The Tourist writers reveal update on Jamie Dornan series' future

Across two seasons, with the second being set in Ireland, the show delved into the past of the character, played by Jamie Dornan, as he also fled dangerous figures on his tail. It also saw him form a relationship with Danielle Macdonald's character Helen Chambers, who he met as a probationary constable.

The second season ended on something of a cliffhanger, with it being revealed to the audience via a burning document that no one else saw, that Dornan's character, Eugene Cassidy, appeared to have been some sort of undercover agent in his former life.

Since that season aired, there has been little word on whether the show will be returning for a third season – until now.

Speaking with us for The Radio Times Writers' Room, our video interview series in which we get to know what makes writers tick, and dive into their back catalogue of work, the Williams brothers revealed the chances of a season 3. Unfortunately, it's not looking too hopeful.

Jack said: "Jamie's great and we loved doing it. I think it'd be tough. We don't have an idea. I think if he came to us and said, ‘I'm desperate to do one’, we'd have a go. We’d have a think because it would be really fun. We’d have to make sure it was good, but I don't think it'd be something we go out and try."

"It’s difficult with a thing like that, because it’s like, 'He's lost his memories, he’s forgotten his thing'," Harry added. "And there's only so many times, as the jumping off point for a three season arc, that's quite a long way to… he knows who he is by season 3, pretty much. By the end of 2, they kind of both did. They'd reached an end point."

Jack did note that final scene with the fire, teasing Eugene's real identity, but said that "for us, that's more like a fun grace note that all along he was actually this thing".

"And he never gets to know," Harry added. "I kind of prefer that. If you could actually see the third version of that, I think it's probably…"

"It turns into everything else," Jack said. "Then he's a bit boring. Then he was, I guess, spying, and he did have all these skills – and we've seen that."

Harry suggested that Eugene "didn't demonstrate any skills" across the series, at which point Jack noted that he did, in a long-running joke that he had actually been an excellent dancer.

Jack said: "Well, the one thing he did, the joke we had which we had in series one which comes back in series two, we said, 'When people lose their memory, it's always like, they’re actually great at – you know, Gina Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight or Matt Damon in Bourne – they’ve got skills, and they didn't know.

"We're like, 'What if the only thing he knew how to do was be really good at dancing'. And that just really made us laugh. I don't think it made anyone else laugh, but we liked it. Which is why series 2 ends with him dancing really f***ing well. It might be why no one watched it, but there you are, it amused us.

"So we'd try, because he's brilliant and we love the cast of that show, and she's [Macdonald's] brilliant, and it was so much fun to do. But it would be difficult, probably. But if he wanted to, we'd give it a go."

Elsewhere in their chat for The Radio Times Writers' Room, the Williams brothers spoke about their work on The Missing, their new series The Assassin, which stars Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore, and their work as producers on Fleabag.

Harry and Jack Williams's interview for The Radio Times Writers' Room is available to watch in full on RadioTimes.com here and on YouTube here.

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