Peter Weberhas played a strong game so far onThe Traitorsseason 2, leading the banishments of TraitorsDan GheeslingandParvati Shallowwhile zeroing in on third and final (for now) TraitorPhaedra Parks.
But the leader of the Most Faithful of the Faithful, as he’s come to be known amongthe cast, might have a tough road ahead according to hostAlan Cumming.
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“Peter’s trajectory in the show is fascinating because it shows this whole theory that gamers from shows likeSurvivorandBig Brotherand everything are going to be much more predisposed to be good in the show; that’s clearly not true,” Cumming, 59, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “Peter being the cutesy Bachelor has kind of worked it all out and was really kind of strategizing in a really amazing way.”
The former Bachelor, 32, turned down an invite to become a Traitor after the banishment of Gheesling, 40. Weber explained onNick Viall’sThe Viall Filespodcast that he didn’t accept the offer because he “was feeling so good about where we [the Faithfuls] were at in the game” and didn’t want to “put a wrench in it at that moment." The pilot also didn’t think he “was going to be able to keep the suspicion off” if he changed his gameplay up at that point in the competition and believes he would’ve “felt like absolute s—” turning on the other Faithfuls in the end, likeCirie Fieldsdid in season 1 to win the game.
On last week’s episode, Weber joinedTrishelle Cannatellain pivoting from going after Shallow, 41, to targeting Parks, 50. He even tried to strike up a deal to work with theSurvivorwinner. But ultimately, the rest of the group wanted to get rid of Shallow — and found Weber’s change of heart suspicious.
Accordingly, Cumming speculates that Weber now has a target on his back.
“One of the things about this show is it reminds me a bit ofLord of the Flies, the whole group turns and piles on someone. And maybe that’s going to happen to Peter,” the Tony Award winner tells PEOPLE. “I think he has done incredibly well, but he’s also forgotten I think that this show is calledThe Traitors."
Still, Cumming acknowledges the unpredictability of the game. “As soon as you think, ‘Oh, that’s happened,’ then something else happens and it’s just so fascinating,” he says. “And people just disappear in the night.”
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Cumming also squashed any hopesTraitorsfans have of ashowmance between ParksandChris “CT” Tamburello. “I think there’s as much chance of a romance between CT and Phaedra as there’s between me and CT or me and Phaedra, actually,” the Scottish actor says. “But they’re a funny little odd couple and they’re very affectionate.”
Along with getting to try out bold, tartan-heavy fashion looks, Cumming likes hostingThe Traitorsbecause it mirrors his love of live performance in some ways.
“In a way, the contestants are my audience,” he says. “I make an entrance or I have an effect and want to say something dramatic, and I feel that it’s working because of their reaction.”
Alan Cumming on ‘The Traitors’.Euan Cherry/PEACOCK via Getty
“I’ve gone back and forth between all sorts of mediums and genres all my career. And I think it’s one of the things that I enjoy most is this sort of eclecticism of that and the fact that each time you come to a new thing, you come to it fresh and excited to do it because you’ve been doing something else for a while,” he continues. “Each thing helps me be more interested in the other.”
Cumming’s stayed interested inThe Traitors, as he’ll be back as host for the reality show’s upcoming third season. Just don’t slide into his DMs trying to get on the show.
“There are proper channels to go through in these things,” the four-time Emmy nominee says. “When people try to contact me through DMs, I sort of think,I don’t have to answer you because this is not the proper channels. I get it, I’m the host of the show. On my Instagram, I stopped looking because there was just so many random people. And I think,That’s not my job.“
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source: people.com
