Moreover, Fanning, who’s also up for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, told Entertainment Weekly those sex scenes were important to telling the figure’s life story. She explained, “I think sex is also a real big part of the real Catherine the Great’s life. She was notoriously kind of beyond her time in that way. She was very open and free and loved sex, so that’s obviously something that I wanted to touch upon.”
After all, Catherine’s sex life sets the groundwork for season two, which Fanning recently teased this February. On Instagram she shared a photo of herself as a pregnant Catherine, writing, “cooking up something special for season 2.”
When the show last left off, the young Catherine was ready to attempt to remove Peter from the throne for a second time, even as they expected their first child together. But the writers of The Great have proven they enjoy a surprise twist, so anything goes in season two. As McNamara told EW, the next season will be “the same kind of show, but hopefully surprising in a slightly different way.”
