‘The Cleaning Lady’ Star Élodie Yung Teases Arman and Thony’s Future in Season 2: ‘Things Are Slipping’

thewrap.com:

(Spoiler alert: This article contains frank conversation about the premiere episode of “The Cleaning Lady” Season 2.)Élodie Yung is aware of your #Armony posts. “The Cleaning Lady” star portrays the titular mother, undocumented immigrant and cleaner who is unwittingly dragged into the criminal underworld of Las Vegas after witnessing a murder in Season 1 of Fox’s hit drama.

But in Season 2, the actress teased, her character Thony De La Rosa is more “empowered” in her covert syndicate role, leading her to become further entangled with the charismatic kingpin Arman Morales (Adan Canto).“He takes a very important place in her life because of the love she has for him and this debt [after] he helped her son,” Yung said in an interview with TheWrap. “She’s going to make decisions — are they the right or the wrong decisions, I let people choose — but I think it’s because of this bond that she’s going to be more active in this criminal world because she wants to support him.

Things are slipping in Season 2 between those two characters.”Yung said that while the series keeps “the same DNA” overall — equal parts crime thriller and “heartfelt” familial drama — its “stakes are higher this year,” with the character’s problems consuming the rest of her family, including Fiona (Martha Millan) and her in-laws.“Last year, Thony tried to keep separate her family and the [criminal] world that she had to navigate,” the actress said. “Now the lines are crossing, so it is getting very intense because more people are involved, [including] people that she loves.”Most notably, Thony faces the untimely death of her husband, Marco (Ivan Shaw), in the Season 2 premiere.