challenging’ second season of Young Royals, the “beautiful” response from viewers and how their lives have transformed over the past year. Make sure you read until the end; the stars embrace their inner producer slash writer as they pitch an idea for a Young Royals and Heartstopper crossover. You hearing this, Netflix? Make! It! Happen!
GAY TIMES: Omar, it’s going in the interview that you were 10 minutes late because you were doing your laundry. I’ll let you off, because Edvin introduced me to his dog Otis.
Edvin: Yes! You should.
Omar: [Laughs] Okay!
GAY TIMES: It’s just under a month now until season two is finally out there, how are you both feeling at this current moment in time?
Edvin: I'm pretty nervous, but excited. Omar, what about you?
I would say that I'm also super excited, but I'm even more nervous than
