

The US remake of chilling French drama The Returned ran for just one season - and it's fair to say the team behind the original show were not fans.



Pierre Perrier (Simon) and Jenna Thiam (Lena) told press including Digital Spy that they were not impressed by what little they saw of the American series.

"I saw ten minutes of it," Perrier admitted. "It was the same shots. But... bad. So I stopped it."

"I've seen it very briefly," Thiam added. "But there's no artistic movement behind it. It's just, 'Oh this was a big hit, let's copy it'. - it's a different way of thinking."

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Fabrice Gobert, creator of the original Les Revenants, confirmed that he played no role in the US remake, but did speak briefly with its showrunner, Lost veteran Carlton Cuse.



"They asked me if I wanted to participate, but I couldn't, because I was writing season two [of the French show]," he explained. "I met Carlton Cuse once, we had a little conversation about where it was going.

"But it's very difficult to appreciate it, because - in the first episode, at least - it's very similar to the original. So it's strange."

A&E dropped the axe on their remake of The Returned in June. You can enjoy series two of the original show on More4 from Friday (October 16) at 9pm.

The Returned is back for series 2 - but why has it taken 2 years?

Watch the spooky trailer for series two of The Returned below:

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