Kai Owen: 'Rhys will never be full Torchwood team member'

Torchwood: Miracle Day's Kai Owen has said that his character Rhys is determined to protect his wife Gwen (Eve Myles) and their baby.

Owen explained that Rhys will likely never be a fully-fledged member of the Torchwood team, but he will always be willing to join forces with Captain Jack when Earth is threatened.

"Rhys will never be a fully-fledged team member, I guess. He will always be sort of this outside member who is kind of secretly on the books. He knows all the secrets of Torchwood and how they are confronted by the strange and the weird," Owen told The Chicago Tribune.

"Whenever Gwen asks if he can give her a hand he'll oblige because hopefully then the situation will be over as soon as possible and Gwen can come back home to him safe and sound. Rhys would rather there be no Torchwood, but he does give them a helping hand, especially this season."

Owen went on to explain that filming parts of Torchwood: Miracle Day at the historic Warner Bros Studios in Hollywood was the thrill of a lifetime.

"Warner Brothers, it was like a dream come true," he said. "We were filming on a [sound] stage that was constructed in 1935, that Casablanca was shot on. It was where Two and a Half Men had been shot - obviously it was shut down at the time - and [the] ER stage that was home to Mekhi [Phifer] for eight years. We saw the Friends stage.

"It was like a dream come true. We were still making Torchwood, but we were filming in Hollywood. It was bizarre. It's like a big dream now. It was amazing."

Torchwood: Miracle Day continues Thursday at 9pm on BBC One, and airs this Friday at 9/8c on Starz in the US.

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