Ronda Rousey guest stars in season three episode two of Fox’s 9-1-1. Season three episode one ended with the Santa Monica Pier on the verge of being hit by a tsunami, and episode two will show the devastation caused when the wave washes over the pier.
Season three episode two is titled “Sink or Swim” and will air on September 30, 2019 at 8pm ET/PT.
The cast of season three includes Angela Bassett as Athena Grant, Peter Krause as Bobby Nash, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Kendall, and Oliver Stark as Evan “Buck” Buckley. Aisha Hinds plays Henrietta “Hen” Wilson, Kenneth Choi is Howie “Chimney” Han, Rockmond Dunbar is Michael Grant, and Ryan Guzman is Eddie Diaz.
The “Sink or Swim” Plot: A massive tsunami hits the Santa Monica Pier, placing Buck and Christopher’s lives in danger.
9-1-1 Series Description, Courtesy of Fox:
Creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear reimagine the procedural drama with 9-1-1, exploring the high-pressure experiences of police officers, firefighters and dispatchers who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
Michael Weatherly steps behind the camera to direct Bull season four episode two, “Fantastica Voyage.” Episode two was written by Pamela Wechsler and is set to air on CBS on September 30, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT.
The cast is led by Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull, Freddy Rodriguez as Benny Colón, Geneva Carr as Marissa Morgan, Jamie Lee Kirchner as Danny James, Christopher Jackson as Chunk Palmer, and MacKenzie Meehan as Taylor Rentzel.
Season four episode two guest stars include Liz Alderfer, Keith Reddin, Kate Blumberg, and Veanne Cox. Rand Guerrero, James Michael Reilly, Marisa Brau-Reyes, and Jazzy Kae also guest star in “Fantastica Voyage.”
The “Fantastica Voyage” Plot – Bull sees a visionary whereas the federal government sees a con woman, when he helps the defense of a charismatic entrepreneur, Whitney Holland (Liz Alderfer), who’s accused of defrauding investors in her seemingly groundbreaking water filtration system company. As the trial gets underway, Bull focuses on selecting jurors whose belief systems allow them to see his client as a dreamer who never meant criminal intent.
Bull Series Details, Courtesy of CBS:
Bull stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull in a drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, the founder of one of the most prolific trial-consulting firms of all time. Brilliant, brash and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick. His personal life proves harder to manage as he tries to live a healthier lifestyle following a heart attack and learns he is expecting a child with his ex-wife.
Bull employs an enviable team of experts at Trial Analysis Corporation to shape successful narratives down to the very last detail. This includes his quick-witted former brother-in-law, Benny Colón, a lawyer who acts as defense attorney in the company’s mock trials; Marissa Morgan, a neurolinguistics expert from the Department of Homeland Security who monitors shifting jury reactions in real-time for Bull; former NYPD detective Danny James, the firm’s tough but relatable investigator; Taylor Rentzel, a working mother and former colleague of Marissa’s who is an expert in coding and computer hacking; and Chunk Palmer, a former all-American lineman and stylist-turned-law student who helps clients prepare their look and testimony for trial.
In high-stakes trials, Bull’s combination of remarkable insight into human nature, three Ph.D.’s and a top-notch staff creates winning strategies that tip the scales of justice in his clients’ favor.
JD Pardo as EZ Reyes in ‘Mayans M.C.’ season 2 episode 4 (Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX)
FX’s Mayans M.C. season two episode three ended with EZ and Angel surprising Happy when he arrived home from Medina’s funeral. The action in episode four picks up with EZ (JD Pardo) and Angel (Clayton Cardenas) asking Happy if he knows who they are. Happy justifiably assumes someone’s going to die before this encounter ends and doesn’t care about their identities.
With Happy (David Labrava) tied up, EZ and Angel rifle through his drawers looking for anything on their mother. They’re both being careful and wearing gloves, and neither find anything during their search. The next step is to question Happy about what happened nine years ago. EZ lays out the facts. Someone murdered their mother by shooting her in the neck at the family’s butcher shop. He also reveals that he saw the car as it drove away and remembers exactly what it looked like.
EZ followed the vehicle in his truck and eventually saw the driver – Happy – at a construction zone. “I remember every detail of it,” snarls EZ. Happy doesn’t say anything as EZ tells him he knows he killed their mother.
EZ’s done such thorough research that he knows Happy was a gun-for-hire prior to joining SAMCRO. Happy remains silent, even as Angel puts out a lit cigarette on his bare shoulder. All EZ and Angel want is a name from Happy, but he’s not forthcoming.
EZ then surprises his brother by asking if it was Galindo and the cartel who ordered the hit.
With that question now dangling in the wind, EZ’s forced to walk Angel through everything he discovered about their father’s past. He explains he found a lockbox that contained their father’s personal papers. Those papers included their father and mother’s real names and the information that Felipe was a Federale. He also explains in the box were photos of their dad with Miguel Galindo’s father, Jose. That’s why he asked Happy about the cartel’s involvement.
Angel doesn’t take EZ withholding these details until now well, and he attacks his brother. Happy, still tied up, smiles as he watches the brothers beat the crap out of each other.
Meanwhile, the Mayans are heading home when they run into EZ and Angel’s “friends,” the Swole Boys. There are 20 of the wannabes lined up as the club stops for gas and snacks. Bishop and the guys try and figure out what’s up with this club and why they’re in a stare-down. They give Packer, president of the San Bernardino chapter of Sons of Anarchy, a call but he’s out. Coco (Richard Cabral) jokes that maybe they just want to escort them to the border.
The Mayans don’t have the time or energy for this encounter. They consider taking an access road, but Bishop decides they should stick to the highway and stay in front of the situation. The six bikes and the van get back on the road and the Swole Boys immediately follow.
The Swole Boys make their move, taking out Riz (Antonio Jaramillo) and his bike first. He goes down hard which means game on. Three Swole Boys go down, courtesy of the van.
The Mayans then pull over and scare off the remainder of the Swole Boys by firing a few rounds in their direction.
It’s only after the Swole Boys sped away that the Mayans remember Riz is back in the direction the Swole Boys are heading without any backup. They hurry back and Riz is still sprawled out, unconscious. He comes to and doesn’t seem too badly injured.
Packer (Robert Patrick) and some SAMDINO members arrive on the scene to help. Packer reveals the Swole Boys are out of a bunch of muscleheads out of a gym. Packer apologizes this went down in San Bernardino and happily agrees to help Bishop settle the score.
“Let’s go burn down a f**king gym!” says Packer, raring for a fight.
Angel and EZ finally finish beating each other bloody. EZ admits he didn’t think it was his place to divulge their dad’s secrets. Happy’s still tied up but the brothers don’t care as it’s time for another heart-to-heart. Angel believes he was a constant disappointment to their mom and dad and that EZ was their favorite. EZ apologizes, even though it’s not his fault, and Angel confesses there were times he hated the sight of him. He calls himself an idiot, a mistake, and EZ tries to get his brother to understand no one thought that.
Happy picks this moment to pipe up and say, “Poor little Angel. Nobody loved him.”
That prompts the brothers to finally get up off the kitchen floor. They take a good look at Happy’s tattoos and Angel wonders which of the smiley faces is the one marking their mother’s murder. EZ’s not sure and hands Angel a knife, telling him it’s his pick.
Angel uses the knife and slices a chunk of flesh with one of the tattoos out of Happy’s abdomen.
A while later, Happy’s still not divulging any info and the brothers are starting to be concerned someone will come looking for Happy. (Happy’s phone’s been ringing all day.) Neither EZ nor Angel expected Happy to hold out so long; their plan, if you can call it that, is definitely not working.
Angel suggests they kill him and make it look like a break-in. EZ’s frustrated and doesn’t want to take Happy out until they know why their mother was targeted. Angel decides they should attempt to get Happy to talk one more time and if he doesn’t break, then they’ll shoot him.
EZ tells Happy he doesn’t want to kill him, but they will if Happy doesn’t say who ordered the hit. Happy’s dog’s been barking this whole time but his barking grows more frantic as Angel rams his gun barrel into the open wound on Happy’s abdomen.
Angel can’t take the barking anymore and heads over to shoot the dog. That breaks Happy. He screams, “No!” before Angel can fire. Angel and EZ realize they finally have bargaining power. Angel threatens to torture the dog slowly if Happy doesn’t talk. (As a dog lover I’m finding this scene extremely difficult to watch.)
After hours of remaining silent, Happy finally agrees to talk in order to save his dog. (I’m having mixed emotions about this. On the one hand, Happy obviously loves his dog above all else. So, yay! On the other hand, he’s a ruthless murderer.)
Angel earns back a little of the respect he lost for threatening a dog’s life by providing the hungry animal with food and fresh water.
Upon Happy’s instructions, EZ retrieves a folder that contains information on their mother. It includes her personal information and movements. Happy tells them to look at the next page which it turns out is all about Felipe’s locations throughout a typical day.
“I f**ked up. I was supposed to kill both of them,” says Happy.
Happy then explains the job came in through Packer. He suggests they talk to Packer because will have kept records. Still, even if Packer has paperwork it won’t include the name of the person who ordered the hits.
EZ and Angel demand to know how their mother’s murder went down. Happy describes the events matter of factly and reveals their mother wasn’t surprised. She knew it was coming. Happy recalls he shot her when he heard cars pulling up. He then stuck around by the border to see if they wanted him to kill Felipe. He assumed the order was coming from one of the cartels.
Happy thought EZ had been sent by a cartel to kill him for not completing the job. He got spooked, gave up being a hired gun, and joined SAMCRO.
“If someone killed my mom, I’d put a bullet between his eyes,” admits Happy.
EZ and Angel discuss Happy’s fate, with EZ landing on the side of setting Happy free. Angel reminds him SAMCRO knows Happy was a hired gun and the club even set up hits. That was business and by EZ and Angel making it personal, they’ve broken the rules. EZ confesses he didn’t think it through. Angel also takes the blame on himself.
Their conversation’s interrupted by someone pounding on Happy’s door. The brothers decide whatever happens, they’ll go down together.
EZ opens the door to let in Howard, a SAMCRO prospect. Howard enters to find Happy on the couch with his dog and Angel relaxing in a nearby chair. Happy lies and says his injuries came from being hit by a logging truck after he left the funeral. He explains EZ and Angel saved him when they found him sprawled out in the dirt.
Howard buys the story and asks if he can do anything. Happy tells him to pick up the dog poop in his yard.
After Howard heads outside, Happy tells EZ and Angel, “I’ll get what I can from Packer. After that, we’re clean.” EZ and Angel leave without responding, although Angel does give him a death stare on his way out.
Meanwhile, SAMCRO and Mayans arrive at the Swole Boys’ gym/headquarters. The steroid-taking wannabes act tough but are playing way out of their league. Bishop confronts the leader and finally understands that EZ and Angel set off this mess. Still, Riz needs retribution for a busted bike and bruised-up body. He shoots one of the Boys in the leg, calling it even.
Bishop apologizes to Packer for stirring things up in San Bernardino. Packer admits he should have paid closer attention to this group in his own backyard. Bishop promises back-up whenever Packer needs it.
Bishop sends Coco off to find Angel.
Danny Pino as Miguel Galindo and Sarah Bolger as Emily Thomas in ‘Mayans M.C.’ season 2 episode 4 (Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX)
Catching up with the Galindos, Emily (Sarah Bolger) is busy working on making her bid more competitive, thanks to the inside information she received from Ileana. She consults with Miguel (Danny Pino), but it’s really Emily’s baby at this point. He’s got to do something for Potter so she agrees to take his mom to her doctor’s appointment, promising she’ll make sure Dita doesn’t stray.
Speaking of Dita (Ada Maris), she calls Felipe and asks that he meet her at 1pm to talk.
Emily drops off the finished bid at the county office and then delivers Dita to her doctor’s appointment. Nestor’s told to stay and watch the exits so that Dita doesn’t wander off again.
The doctor attempts to introduce herself to Dita, but Dita’s having none of it. She gives the woman $2,000 in cash and assures her she’ll bring her the same every week. The doctor only needs to say Dita is making progress and their sessions are going well. When the doctor refuses to play along, Dita threatens to have her reputation ruined. Dita will tell Miguel the doctor’s a quack and her “cushy little tell me your feelings scam” will be over.
Dita sneaks out to the top floor of the building and meets with Felipe (Edward James Olmos). Felipe informs Dita that Marcus paid him a visit, and she confesses her family won’t let her out alone because they believe she’ll harm herself. She was home alone when the house burned to the ground and because she didn’t have anything left, she ignored the evacuation order. She stayed in the wine cellar until a firefighter rescued her.
She now believes she was saved because there are things she needs to do. And then Dita shares a huge secret…Miguel is Felipe’s son. No one else knows and she’ll never tell another soul. Their talk ends when her phone indicates the session downstairs with the doctor has ended.
Dita tells Emily she believes the doctor can help her. As they’re driving away, Emily spots Felipe’s truck parked around the corner.
Later that evening, Emily sneaks into Dita’s room and goes through her drawers. She discovers the old photo of Felipe.
Miguel and Marcus (Emilio Rivera) pick up Adelita (Carla Baratta) for a meeting with Paloma. Miguel’s not sure how much Potter knows about Adelita and Paloma’s relationship. He believes Potter’s going after Paloma only because she’s a more visible target at this point.
Adelita wonders how Miguel’s holding up, juggling both worlds. Miguel admits he’s actually loving being able to screw the DOJ while also doing something good for those in need in Mexico.
As Miguel and Adelita head toward the meeting, they’re unaware the mercs have placed a tracking device on the vehicle and are following their movements. When Miguel’s car arrives in the small town for the meeting, the mercs aren’t far behind.
Paloma hasn’t arrived at the meeting spot as the mercs race up. Adelita makes the quick decision to act as if Miguel and his men tracked her to this town.
Adelita takes a gun and enters a nearby store, firing through the window toward Miguel and his men. The mercs hustle to the scene as the shots ring out. Marcus and another man run toward the store with Miguel’s acting as if they’re covering him.
Miguel tells the mercs he got a tip Adelita was holed up in this town. Marcus exits the store, holding tight to Adelita, gun pointed at her head. The mercs put their guns down and take custody of Adelita. She plays the part well, spitting and cursing at Miguel.
After the mercs haul her away, Miguel slams his fist into a building in rage and frustration.
The CW’s Riverdale star Camila Mendes says the core four will be spending a lot of time together in season four and that college will be front and center on Veronica’s mind. College…and Archie, of course.
During our interview at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, Camila Mendes also teased a musical episode and a huge dance number.
Riverdale season four will premiere on October 9, 2019 at 8pm ET/PT.
How is Veronica’s relationship with her parents in season four?
Camila Mendes: “Obviously, both of her parents are in prison. She put Hiram in prison, so she wanted him to be there. I don’t think she wanted her mom to be there. But Hiram has a vengeance and he’s definitely causing hell in her life and reacting to the fact that she put him there. So, there’s definitely some conflict between Veronica and her parents.
Smithers is her legal guardian, but mostly the house is unsupervised which means anyone can come over. Sleepovers!”
Speaking of that, last season Varchie went through a lot of ups and downs but ultimately came together in the end. Are we going to see a more solid Varchie this season?
Camila Mendes: “I think so. […] They’re going strong and pretty solid. I feel like after all the turmoil they went through in season three, it would be really annoying if they had more of that in season four. You’d be like, ‘Come on, guys! Make up your mind!’”
What is she focusing on in season four?
Camila Mendes: “Veronica is focusing on applying for colleges and dealing with the repercussions of her father’s vengeance and the things that he does, which I can’t elaborate on. And, also, there is a new principal at Riverdale High. Mr. Weatherby is off with The Farm, I believe. So, there’s Mr. Honey. Mr. Honey comes in and he’s very strict. He’s kind of trying to reform Riverdale High and instilling all these rules. So, Veronica’s definitely going to butt heads with him as well. I think every student will.”
Can we hope for another musical episode?
Camila Mendes: (Laughing) “100%.”
If you could choose which musical it would be, what would you pick?
Camila Mendes: “Sweeney Todd. I love Sweeney Todd so much. I would love to do Sweeney Todd. I don’t know who Veronica would play in that. I feel like Cheryl would probably be Johanna.”
Mrs. Lovett?
Camila Mendes: “Betty would be Mrs. Lovett, maybe. Or Johanna. I can’t see Veronica being Mrs. Lovett either. Veronica needs to be a fiercer character.”
Camila Mendes: “I know she’s looking at Harvard. But because of the trouble that Hiram’s causing in Veronica’s life, it’s going to make getting into Harvard maybe harder than she thought.”
Is she interested in studying law?
Camila Mendes: “I think she would study business. But I can see her being a lawyer as well. I think she would be a damn good lawyer.”
Since she’s basically looking after herself, will we see her struggle with the day-to-day stuff?
Camila Mendes: “I almost feel like Veronica’s always been super independent and always looking after herself. I don’t think that really changes this season.
Honestly, this season feels like we’re really diving into senior year. There’s going to be more of the core four together, more of the whole gang together, getting to see some more storylines from Kevin and Reggie. I think we’re going to be exploring more of the dynamics between characters because it’s our last year in high school. I think that’s going to feel… I think if we were to go on and do a season five, then what would that look like? So, I think we’re going to really relish high school. Like, let’s really live in this high school world before it’s done.”
Is there anything in particular school-wise you want to see?
Camila Mendes: “The college thing is actually something I’ve always wanted to see. I always wanted to see what the characters would grow up to become, what they pursue in their lives. And also, the show couldn’t continue if they all went off to different schools, right? So somehow they’re all going to end up at Riverdale University.”
Jughead will be attending a different high school for his senior year. Will Veronica have much interaction with him?
Camila Mendes: “Yeah, there definitely is. I think we’re going to see more interaction between those two characters.
Jughead’s going to this new prep school and that was Veronica’s life. Those are the types of people she’s familiar with and she knows that world. I think in a way she’s trying to protect Jughead from those people and what they can be like.”
What about Veronica the businesswoman this season?
Camila Mendes: “She’s still running her business. And I think I can say we have fun dance number, a really exciting dance number at the end of episode two. […] It’s like three minutes of insane dancing. It’s a jazzy song and it’s like sexy and fun. It’s a really famous song and you guys are going to love it!”
Season two of CBS All Access’ drama Tell Me a Story will premiere on December 5, 2019. New episodes of the psychological thriller will be available to subscribers on subsequent Thursdays.
Season one of the series starred James Wolk (Zoo, Mad Men), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries), Billy Magnussen (Get Shorty), Dania Ramirez (Once Upon a Time, Devious Maids), Danielle Campbell (The Originals, Famous in Love), Dorian Missick (Luke Cage, Animal Kingdom), Michael Raymond-James (Once Upon a Time, True Blood), Davi Santos (Law & Order True Crime), Sam Jaeger (Parenthood, Law & Order True Crime), Zabryna Guevara (The Get Down, Gotham), and Kim Cattrall (Sensitive Skin, Sex and the City).
Paul Wesley returns to star in season two as a new character, Tucker Reed. The season two cast also includes Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Jessica Jones) as Rebecca Pruitt, Odette Annable (House, Supergirl) as Maddie Pruitt, Eka Darville (Jessica Jones) as Beau Morris, Matt Lauria (Kingdom, Friday Night Lights) as Jackson Pruitt, Natalie Alyn Lind (The Gifted, The Goldbergs) as Ashley Rose Pruitt, and Ashley Madekwe (Salem, Revenge) as Simone Garland.
Season one’s Danielle Campbell (The Originals) is back in the recurring role of Olivia Moon. Other recurring season two players include Garcelle Beauvais (Spider-Man Homecoming) as Veronica Garland, Caleb Castille (Wu Tang: An American Saga) as Ron, and Christopher Meyer (The Affair) as Derek.
Season 2 Details:
“Created by Kevin Williamson, Tell Me a Story takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Exploring an entirely new set of fairy tales and characters, the 10-episode second season will feature the stories of three legendary princesses – “Beauty and the Beast,” “Sleeping Beauty” and “Cinderella” – like you’ve never seen them before. We’ll meet the Pruitt family as they navigate love, loss, romance and terror against the iconic backdrop of Music City – Nashville, Tenn.
Aww, the chills! The full trailer’s arrived for El Camino, the Breaking Bad sequel which will pick up just minutes after the finale of the critically acclaimed series. Aaron Paul reprises his role as Jesse Pinkman, and the trailer shows a sneak peek of his actions after the final moments of Breaking Bad.
Netflix has set an October 11th premiere date on the streaming service. It will also have a limited run in theaters from October 11th-13th.
Breaking Bad series creator Vince Gilligan wrote and directed the sequel. Gilligan and Aaron Paul produced the movie along with Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Charles Newirth, and Diane Mercer.
In addition to Aaron Paul, the cast of El Camino includes Matt Jones and Charles Baker. Jones reprises his role as Badger and Baker’s back as Skinny Pete.
The El Camino Plot:
“The Netflix Television Event El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie reunites fans with Jesse Pinkman (Emmy-winner Aaron Paul). In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.”
Aaron Paul stars in Netflix’s ‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’Aaron Paul reprises his role as Jesse in ‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’Matt Jones and Charles Baker in ‘El Camino’ (Photo by Ben Rothstein / Netflix)
A24’s official trailer for Uncut Gems spotlights Adam Sandler in a rare break from comedy movies. Sandler stars as a high-roller in the latest film from critically acclaimed writer/directors Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie (Good Time).
A24 also released a new poster for Uncut Gems which will be opening in theaters this December.
In addition to Adam Sandler, the cast includes Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, and Judd Hirsch. Ronald Bronstein co-wrote the screenplay and Sebastian Bear-McClard, Oscar Boyson, Eli Bush, and Scott Rudin produced. Anthony Katagas, David Koplan, Martin Scorsese, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff executive produced.
The Plot, Courtesy of A24:
From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Sandler), a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
The CW’s Supergirl returns for its fifth season on Sunday, October 6, 2019, airing at 9pm ET/PT immediately after primetime newcomer Batwoman. Last season was an emotional rollercoaster for the key Supergirl characters, and season five is certain to be just as much of a twisted journey for Kara Danvers and her friends.
Katie McGrath (“Lena Luthor”) and Andrea Brooks (“Eve Teschmacher”) were paired up at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con to discuss the new season of the popular comic book-inspired superhero series. They kept the discussion spoiler-free, and in fact McGrath revealed not even her mother can get juicy Supergirl spoilers out of her although she does try.
Hello, Miss Teschmacher!
Katie McGrath: (Laughing) “You’ve been wanting to do that all morning, haven’t you?”
Andrea Brooks: “Sometimes I get it on the street and every time I’m like (reacting in shock and straightening up). It’s an automatic response at this point.”
Katie McGrath: “The day he did it…because he didn’t do it full volume until he was in the take and it was like, ‘I’m going to break character, break character! This is the coolest thing ever!’”
Andrea Brooks: “And I was waiting behind and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! I have a gun.’”
Katie McGrath: “And you’re going to kill me!”
Andrea Brooks: “It’s very hard to point a gun at your beautiful face. I did not like it.”
Katie McGrath: “I was really upset when you were filming that scene. I was like genuinely crushed.”
Andrea Brooks: “That was a hard day.”
Katie McGrath: “She’s so angelic-looking and then she puts a revolver in your face and you’re like, ‘This is not fair.’”
Andrea Brooks: “Sorry!”
You were really affected by it?
Katie McGrath: “I was, honestly. I was, really. Between that and finding out my brother that I trusted – it was a heavy day.”
Andrea Brooks: “That was a very heavy day.”
Katie McGrath: “It was.”
Andrea Brooks: “And on the reverse I asked to not hold it. Do you remember? I’m like, ‘I’ll put it to your face if you want but I really don’t want to. Do you need it?’ I was being very selfish. Like, ‘I don’t want to.’”
From where you ended season four and going into season five, what’s your sense of where Eve Teschmacher and Lena Luthor are now and where, as people, they’re going?
Katie McGrath: “I think for my character you’re going to see what it means for somebody when everything they believed has been taken away. It’s kind of like getting the rug pulled out from under you. Everything that was solid in her life that she was holding onto, especially as season four went on and things started being taken away from her and she found out things, she started holding on more and more to the things she thought were real and what does that mean when their whole world is emotionally destroyed?
We’re not dealing with the biggest time jump between season four and season five; it’s only a month. So, where does somebody put their energy when they’ve been kind of emotionally destroyed? And for Lena what she’s doing is that’s never going to happen again, but the problem is humanity’s broken. I mean, listen. Luthors don’t have small plans, okay? Lena’s decided she’s going to fix humanity and everything’s going to be fine. That’s how she’ll never get hurt again. We’ve got to think big. (Laughing) That’s how we’re going.
So, I think for her that’s how she is. It’s how she deals with being so destroyed and how does she move forward from that. What is the way to stand back up and go on? It’s hard. You got knocked down and you’ve got to move forward.”
Andrea Brooks: “I think Eve is an interesting puzzle and the puzzle has just been smashed to pieces and they’ve been scattered all over the universe at this point. Goodness. I always say Eve is an enigma. You never know what you’re going to get with her, and I do love that she’s in the most vulnerable position right now.
We know that Leviathan has been affiliated with her for a very long time, and then Lex Luthor. The fun in that is where are her alliances? Who is she as a person? Where is she going? She has no idea. I think being able to deep dive into that and explore it further is going to be really fun.”
Do you have any idea about the answers to those questions? Do they tell you a lot about what’s going on in the upcoming season?
Andrea Brooks: “They give us a general idea, but luckily not in too much detail. Good for situations like this.”
Katie McGrath: “The less you know is generally better. Especially because people so want to know the answer. My mom is always ringing me up for spoilers and I’m like, ‘No, mom, you don’t want them. You’ll be disappointed if I give them to you.’ This is why I don’t read that far ahead.”
Andrea Brooks: “And you don’t want to focus on the end result. You need to focus on what’s in front of you, what your character’s going through in that exact moment. I don’t want to know the future. I don’t want to know too far ahead.”
Katie McGrath: “You don’t want to spoil anyone else’s experience as well. You know, when we get scripts and we read them, then we’ll do a group chat and there’s always somebody on group chat like, ‘Have you gotten to this?! Have you gotten to that?’ You want everyone else to figure it out at the same time.”
Andrea Brooks: “I don’t like to know too much about everyone else’s character choices or their storylines because if I confront another character, I want to approach it from an honest position – from Eve’s honest, authentic self. I don’t want to know their answers. I do like to protect myself and stay in a little bit of a bubble when it comes to storylines.”
Katie McGrath: “And TV’s very different from movies. When you do a movie, you get the first script and you know your character’s arc. You can point it and plot it through because you know the start, the beginning, the end. With TV, you only have one script to work on – and we do 20 episodes. There’s no way you’re going to know. You get a general character arc but sometimes that can change.”
Andrea Brooks: “It does, yeah.”
Katie McGrath: “So unless you see it in print, it’s hard. You’re told not to rely on that because it might move or something else like that. You try to rely on what you have in front of you.”
Andrea Brooks: “It’s more like real life. You just treat it as it comes. And it’s fun, the spontaneity.”
So, your own mother can’t get spoilers?
Katie McGrath: “No! And lord knows she tries. She’s going to be watching this and she’s going to be sitting there saying, ‘Damn right, Katie. I gave birth to you and I get nothing!’ Shame on me. Bad daughter!”
According to Legacies stars Aria Shahghasemi and Peyton Alex Smith, we can expect to see more time spent exploring the classes offered at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted when the series returns for its second season. Teamed up to discuss the new season at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, on-screen BFFs Shahghasemi and Smith showed the friendship in the series carries over off-screen as well.
The CW’s set an October 10, 2019 premiere date for season two. New episodes will air in the 9pm ET/PT timeslot following Supernatural.
What can we expect from season two?
Aria Shahghasemi: “A lot of new, a lot of old. It’s mostly just extrapolating on what we’ve established. We’re going to dive deeper into the school stuff, all the classes. The fun parts of Harry Potter, you know? There’s obviously the story and seeing them in Charms was a lot of fun. We get to do that more.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “We have a lot of new characters coming. Some old from The Vampire Diaries kind of world. Some characters are brand new. That’s going to be exciting.”
Will we see Landon get a little darker after everything that happened at the end of season one? Will he be a little different than he was before?
Aria Shahghasemi: “Certainly. You’re definitely going to see him dealing with the repercussions of what happened. But obviously, he doesn’t know what happened. You’re going to be seeing a lot of Landon just trying to stay above the water.”
Can we expect them to show us more backstories for the characters in season two?
Peyton Alex Smith: “Yeah, definitely. That was something that we asked them. And so, with the 20 episodes we have now, we have more time. Because in the first season, we had a short amount of time to tell his story, my story, Jenny’s story. So now that we have a little more time, I think we’ll be taking our time this season and going through and letting people have an arc.”
Aria Shahghasemi: “They keep teasing us about it. They just keep telling us that they’re going to go into it more and they’re going to explore more. We’ve only gotten four scripts; we’re still getting back for the new season and figuring out what’s going on for the rest of the season. We don’t know necessarily what direction they’re going to go.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “I know that for some characters, they’re going to be different love interests. They’re going to mix things up a bit. We’ll see what happens with that.”
So, even more love triangles?
Aria Shahghasemi: “More knots are tied.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “There’s going to be just new love interests, too. Some of the people who are going to be coming into the school, some of the characters might fall for them and do something with them.”
Aria Shahghasemi: “As people start coming into their own person – Rafael, Landon, Lizzie, and Josie – as everybody grows up, they’re slowly starting to realize what they need and should expect from a relationship because they’re almost adults now.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “As kids, they have no idea what they want.”
Aria Shahghasemi: “They’re filled with all this emotion, but they have these ideas of what it’s supposed to be. It’s complicated.”
After playing Rafael and Landon for one season, what is it you love the most about these guys?
Peyton Alex Smith: “My character is so complex. Like right off the bat, we just had to have such a strong relationship. So, like on the first day on set I’m meeting him and I was like, ‘Julie…’”
Aria Shahghasemi: “His first day on set was like our third day of filming.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “Yeah, I had just flown in from New York. I hadn’t really read the script yet. (Laughing) There was Spanish in it and I was like, ‘No!’ And then I was like, ‘Dude, just take me to the guy who’s supposed to be my brother and my best friend.’ We met and then after that, just going through the journey as we’re growing with the characters, our bond’s growing as well. So that’s kind of been a fun thing to do. It’s kind of helped the acting out a lot.”
Aria Shahghasemi: “I think my favorite part of Landon is how the only strength he has is his emotional connections to everybody. I like that about him that he works so hard to maintain those relationships. He never gives up on Raf; he never gives up on Hope or all the people that he knows in his life.”
Is there anyone in season two you’re hoping you get to play around with a little bit more?
Aria Shahghasemi: “I would love more scenes with Chris (Lee) – Kaleb.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “Same!”
Aria Shahghasemi: “He’s one of our closest friends on set.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “And every time we have a scene together, it’s just a different dynamic just because he’s such a good actor. He’s got this alpha presence and then I’m an alpha male in there so it’s just like… I think we had one scene in, I think, episode five where I stand up and I’m mad. He just stood up there and we had a face-off. That wasn’t even in the script. Different things like that to play around with. That was a lot of fun.”
Are we going to see Rafael get more into being with the werewolves in season two?
Peyton Alex Smith: “It’s interesting because after the last episode, I’m still in werewolf form. I’m running around and I don’t know how long I’ll be in that. I don’t know what my mindset, my psyche, is going to be like when I come back from that.
We’ll have to see if I still want to be an alpha or if I become a bad alpha…or whatever they chose to do with that. I’m excited to see what they have in store for me.”
What went through your mind when you read the first script for season two?
Peyton Alex Smith: “We’re back! I like that they started playing around more with the school aspect, kind of building those relationships.”
Aria Shahghasemi: “I think we can tease this…I think. The first episode is set during the summer after the first year that we saw on the TV show. So, it’s over the course of that summer. And then the second episode is at the beginning of the school year. We basically kind of get to see all of the things that are going on at the Salvatore School when it’s not the Salvatore School necessarily. When I was reading it it feels like you’re watching these secrets that you’re not necessarily supposed to see about these characters, you know? It’s kind of cool.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “You kind of get to see the human side of the supernatural.”
Aria Shahghasemi: “Because they’re not fighting the Malivore monsters yet.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “We just had the big bang and now it’s the first sort of aftermath.”
Aria Shahghasemi: “Like, the whole season starts with the hero/villain question and now that the hero and the villain are gone what are we left with? It’s just us.”
Peyton Alex Smith: “Nobody knows what’s going to happen. Am I coming back? Is Hope coming back? Who’s coming back and going to run the school?”
Aria Shahghasemi: “Do we remember anything? How are we going to remember everything? There’s so many questions that are left unanswered at the end of the first episode. It basically establishes and reinforces the things that we need to get.”
Walt Disney Animation Studios is celebrating the first day of fall with the release of a new action-packed trailer and new photos from Frozen 2. The lengthy trailer reveals more of the story from the much-anticipated sequel, and the new photos introduce characters who’ll be showing up alongside Elsa and Anna.
Disney’s set to release Frozen 2 in theaters on November 22, 2019.
Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, and Josh Gad are back as the voices of Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf. The Oscar-winning team of Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck returned to direct the sequel, and Peter Del Vecho is back as a producer. New songs specifically for the sequel were written by Oscar winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
Here’s the scoop on the new characters:
KING AGNARR – The son of King Runeard, King Agnarr is married to Queen Iduna, and is Anna and Elsa’s father. King Agnarr loves his family, and would do anything to ensure his daughters’ wellbeing and safety. Alfred Molina lends his voice to King Agnarr.
YELANA – The unspoken leader of the nomadic Northuldra. She is fiercely protective of her family and community but is known to soften when people show an understanding of nature and their environment. Martha Plimpton was called on to bring Yelana to life.
HONEYMAREN – A member of the Northuldra, Honeymaren is a true free spirit and wants nothing more than to bring peace to the enchanted forest. She is bold and brave, with a reverence for the magic of nature. Rachel Matthews provides the voice of Honeymaren.
RYDER – Eager and fun, Honeymaren’s brother Ryder embraces life with optimism. Ryder’s love of reindeer might just rival Kristoff’s – but unlike Kristoff, Ryder has never roamed the great plains outside of the Enchanted Forest. He longs to embrace the world and venture beyond the magical mist. Jason Ritter lends his voice to Ryder.
BRUNI – Curious and cute, this salamander inhabits the Enchanted Forest. Though shy at first, Bruni can’t help but be drawn to Elsa’s icy magic and enjoys the cool snowflake treats she creates.
The Plot:
“Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, she’ll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In Frozen, Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. In Frozen 2, she must hope they are enough.”
