Rebecca Ferguson is arguably best known for playing the straight woman to Tom Cruise’s gurning super-spy in the Mission Impossible movies. With her Apple TV+ series Silo she swaps glamorous globe-trotting for dystopian science fiction that harks back to the days sci-fi relied on smart scripts and cerebral storytelling rather than blockbusting

While Rebecca Ferguson ’s steely magnetism once again keeps things from devolving into utter torpor, it’s a lethargic adventure whose entire premise is ultimately revealed to be founded on fundamental illogicalities.

Tim Robbins, Common, Harriet Walter, and their Silo co-stars talk to Yahoo UK about the impact Rebecca Ferguson had on them and what to expect in season 2.