‘The Cleaning Lady’ Star Elodie Yung Talks Honoring Adan Canto, Teases Season 3
05.03.2024 - 20:11
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As the Season 3 premiere of The Cleaning Lady approaches, the cast and crew is still mourning the loss of Adan Canto.
While speaking with Deadline ahead of Tuesday’s episode, star Elodie Yung said that she is not doing anything on set, not once, without Adan in mind.”
Yung starred alongside Canto in the first two seasons of The Cleaning Lady. She wasn’t able to give many details about how the story may have changed in the wake of Cantos’ death, only that she hopes audiences will feel like they honored his character.
“I’m not involved in the writing of the show, so I’m not sure how things were handled before. What I can tell you is that…they’ve had a lot of meetings to make sure that his memory has been honored, that we would do things the right way for him and for his family — for our audience as well,” Yung said.
The actor had not been able to film when production on Season 3 started in December due to his health, but Canto was planning to rejoin the cast later in the season.
Fox has already revealed that Cantos’ character Arman goes missing at the beginning of Season 3, but has given no further details as to what will happen to the character now.
“It’s been extremely difficult. It’s losing a partner, a friend. This crew is very close to each other. We’ve been doing it for three seasons…it’s been it’s been tragic, and it’s been very painful,” Yung added. “But I hope that I poured my heart into what I had to do this season. I know I did. I hope that I’ve honored our relationship, Thony and Arman.”
The actress did share some other details about Season 3 as well, revealing that viewers will re-enter the series a few months after the events of the Season 2 finale.
“I think the intensity of the show increases because