‘The Wilds’ Ladies Detail the ‘Responsibility’ of Depicting Trauma, Mental Health Onscreen: ‘When 1 Falls We Help Them Up’

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Leaving their mark. As season 2 of The Wilds kicked off, fans got to see the main characters battle issues outside of the island — starting with their own mental health.Following Nora’s (Helena Howard) presumed death, Leah (Sarah Pidgeon) and Rachel (Reign Edwards) formed an unlikely friendship that allowed them to work on their inner struggles together.“There’s definitely some responsibility [when it comes to depictions of mental health on the show] and everyone’s journey is so unique to them.

But I wanted to do Leah’s justice,” Pidgeon, 25, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the season 2 premiere, which was released on Friday, May 6. “In terms of having scenes with Reign, these are two people going through very different things.

Then there is also two actors meeting that with their own experience and the insights that they can bring to it.”The Nowhere I’d Rather Be actress explained how working with Edwards, 25, helped their individual onscreen stories blossom. “It is just exciting to have something that had so much nuance and depth to it.

To be able to see these two characters that were adversaries at the beginning of this show come together and have that commonality of struggling with one’s head space.