Disney+ expands Rivals season 2 cast guide with Gary Lamont
Disney+ has released a Rivals season two cast guide that adds new faces to the returning ensemble, with gary lamont appearing in the season information alongside Katherine Parkinson and other familiar names. The guide frames the new run as larger, louder and juicier than ever, and it maps out who is back before viewers reach the first episode.
Rupert and Tony Baddingham
Rupert returns as a retired show-jumper, a Conservative Member of Parliament and Tony Baddingham’s arch-nemesis as a founder of Venturer. His love life gets even more complicated after the successful launch of his consortium, and the guide says he starts to crack under the pressure.
Tony Baddingham remains the sharp-suited TV executive at the centre of the franchise war with Rupert. He protects his power with blackmail and a fiery temper, drags his enemies’ secrets into the light of day and pressures his staff into submission.
Corinium and Rutshire
One character arrives at Corinium expecting a golden opportunity after being wooed away from the, then resigns once he sees the reality of working with Tony Baddingham. The guide describes him as a gifted journalist with a short fuse, which puts his exit in the same frame as the executive he thought would be his next break.
Rutshire itself is presented as a louder and busier arena for season two, with the ensemble widening around the old rivalries. The cast guide is not a plot report; it works as a character map for viewers who want to know which names belong to which side of the story before the season lands.
New faces around the cast
Declan’s middle child keeps the family together while watching her younger sister, and the guide describes her as gentle but stubborn when it counts. An American TV executive is brought into Corinium to produce Declan’s talk show, arriving determined to reach the top of the hierarchy and willing to do anything to get there.
Another new figure is the deputy prime minister’s new wife, who knows how to turn attention into leverage, never wastes an opportunity and is described as a talented social climber. The season also adds a self-made electronics millionaire who does not quite fit into Rutshire’s old-money crowd, bringing blunt honesty to a world built on status and fake niceties.
The final new arrival in the guide is a romantic novelist who has been overlooked by her TV-presenter husband for far too long. She has had enough of being sidelined in her own life, and the guide says she is polite about it but notices more than people assume, which gives season two a quieter source of friction alongside the larger power games.
