Ben McKenzie Says Gotham Is Trying To Work In More Smiles From Gordon

09/21/2015 02:33 pm EDT

Why so serious, Jim Gordon? He could probably offer a few good answers to that question, but Gotham star Ben McKenzie says he'll be smiling a bit more in the show's second season.

McKenzie tells Entertainment Weekly that Gotham "could use a little bit of Gordon smiling every once in a while, which we're trying to work in."

"There's a lot of humor in this season — dark humor mainly — but some lighter stuff," he continued. "What's great about breaking free of the procedural style is that when you get into the characterizations, we have great actors who are able to pull off these characters. We get to have fun with it and really embrace the larger than life aspects of Gotham and all of its bizarre citizens, and it's fun."

Gotham returns Monday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

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