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Lost in Space: Netflix TV show fostered a real sense of family

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One of the elements we love in Netflix’s new Lost in Space TV series is the family dynamic. They might be flying light years away from the Earth as they head out to colonise a planet, but the Robinsons are a tight-knit unit with their own family foibles.

Max Jenkins, who plays Will Robinson, has a sister in real life and recognised the sibling banter he’d naturally fall into at home.

“Taylor and Mina were as much of a family on set as we were off the set. We signed our names when we texted each other as ‘your space sis’ or ‘your space bro’. We felt so comfortable together,” he tells ThatFilmThing’s Matt Chapman.

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“But I feel like no-one can replace my sister at home. She’s my best friend and actually one of the biggest challenges while I was on Lost in Space was being away from her.”

Taylor Russell – who plays Judy Robinson in the revamped Lost in Space – also has two brothers in real life, and acknowledged the same familiar feel.

“It’s exactly like how a family would be, in terms of you don’t see your family for a while and then you come back and nothing’s changed. It feels comfortable and you have that feeling of happiness,” she says.

“Nina and Max are so lovely. They’re such funny, smart kids and we got along right away. They went to school together on set and so I would crash their school sessions and just hang out. And it just felt like I was with my people. So it was effortless and seamless between us, which was really nice.”

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That strong bond also helped the actors during the more difficult parts of the production.

“Being on green screen was a very challenging part of this production,” says Jenkins, “but when we were acting with one another we didn’t feel timid around each other. We were able to go and scream at a man in a green suit who would end up being a giant scary monster. So that was really nice.”

All 10 episodes of Lost in Space are now airing on Netflix.

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Raza Jaffrey Cast In Netflix Lost In Space Reboot

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Raza Jaffrey is one of the long list of actors and actresses to die in spectacularly nasty ways in Spooks. Since then he’s been a recurrent star on Elementary, Once Upon A Time In Wonderland and was a series lead in Code Black.

Now? He’s going into space.

The Netflix Lost In Space reboot has added Jaffrey to its cast in a recurrent role. According to Deadline, he’ll be playing a character called Victor, described as follows:

Well groomed, educated and officious, with a sense of entitlement, Victor has been a career builder and politician from a young age. There is arrogance and impatience about him. All this masks the underlying fear that he’ll one day be found out — that he isn’t quite good enough.

Given this is Lost In Space, we’re a little surprised that a character who appears to be pretty Earth bound is going to be a recurrent. But we do have a theory. What if this version of Lost In Space cuts between the family Robinson and the attempt to find them on Earth? A character like Victor would fit that role like a glove and that sort of near-antagonist would be a perfect spot to put Jaffrey. Plus it’d be an interesting, and fitting, update to the series.

Jaffrey joins Toby Stephens and Molly Parker as John and Maureen Robinson, Ignacio Serricchio as Don West, Taylor Russell, Maxwell Jenkins and Mina Sundwall as the Robinson children and Parker Posey as Doctor Smith. The show will hit Netflix next year.