Is it a struggle for Malia to fight her animal instincts throughout the season?
Shelley Hennig: “Oh, absolutely. In Season 3B, you see Malia not wanting to be human. She wanted to go back to being a coyote. And in Season 4, you see her accepting being human, and I think a lot of that has to do with the connection that she has with Stiles. Coyotes are very faithful and loyal animals, and she finds her mate. Apparently, coyotes find their mate, and they mate for life, because they are loyal. So, she found her partner, and it’s Stiles, and luckily he reciprocates; with that, she becomes loyal to the pack, because it’s important to Stiles.
“And Stiles is really funny in the season; he’s constantly trying to help Malia fit in as a human because she is such an animal and has animal instincts that can come across kind of rude and aggressive at times and the pack get a little turned off by it, but Stiles is always there to protect her and to remind them that she’s learning. So, it’s really cute and fun.”
Is there any sort of struggle on Stiles’ part? Will there be any sort of ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ situation? Or are they together for the long run?
“They’re a pretty good pair. And you know, Malia doesn’t have a family, really, and the pack is her new family. And you’ll see that Stiles and Malia are best friends, but I’m sure, just like every partnership, there comes something that puts you at a crossroads. And so, that might happen this season, and it’ll get tricky.”
Speaking of Malia’s family, does she continue to struggle with that guilt in this season?
“There’s always guilt there for her, which is something that she didn’t feel as a coyote, because she wasn’t human; she didn’t feel emotions. And that’s my favourite part about Malia, is that she’s, for the first time in years, experiencing human emotions. So, with that, she’s really feeling the guilt. And it comes up here and there, just like any tragedies in our lives — they go away and they come back, there’s a reminder, and it goes away again… so, she definitely struggles with that.”
Does she learn about Peter and what he’s done?
“She has known. Because she is part of the pack, she’s been debriefed on all of these characters that will come up in the season that will be new to her. So, yes, Stiles and Scott [Tyler Posey] have worked a lot with Malia to let her know who this person is, who to trust and not to trust, because she’s one of the pack.”
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