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‘Channelling my inner Tom Cruise’: Cross star Aldis Hodge on season 2, turning 40
Ahead of Cross season two’s release, Aldis Hodge discusses real-world parallels, running like Tom Cruise and his biggest aim for 40
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Corrupt billionaires get their comeuppance in the new season of Cross, with Aldis Hodge returning as the detective and forensic psychologist working complex homicides in Washington.
This series, which arrives February 11 on Prime Video, sees Cross investigating a violent vigilante targeting abusers who get away with bad behaviour because they are uber wealthy. While it is not based specifically on the exploits of Jeffrey Epstein, Hodge thinks there are certainly some parallels.
“There’s a crazy sort of chance happening with the timing because, when the story was developed, this was prior to a lot of things that have been revealed as of late,” he explains.
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In fact, season two was wrapped in 2024, long before the latest Epstein files were released.
Hodge says he hopes to “bring a little bit more awareness to what’s going on so people can stop turning a blind eye to some of these things and at least try to move to make a real difference”.
The first season did so well that the actor has been globally recognised as the television incarnation of author James Patterson’s Alex Cross, including by football superstar Thierry Henry. Hodge asked for a selfie, or his mum would have killed him, he says.
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