Kai Owen to return as Rhys in Torchwood: The New World

Torchwood showrunner Russell T Davies has confirmed that Kai Owen will return as Gwen Cooper's long-suffering boyfriend, Rhys Williams, in the fourth series of the show, due to be broadcast on BBC One in 2011.

"Gwen, who is the lead woman of the series, has a lovely husband called Rhys, played by Kai Owen, and now a baby between the two of them," Davies said. "So the sight of Gwen Cooper with baby in one arm and gun in the other is going to be our poster, I hope, because that's just going to be irresistible. I can't imagine Gwen without him, and so he's back. He's a very big part of events. By the time this starts, it will have been off air for two years, I think. We're taking a brand-new audience into consideration. Rhys is now ahead of the game, as it were. There are no secrets. They're a team. It's a really lovely thing to write in a storyline is a husband-and-wife team who love each other. They have fun with each other. It's kind of sexy. It's kind of sexy in a really unusual way. So I love that coupling. He's right up there with the team."

John Barrowman and Eve Myles will both return as Captain Jack and Gwen, along with some new characters.

(Source: blastr)