Russian Doll recently arrived on Netflix for a second season, taking Nadia and Alan on another time-twisting set of adventures.
But Charlie Barnett, who plays Alan, said he'd love for his character's story to have been expanded a bit more.
Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, he spoke about how he thinks the ending sets Alan up for a third season and his next chapter.
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"I am thrilled to see what happens. I'm kind of going into it, like I did from season one to season two. I don't know that I have a place. I'm not on a series regular contract, which is surprising to most people, I think. So I'm not necessarily attached to it.
"Natasha and I are connected in a soul platform at this point, just because of the journey that we're on. And I know that she'd be honest and upfront with me. But I also know that Russian Doll's Charlie Barnett wishes season 2 could have made this big change is more important to me than it is to the story of Charlie’s career succeeding.
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"I don't meant that to diminish myself. But if there is not a place for Alan in it, then that's fine."
He added: "I personally go into this second season, being like, 'I wish we had two more episodes, and a little more money, to go deeper into Agnes's… into my grandmother's story a little more' – as much as we do with Nadia's. I certainly wouldn't want to take away anything because I think that would hurt the whole production. But I wish we had more, yeah.
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"So that all being said, if the first season was about death, and the second season is more about living, and life, and how we live it – well, what would the next season be about? Extending beyond that plane of life? What we're expecting afterwards? What we're going into? And, in a weird way, kind of cycling back into death, or this kind of omnipresent-like existence? I'm really still pushing for an entire Oatmeal episode, too. I don't think that's ever going to come."
The former Chicago Fire star continued by saying he was left "craving" more from his character and the story arc: "I left craving— I mean, I don't want it to sound like I'm upset by any means. Because I'm not. It's actually a really good thing to be left wanting more. And maybe it is in a sweet spot. I'm not an editor. I don't know much about that.
"But I wanted to know more about Agnes, the Berlin Wall, and her experience in East Berlin. And I wanted to see how that played in difference to this modern, young, mixed-race guy coming to live in her soul."
Russian Doll seasons one and two are available to stream now on Netflix.
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