Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman Preview ‘Paradise’ Season 2 With Shailene Woodley as a Tour Guide at Elvis Presley’s Graceland

“Paradise” fans attending San Diego Comic-Con were treated to a few surprises, including the gripping first footage from the upcoming second season featuring new star Shailene Woodley.

Creator Dan Fogelman, joined by series star Sterling K. Brown, introduced the footage and revealed that it’s from the Season 2 premiere.

The clip, which played exclusively for attendees in the Indigo Ballroom, is from the Season 2 premiere and introduces Woodley’s character, who is a tour guide at Elvis Presley’s Graceland. She’s full of factoids about the King of Rock and Roll, and knows how to work in a joke — like the one about a busful of Elvis impersonators who crashed on the way to a convention: they were “all shook up,” plus she’s got a way with the horses on the property (one, named Bandit, promises to factor in the future). But, unbeknownst to her, this is the day the world as we know it is going to end. What follows is a pulse-pounding few minutes as Woodley and her co-worker, a security guard, gather as many supplies as they can — including Elvis’ historic gold and silver revolver — and head for the basement of the historic home to wait out the impending disaster.

Following the clip, Brown introduced Woodley, who was waiting backstage for the first half of the panel.

“I’m sweating,” she said about watching the stressful sequence. “I did it, and I’m sweating! That was crazy!”

Not much has been revealed about Woodley’s role, but Fogelman was happy to praise the actor’s performance. “It’s a real performance tour de force kind of thing, and I don’t say that lightly,” Fogelman said. “She hasn’t seen it yet, but everyone backstage that works in this keeps coming up there. It’s really special.”

Before the panel, Brown visited the Comic Con Variety Studio presented by Google TV and dished about what’s to come in Season 2, including Woodley’s “outstanding” performance. Watch the full interview in the video above.

More to come…