Kin

As Yasmin Seky returns for a second season of Kin, she recalls the Facebook message that led to her securing the role – and explains why she won't let go of ...

It doesn’t really impact your friendship but you do have to have a lot of trust in each other to make the scene look comfortable.” But if you can’t do that in your personal life, how are you going to do that in front of the camera? You look at some of the characters and you know someone in your day to day life that’s like them.” “He came up to me and he had watched Kin. I was wondering if I was even meant to be there. “Going in I was really anxious, I had imposter syndrome. “Mostly, it’s the parts where she’s very upset or nervous or shaking - that’s where I had to give pieces of myself to her. Her initial self-tape earned her an audition with the director but she still wasn’t convinced that she was good enough. “You want it to be spontaneous. I don’t think Nikita ever thought that she’d be in the firing line - she was young and dumb. This time around, a lot of the turmoil is coming from within the family, especially after what Amanda has done, going behind everyone’s backs.” In the first series, Nikita’s loyalty to Viking was almost to a fault but her character development will shine through this upcoming season, she says. In season one, the enemy was outside of the family.