Michael Sheen already resembles a Traitor as he arrives in Inverness with his hood up to film the star-studded Celebrity series

Michael Sheen appeared to already be pitching himself as a potential Traitor as he was seen landing in Inverness for the second season of The Celebrity Traitors. 

The actor, 57, kept it casual as he made his way through the airport in the Scottish Highlands, notably wearing a zip-up hoodie and waterproof jacket. 

As fans of the show are all too aware, the notorious Traitors wear hooded cloaks as they meet in the show's tower to plan their 'murders' - and eventually make their bid to steal the prize money from the Faithful. 

While the people chosen for the roles are random, in both the celeb and civilian editions of the show, participants can express a desire either way to its host Claudia Winkleman, 54. 

The high-stakes reality TV shows saw the two groups complete a series of tasks in order to build up the prize pot, which, in the celebrity spin-off edition, will be donated to a charity of the celeb's choice. 

Should the Faithful win, the money will be divided equally between them, but if they are unable to identify the Traitors by the end of the show, they could 'steal' the prize pot for themselves. 

The Traitors has had one celebrity spin-off season so far and it proved itself to be a smash hit when Alan Carr unexpectedly won the show as a Traitor - despite speculating that he would be hopeless in the role.

Alongside other well-known faces like Paloma Faith and Stephen Fry, the comedian helped to bring in an average audience of a whopping 14.9 million during the 2025 show. 

The show is filmed at Ardross Castle, located around 30 miles from Inverness. While an exact release date for the second season of the Celebrity Traitors has yet to be announced, filming began over the May bank holiday weekend. 

Claudia said that the cast for the second celeb season is so good that she initially had to ask BBC bosses to repeat themselves. 

She said on The One Show: 'The people who make it are extraordinary. And they had to repeat the people twice to me. Because I was like, "Huh? Are you joking? Come again?"'

However, the stars came at a cost and BBC bosses had to DOUBLE their £1 million budget to create the most star-studded Traitors season to date.  

The A-list line-up was officially announced when the broadcaster dropped the first teaser trailer last month with the likes of Maya Jama, Richard E Grant, Jerry Hall, Romesh Ranganathan and Ross Kemp also heading to the Scottish castle.

The increased budget was already obvious as pictures emerged of the stars touching down in the Highlands after travelling via planes and private jets, while last year many contestants were said to have travelled on the train. 

Meanwhile the likes of Alan Carr and Sir Stephen were also said to have been ferried around during last year's series in a minibus, which has now been swapped for chauffeur driven cars.

Money has also been spent on beefing up security to keep the stars safe and the castle's goings on under wraps ahead of transmission later this year.

A source said: 'Although most of the stars are British, so many of them are used to working in America that their teams are used to the treatment.' 

They told The Sun: 'The production team have little choice, however, than to cater for their demands because they accept the number of A-listers taking part in this year's show makes it exceptional.'

The Daily Mail have contacted BBC for comment.

Maya Jama was pictured arriving at Inverness airport on Sunday afternoon, reportedly taking a huge pay cut to appear on series two of the BBC show.

Hours earlier Coronation Street actress Julie Hesmondhalgh and EastEnders star Ross Kemp, 61, also touched down, before jumping into their cars to head to Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands. Singer James Blunt then followed on a few hours after.

Dressed down in a white T-shirt and cream trousers, Maya wore sunglasses and flashed a nervous-looking smile at airport staff.

Comedian Joanne McNally was also seen on the same flight, dressed in cycling shorts and also hiding behind some dark shades as she wheeled her luggage to the car.

Maya was reportedly the first star to be approached by Celebrity Traitors bosses in a bid to pull in a younger audience thanks to her Love Island hosting duties.

The 31-year-old was more than willing to take a huge £760,000 pay cut compared to her fee hosting the ITV dating show.

She is said to have taken the £40,000 rate after falling in love with the series while watching it with her boyfriend Rúben Dias.

A source told The Sun: 'She loved watching the first Celebrity Traitors series at home with boyfriend Rúben and is so excited to get filming. 

'It has worked out perfectly that she can go straight from the Scottish castle to the villa in Majorca to film the summer Love Island series in June.'