TV Ruth Return is deadlier than ever
Alice Morgan will be “back with a vengeance” to kill more people in the fifth series of Luther, Ruth Wilson has promised.
The British actress first appeared in the BBC drama in its initial episode in 2010, but fans feared her character Alice was dead at the end of the fourth series.
Wilson said: “We find that Alice isn’t actually dead. Things have all gone a bit wrong, so she’s come back to get Luther’s help.
“It’s an action- packed series. Alice is back with a vengeance. She’s funnier than ever, she’s more lethal than ever and she and Luther get up to some dastardly things.
“I think it’s about having a freedom to play a bit more.
“She’s able to avoid feeling deeply so she doesn’t act with conscience. And it’s quite nice to play.
“It means I don’t have to worry about the subtext of what’s going on underneath, it’s almost like water off a duck’s back. So it’s quite liberating to play her, a joy to play her.”
The new series reunites Wilson with Idris Elba in the title role of John Luther, and she said: “We have such a rapport and we worked out it’s been almost 10 years since we started the first season.
“We’ve got a shorthand and it just becomes more quirky as we go on.”
Elba said the audience will get to know Luther more in the series, which starts on BBC1 on Tuesday at 9pm.
He added: “I definitely feel that this season is dark.”