The cast of the comedy hit Derry Girls said they are nervous about the release of the eagerly-awaited second series which they compared to making a "difficult second album".
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Speaking to RTÉ at the Omniplex Cinema in Derry on Monday, Dubliner Louisa Harland (Orla) and Galway native Nicola Coughlan (Clare), said they feel honoured to be "adopted daughters of the city".
"It's incredible," Coughlan said. "You couldn't find a better place. We've been welcomed with open arms. It's beyond the beyond.
"My family came up last year and they said they've never been to a place more welcoming. It's a really special place."
Harland added: "We’re so proud. Also, I want to spend more time here not working. I just want to have a jolly here because I'm a Derry girl now."
Coughlan said she is "more excited than scared" about unveiling the second series in March, while her co-star Harland compared creating to episodes to making a "difficult second album".
Following the release of the series two trailer last week, it was revealed that Father Ted actor Ardal O'Hanlon is set to guest star in the new series of Derry Girls.
Cast member Saoirse-Monica Jackson, who plays Erin on the show, revealed the news to The Radio Times.
She said: "Ardal O’Hanlon joins our family this year, which is brilliant."
O'Hanlon will play Eamonn, an "awkward, middle-aged mummy’s boy of the Quinn/McCool extended family", a release from Channel 4 said.
Nicola Coughlan, who plays Claire, added that Eamonn is "a real Irish stereotype".
She said: "I think it’s something that everybody will recognise, and he completely gets it so on the money.
"It was really surreal, just looking at him, because he’s such an iconic figure in Ireland, and he’s such a lovely man. He’s so good in it."
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— Saoirse-Monica Jackson (@SaoirseJackson) February 12, 2019
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