Ivan Kaye Stars as Rosa Salazar’s Father-in-Law in Disney’s ‘Wedding Season’

Ivan Kaye stars as Mr Delaney, apparently Hugo Delaney’s (George Webster) father who seems to be the husband of Rosa Salazar’s character Katie in the first original scripted British TV series of Disney+ Wedding Season.

That makes Ivan Rosa Salazar’s TV father-in-law.

The series is a crime comedy with a concept that sounds original and somewhat quirky. The story

centers on Katie, a beautiful bride who we meet on her wedding day surrounded by the dead bodies of her new husband and every member of his family. The police think Katie’s lover Stefan did it. Stefan thinks Katie did it. Katie thinks her ex-husband did it. No one knows what the truth is.
(Plot description on IMDb)

So, this looks like Ivan is going to make an ENTRANCE as a corpse this time.

The story is written by Oliver Lyttleton and the director is George Kane, the same person who also directed Ivan’s upcoming comedy feature Apocalypse Clown where he plays a leading role.

A further interesting coincidence is that the lover of Rosa Salazar’s character has also played a role in the Vikings spin-off Vikings: Valhalla while Ivan starred as King Aelle in Vikings.

According to Ivan’s Spotlight page, Mr Delaney is a recurring character. That should guarantee appearances in 3 or more episodes out of 8.

Screenshot of Ivan’s publicly accessible Spotlight page on 19th January 2022

*Update 25 July 2022*

Today, Disney+ announced that the series will be released on 8 September 2022 (Disney+ Day) on Disney+ globally, on Star+ in Latin America and on Hulu in the US.

First looks include one shot that shows the bride surrounded by dead family members and we are one hundred per cent certain that the man to her right is Ivan (we recognize his hair and hand).

Official still showing Ivan as the dead Mr. Delaney on the right side of Rosa Salazar.
Wedding Season S1. Rosa Salazar as Katie McConnell in Wedding Season S1. Cr. Luke Varley/Disney+ © 2021. (Source: espressi.com)

More of the story has been revealed as well:

We now know that Katie (Rosa Salazar) and Stefan (Gavin Drea) fall in love with each other at a wedding when Katie is already engaged with the son of Ivan’s character. After the death of her prospective husband and his family at her own wedding two months later, Katie has to go on the run with her lover to prove their innocence.

Hence, the “action-thriller” element becomes clearer while the comedy element is already apparent in the bizarre idea of a wedding full of corpses.

We also know now that Ivan is set to appear in 5 out of 8 episodes (1-3, 6 and 7 according to IMDb) and will keep you updated in case any differing info becomes available.

(Sources: Articles on Deadline, Variety Disney Plus Informer)

*Update 10th August 2022*

Meanwhile, we have learned that Dan Deacon has composed the music for the series and that the Australian premiere will be on 8th September on Disney+ as well. Now, we are awaiting a trailer that may show Ivan’s face in this series too.

(Sources: Disney Plus Informer on 8th August 2022, TV Blackbox on 9th August 2022)

*Update 11th August 2022*

And here is the official trailer from Hulu with Ivan crystal clear and with a significant line – enjoy:

*Update 16th August 2022*

From Instagram stories and posts of some of the actors, we learned that on 16th August 2022 a cast screening and press panel took place for Wedding Season.