‘Crew Girl’ Star Miku Martineau on the Show’s Love Triangle and Her Hopes for an All-Girls Team in Season 2 — SkimNews
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- "Crew Girl" has sat in Netflix's English TV Top 10 since its Sept. 10 release, amassing more than 16 million views in its first two weeks, a figure Martineau called "surreal" and "ecstatic."
- Netflix confirmed Season 2 of "Crew Girl" on Tuesday, and Martineau said she hopes the new season centers on the creation and development of an all-girls rowing team, with strong female friendship between Teagan and Brittany.
- Miku Martineau and the cast completed a two-week rowing intensive in Victoria, British Columbia, before filming; Martineau beat co-stars Kyle Clark and Sam Braun in on-set recreational races that sent the pair tumbling into the water.
- Martineau plays 16-year-old Teagan Tao, a coxswain who joins the all-boys crew team at elite prep school Easton Academy after her father's financial fraud forced her family to relocate to her mother's hometown.
- The show's love triangle between teammates Josh and Cam has Martineau torn — she sees intimate chemistry with Josh but relates to Cam as an "underdog" — though she ultimately identifies with "Team Teagan."
- Martineau, who is 22, also stars as Yumeko in the 2025 Netflix series "Bet" and proposed going fully blonde to visually differentiate her "Crew Girl" character, mirroring the blunt bangs she used for "Bet."
- Martineau said she hopes Teagan gives young girls "permission to feel like it's OK to take up space," adding that "it's unfortunate that we have to go the extra mile to almost earn a seat at the table" in male-dominated sports.
Why it matters: Netflix confirmed "Crew Girl" Season 2 within roughly two weeks of its Sept. 10 debut, an unusually fast turnaround that signals the streamer sees the YA rowing drama as a proven franchise rather than a trial. The 16-million-view count and sustained Top 10 placement give Martineau concrete momentum behind her stated Season 2 priority: building an all-girls team around Teagan and Brittany instead of expanding the boys' roster.
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