Top Of The Lake: China Girl star Elisabeth Moss reckons viewers are in for a huge treat in season 2

SEASON one was a runaway success and now Top Of The Lake: China Girl star Elisabeth Moss has revealed the sequel is “unlike anything else out there”.

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SEASON one was a runaway success and now Top Of The Lake: China Girl star Elisabeth Moss has revealed the sequel is “unlike anything else out there”.

Actor of the moment Moss — who also stars in the latest must-watch TV show The Handmaid’s Tale — warned audiences who are eagerly awaiting the second Lake instalment that “everything is ratcheted up to 100”.

“It’s kind of dark and creepy, but also grossly hilarious too,” she said.

Elizabeth Moss has warned views Top Of The Lake is huge. Picture: Getty Images

Moss returns as Detective Robin Griffith in the gritty crime drama, which will air on Foxtel’s BBC First from August 20.

This season was shot in Sydney and also stars Nicole Kidman and Game Of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie.

British actor Gwendoline Christie, US actor Elisabeth Moss and Australian actor Nicole Kidman star in 'Top Of The Lake: China Girl. Picture: AFP

Writer and director Jane Campion said the seeds of this second series — set four years after the first — were sown in New Zealand after production wrapped on the initial series and Moss suggested her character return to Sydney.

Moss has just had a huge success in The Handmaid's Tale. Picture: AP

It was announced yesterday that Hollywood heavyweight Kidman would head home to Sydney for advance screenings of Top Of The Lake: China Girl — which has already received critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival — at the Opera House next week.