TVLINE | When characters have left in the past, like Jackson, they were explained away and quickly forgotten. With Allison, will her departure be felt this season?
Yes. The thing about that is that Crystal [Reed] came to us early on enough that we were prepared for it. With Jackson, we weren’t really prepared for Colton to leave. When this happens, we often find ourselves scrambling to come up with an explanation, or to write people out in a quick enough way that we don’t shine too big a light on it. But with Crystal, she was very professional and gave us plenty of time to plot a new exit. You see the repercussion of that this season. You see how these kids have matured, how a death like that really forces them to grow up. That’s one of the reasons why we’re bringing in some new freshmen characters. As our teenagers – like Scott and Stiles and Lydia — mature and become adults, we wanted to bring new teenagers in for them to play against and get that youthful perspective again.
TVLINE | You mentioned Lydia, who learns more about her banshee powers in the premiere. Will that continue throughout the season?
Oh, yes. Lydia’s a very important character this season, and we actually learn a lot about her history, and her family. Her banshee abilities are crucial to this season. You’ll see her sort of mastering them now as she learns how to trigger them. It’s an interesting thing to see play out on screen, because it’s something I’ve never seen. Banshees, in folklore and whatnot, usually aren’t helpful at all. They’re the wailing women, almost villainous. So it’s great to see her becoming a hero in her own right. And she’s such a great actress; we can give her anything to play. She does comedy, drama and romance equally well — but the one spoiler I can give for her is that we pull back quite a bit on romance for her. As she’s exploring her abilities and dealing with the death of her best friend, romance takes a back seat.
Yes. The thing about that is that Crystal [Reed] came to us early on enough that we were prepared for it. With Jackson, we weren’t really prepared for Colton to leave. When this happens, we often find ourselves scrambling to come up with an explanation, or to write people out in a quick enough way that we don’t shine too big a light on it. But with Crystal, she was very professional and gave us plenty of time to plot a new exit. You see the repercussion of that this season. You see how these kids have matured, how a death like that really forces them to grow up. That’s one of the reasons why we’re bringing in some new freshmen characters. As our teenagers – like Scott and Stiles and Lydia — mature and become adults, we wanted to bring new teenagers in for them to play against and get that youthful perspective again.
TVLINE | You mentioned Lydia, who learns more about her banshee powers in the premiere. Will that continue throughout the season?
Oh, yes. Lydia’s a very important character this season, and we actually learn a lot about her history, and her family. Her banshee abilities are crucial to this season. You’ll see her sort of mastering them now as she learns how to trigger them. It’s an interesting thing to see play out on screen, because it’s something I’ve never seen. Banshees, in folklore and whatnot, usually aren’t helpful at all. They’re the wailing women, almost villainous. So it’s great to see her becoming a hero in her own right. And she’s such a great actress; we can give her anything to play. She does comedy, drama and romance equally well — but the one spoiler I can give for her is that we pull back quite a bit on romance for her. As she’s exploring her abilities and dealing with the death of her best friend, romance takes a back seat.
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lol by implication they're saying Colton was unprofessional when he left. I'm going to miss Alison.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I was thinking too. To be fair though, they did gear following season around him and then boom! Colton quits. He didn't even do an episode to wrap up the storyline.
ReplyDeleteApparently he didn't like he was going to be in only half the episodes for season 3
ReplyDeleteA decision as sudden as he made IS pretty unprofessional but I feel like I enjoyed s3 as much as I did because he was gone. So good riddance. (I did enjoy the Kanima arc but I didn't care to see Jackson dealing with his werewolf issues as he was such an annoying bitch)
ReplyDeleteI don't think they meant unprofessional! It's was a just harsh decision. I didn't like the way Jackson's story developt either so it's fine he left They just compared the 2 storylines and how they had time to give Allison a proper goodbye. I don't see it, Allison had so many open storylines and besides the talk with her dad her . She didn't even had a moment with Lydia.
ReplyDeleteBut I really lock forward to season 4!
Finally a Lydia-centric season, can't wait to see some Lydia bad-assery... Also I'm happy that they aren't just going to forget about the characters that died/left like they did before...
ReplyDeleteNot to mention that it allowed Lydia to be a character in her own right rather than just pining after Jackson for half the season.
ReplyDeleteYeah I never really missed Jackson.
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