Auckland-born actor Martin Henderson, 46, stars in Netflix series, Virgin River as the love interest of Mel Monroe played by Alexandra Breckenridge – “who moves to the tiny titular town in hopes of escaping her tumultuous past,” Andrea Park reports for Marie Claire.
“Jack is played to small-town perfection by Henderson, who flawlessly encompasses that whole ‘gruff on the outside, surprisingly sensitive on the inside’ thing that we’ve come to expect from Hollywood’s small-town romantic leads,” Park writes for the magazine.
Henderson, who has been working in the US for the past 20 years, is “probably most recognizable from his two-year stint on Grey’s Anatomy,” Park writes.
“His absolute best role, though, was as one of the romantic leads in Britney Spears’ eternally iconic ‘Toxic’ music video. obviously.”
The laid-back vibe that pervades the titular Northern California town makes Netflix’s Virgin River one of the streaming service’s most popular shows, so expectations for the upcoming season are incredibly high.
After all, it’s been more than half a year since the Christmas specials wrapped up the turmoil of Season 5 on a soothing yet poignant note. And now we’re left to take solace in the intriguing updates that members of the cast and production team post on social media.
Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait a while, but the agonizing anticipation will certainly be worth it, because according to Martin Henderson, the upcoming events will be ‘huge’. Moreover, according to the actor’s update, the new season of Virgin River has already been filmed and is probably already in post-production.
