LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Actor Lizze Broadway

felt like going to film Season 2 of the satirical superhero

series "Gen V" was difficult without her co-star Chance Perdomo,

who died in 2024 in a motorcycle accident.

"It wasn't easy. I'm not gonna sit here and lie," Broadway

said, referring to returning to set without Perdomo, who

portrayed the character Andre Anderson.

"This whole season, he is the beating heart of it. And

that's just important to all of us and how we all came together

as teammates," she added.

Season 2 of "Gen V," which is dedicated to Perdomo, explores

another semester at the fictional Godolkin University as

superpowered youth Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, and her

friends Emma Meyer, played by Broadway, and Jordan Li -

portrayed by both London Thor and Derek Luh - must unravel the

dark mystery surrounding the new dean named Cipher.

Three episodes of Season 2 arrived on Amazon Prime Video

on Wednesday and new episodes will follow weekly until

October 22.

"Gen V" is a spinoff of the highly acclaimed Prime Video

series "The Boys" and includes many tie-ins.

For "Barbershop" actor Sean Patrick Thomas, who portrays

Andre's dad named Polarity, it was hard to process the loss of

Perdomo in both real life and in the show's storyline.

Polarity and Andre, who were both born with the power to

control magnetism, had a complex father-son relationship on the

show.

However, for Thomas, there was nothing but real-life

admiration.

"It was an honor and a privilege to get to be part of

keeping Chance's legacy going and keep a spirit alive on the

show, because he's an integral part of 'Gen V'," Thomas

said.

Maddie Phillips, who plays the mindreader named Cate Dunlap,

felt herself trying to take things day by day while on set to

deal with the loss of Chance.

"There's no way to prepare for something like that. I think

you just kind of naturally slip into whatever survival mode

means to you," she said.