Nora-Jane Noone on joining the cast of Hidden Assets, working between Ireland and Belgium and her dream project, and spending time with family while filming near Galway
Nora-Jane Noone has told how she hopes the new season of Hidden Assets will keep audiences on their toes — and opened up about what it was like joining the cast of the crime drama.
With the stakes higher than ever, Claire and Christian join forces to try and uncover the mole and expose the truth — and in a race against time to stop the sale of Antwerp Port. “My first week was with Cathy Belton, and she’s just so lovely. She completely welcomed me immediately, and made it very, very easy.
“But there were a couple of really genuine shocks when I read the scripts, so I hope that it’s the same for the audience and that it’s an exciting ride, and that a lot of twists and turns take people by surprise.” Nora-Jane also opened up about some of the things that drew her to the role of Claire — including the “little personal elements”.
Filming for the series was split between Ireland and Belgium — and Nora-Jane told how it was an “amazing experience” to get to see Antwerp. “It is really beautiful. The old architecture, the cobbled streets — it’s kind of got that similar labyrinth of pedestrian streets that Italy has in certain places. That was a really lovely experience, to get to see somewhere like that, as well.“The crew, the director and the cast were amazing. They were really lovely people.
“I was able to have her with me, but if there were times where — like the last week, where I was just going to be working, she was able to be with her grandparents and my sister and her kids. It was just lovely, knowing that she’s having that time with them." And Nora-Jane added that she got to bring home some parts of Claire’s wardrobe, after having a chance to snap up the pieces when filming wrapped.
“I don’t think that I really fully got my head around it being a career until I was doing it for a few years, to be honest. “In that vein, I think that something that you’ve written for yourself or that’s about the things that are very specifically important to you, it would be great — it would be amazing to develop and get something like that made.”