{"id":33640,"date":"2026-02-25T01:37:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=33640"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:03:12","slug":"monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-2-exclusive-interview-with-actor-joe-tippett-mari-yamamoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=33640","title":{"rendered":"“Monarch : Legacy of Monsters” Season 2 : Exclusive Interview with Actor Joe Tippett & Mari Yamamoto"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on\u00a0\u00a0TV<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Tokyo\u2019s program called “Morning Satellite” at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

\"Monarch<\/p>\n

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Monarch Season 2<\/strong> will hit Apple TV on February 27 with the first new episode. There will be 10 episodes in Season 2 overall, and each new episode will release on Fridays. The final episode will hit on May 1, 2026. Monarch Season 2 Because Season 1 took place after the first 2014 reboot Godzilla film, much of the present-day action happened in 2015.<\/p>\n

But, by the end of Season 2, after being trapped in Axis Mundi \u2014 the Hollow Earth in which time flows differently \u2014 Cate, her grandmother, Keiko, and May (Kiersey Clemons) are brought in 2017, thanks to the efforts of Hiroshi (Takehiro Hira) and Kentaro (Ren Watabe). So this means the present-day events of Season 2 will take place in 2017, which is roughly two years before the events of the 2019 movie Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Monarch Season 2 will also flashback to the early days of the titular organization, just as it did in Season 1.<\/p>\n

So, this will include events from the 1950s, as well as everything before 1962. After 1962, Shaw gets trapped in Axis Mundi and emerges in 1982. The post-1982 adventures of Shaw will likely not be explored in Monarch Season 2 flashbacks, as that time period will likely be saved for the Lee Shaw spinoff series.<\/p>\n

Anna Sawai<\/strong> as Cate Randa, who was on a quest to locate her real father in Season 1.<\/p>\n

Ren Watabe<\/strong> as Kentaro Randa, Cate\u2019s half-brother, who becomes a part of Monarch at the end of Season 1.<\/p>\n

Kiersey Clemons<\/strong> as May, a coder who worked for Apex, a tech company. May joins Cate Kenatro and Lee Shaw in their quest to find the truth in Season 1.<\/p>\n

Mari Yamamoto<\/strong> as Keiko Randa, grandmother of Cate and Kentaro, part of the small group who founded Monarch in the 1950s. She travels to the present day in the Season 1 finale.<\/p>\n

Anders Holm<\/strong> as Bill Randa, another founder of Monarch, and Cate\u2019s partner. He was played by John Goodman in Kong: Skull Island.<\/p>\n

Wyatt and Kurt Russell<\/strong> in the dual role of Lee Shaw, a military man who, along with Keiko and Bill, creates Monarch. In the present, Lee was exiled by Monarch, and in the finale, was trapped in Axis Mundi.<\/p>\n

Joe Tippett<\/strong> as Tim, a well-meaning Monarch employee.<\/p>\n

Takehiro Hira<\/strong> as Hiroshi Randa, a major player at Monarch in the present day. He\u2019s Keiko\u2019s son, and Cate and Kentaro\u2019s father, though they had different mothers.<\/p>\n

Mirelly Taylor<\/strong> as Natalia, the director of Monarch in the present.<\/p>\n

Dominique Tipper<\/strong> as Brenda Holland, an executive from APEX, who had dealings with May in the past.<\/p>\n

Amber Midthunder<\/strong> as Isabel, a new character for Season 2 who has been described as a \u201cbusinesswoman.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Check out more of Nobuhiro’s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the trailer of the film.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n