Lea Thompson mocks chicken sisters 2 fights, family drama

Poultry is the name of the game The chicken sistersbut star Lea Thompson It was revealed that season 2 is all about girls: the good, the bad and the shameless.

“I think we have disputes, but I think it is also a thing against the world, at the same time,” said Thompson, 64, said exclusively Use weekly On Monday, August 4, of the premise of season 2 For the Hallmark Channel series. “We learn to unite together, because we are a strange group.”

Thompson, who plays Nancy Hillier on the program, said that his character does not know the former rival of the chicken restaurant Gus Moore (Wendie Malick) or his daughter Mae Moore (Genevieve Angelson) “So well” when the season begins.

“Gus and I used to be enemies,” he reminded fans. “Therefore, we all join and fight against the rest of the world, which is what happens this season.”

Thompson mocked that as ladies of Mimi-Gus and Mae-i the women of Frannie’s-Nancy and his former Nora, Amanda Moore-Hillier (Schuyler fisk) – Up Up, it will not be a totally soft navigation.

“Many things extend. And it really is aggravated by the end,” he revealed Us. “It’s really fun.”

The chicken sisters Premiered in 2024 at Hallmark+ before debuting at Hallmark Channel earlier this year. During the first season, based on KJ Dell’AntoniaThe novel, two chicken rival restaurants in the fictional city of Merinac compete in a reality show called The final kitchen crash See who is the best.

In addition to a downtown rivalry, dating to decades, the tensions between the two families owned by the restaurants increase. The biggest problem is that Mimi’s owner, Gus’s youngest daughter, Amanda, married Frannie’s owner, Nancy’s son, Frank Jr. ((Assholes was cut off), To create an even greater division between the restaurants.

During the final of season 1, Frank Jr. and Amanda called -stop leaving the end of Ultimate Kitchen Clash. After an explosive conclusion of the competition, the four ladies (Nancy, Amanda, Gus and Mae) decided to crush their beef and join -to create “Chicken Sisters” restaurants housed in Mimi and Frannie’s locations.

In the meantime, Frank Jr. joined with a great chicken shot to open his own place, which Thompson said Us will cause problems during season 2.

“It’s a really complicated relationship,” Thompson said about the dynamics of Nancy and Frank Jr., explaining that Nancy “has to manage it as his only child, while still trying to keep his business in Fleet, while trying to compete with his.”

While Nancy will have trouble with her son and browsing her relationship with Amanda after her Frank Jr. – Thompson shared that love will be in the air.

“There are some quotes that continue,” said Thompson Us of Amanda’s love story after being connected with Mimi’s Cook Sergio (Ektor rivera) Last season. “Obviously, there is chemistry with Sergio and because now everyone has to work together, restaurants are a bit fluid, so they will be nearby.”

The actress added that Amanda will not be the only one with romance in the head thanks to Nancy and her boyfriend, the shepherd McGregor (Matthew James Dowden)).

“It is probably only the second that has come out or kissed throughout his life,” said Thompson. “And so it is a great growth and big.

Thompson mocked, “but there is romance for everyone”, though he said that Not the focus of season 2.

“Really, it’s still about the girls, you know, how they get along and how we keep ourselves,” he concluded.

Season 2 of The chicken sisters Premiere at Hallmark Channel Sunday, August 10, at 8 pm. The episodes transmit the next day to Hallmark+.