{"id":414645,"date":"2025-09-11T02:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T02:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/414645\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T02:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T02:06:15","slug":"mark-lewis-jones-on-the-challenges-of-his-brand-new-psychological-thriller-set-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/414645\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Lewis Jones on the \u2018challenges\u2019 of his brand-new psychological thriller set in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reach Screen Time spoke exclusively to Mark Lewis Jones about his new series\"ThreeThe Light in the Hall: Still Waters is a follow-up to the 2022 thriller (Image: S4C)<\/p>\n

One of the stars of a brand new thriller has opened up about the challenging aspects of shooting the series, as others have watched another compelling new series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Acclaimed Welsh star Mark Lewis Jones<\/a> spoke exclusively to Reach Screen Time about his gripping new TV drama<\/a> series Y Golau: D\u0175r (The Light in the Hall: Still Waters).<\/p>\n

The Crown and Chernobyl star said it could be tough filming on night shoots while facing the bitterly cold elements. He explained: \u201cSometimes those exterior things can be a distraction. So, I guess if there is a challenge, it\u2019s making sure that you don\u2019t get overwhelmed by the scenery, the weather<\/a> and the time of day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 61-year-old actor described the dramatic backdrop as \u201canother character\u201d, saying the filming locations in Caernarfonshire were \u201cso impressive\u201d. He added: \u201cIt\u2019s a wonder to me that it hasn\u2019t been used [for filming] before\u201d and teased that it had \u201ca big impact on the story\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Light in the Hall: Still Waters serves as a sequel to 2022\u2019s The Light in the Hall and returns to the fictional village of Llanemlyn.<\/p>\n

\"AMark Lewis Jones stars in The Light in the Hall: Still Waters(Image: S4C)READ MORE: Outlander star Mark Lewis Jones transforms for new role in Welsh mystery thriller<\/a>READ MORE: Netflix\u2019s Hostage star Mark Lewis Jones reveals the one thing that \u2018nailed\u2019 role for him<\/a><\/p>\n

The drama follows a controversial redevelopment plan to expand the local reservoir, reigniting old tensions.<\/p>\n

Jones portrays Rhys Owens, who has been imprisoned for killing his cousin in a reservoir explosion back in 1995, deemed an act of terrorism. Rhys is finally out after serving time and is claiming his innocence as a fresh expansion of the reservoir looms.<\/p>\n

The story catches the attention of young journalist Caryl Huws (played by Si\u00e2n Reese-Williams), who starts to investigate.<\/p>\n

Caryl soon finds herself tangled up in a complex web of personal betrayal, family secrets and dark mysteries after her inquiries start raising questions about Rhys\u2019 guilt and a potential miscarriage of justice.<\/p>\n

\"AFilming at the sweeping location of The Light in the Hall: Still Waters had its challenges (Image: S4C)<\/p>\n

Like many S4C productions, including Keep Faith, Hinterland and most recently Mudtown, The Light in the Hall: Still Waters was filmed back-to-back in both English and Welsh.<\/p>\n

The process of consecutive filming in the two languages required the cast to switch between English and Welsh in between takes.<\/p>\n

Addressing filming in two different languages simultaneously, Jones admitted he\u2019d \u201cgot used\u201d to doing it after shooting so many shows over the years. He went on to explain how \u201cyou do switch quite quickly between one and the other\u201d and described it as a \u201cmental switch\u201d.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Jones said his performances were \u201cslightly different\u201d in each language. However, he said it was tricky to pinpoint the differences because they were so \u201csubtle\u201d and worked on a \u201cdeeper level\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"ATom Rhys Harries stars in The Light in the Hall: Still Waters(Image: S4C)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe language has a different effect on people. The Welsh language has a completely different social background to the English language, so if you\u2019re speaking Welsh, you\u2019re kind of representing someone different to a person speaking English in a Welsh community,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

He said that regardless of where a person lived in Wales and their accent, there were no \u201cassumptions\u201d or \u201csocial strata\u201d, unlike in English.<\/p>\n

Jones said that even if the audience didn\u2019t pick up on the differences between the two version, \u201cas an actor\u201d he felt them.<\/p>\n

Y Golau: Dwr will air in Welsh with English subtitles on S4C from September 14 at 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Y Golau: Dwr <\/strong>drops as a boxset afterwards on BBC iPlayer and S4C Clic<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reach Screen Time spoke exclusively to Mark Lewis Jones about his new seriesThe Light in the Hall: Still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[192,748,4884,54128,43785,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-414645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-s4c","12":"tag-tv-drama","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115183221894337727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}