The cast and writers teased what’s to come in the final season and shared their favorite memories of working on the show during FX’s New York Comic Con panel.
Following a screening of the first two episodes of the series’ sixth and final season, set to premiere on October 21, showrunners Paul Sims, writers Sarah Naftalis and Sam Johnson, along with cast members Matt Berry, Kevan Novak, Harvey Gillan and Mark Proksh was on hand Friday to receive special video messages from celebrity fans like Jeff Bridges and Mark Hamill, as well as discuss what fans can expect from Staten Island as they say goodbye to their favorite vampires. can do
Sims opened the debate by addressing the decision to end the series here and now, telling the audience, “I think it’s better to go over the top, and better late than late. I don’t want to be in front of this auditorium. I mean, just look at how many people are here,” he said, answering questions from fans also confirmed that the writers and cast left nothing on the table, and were able to achieve everything by the end of the series “It’s all in season six. Everything we ever wanted to do is there.
When writers Naftalis and Johnson were asked what to expect from the upcoming season, Johnson teased, “Murder. Mayhem… a lot of office stuff, which was a blast,” he shared. “It’s a great one. It’s the weather. You will all be very happy.”
Speaking about what fans can expect from Guillermo in the series’ final slate of episodes, Galen shared, “It’s nice to see that he doesn’t feel like he’s here with his friend for the rest of his life. He’s finding himself. He finds out he was meant to be a vampire, and now he’s trying to make it like a big boy in the real world, and unfortunately, he does. He’s trying to be self-sufficient, self-reliant in his work and whatnot, but he’s not helping the situation.
Reflecting on their characters becoming more connected over time in the series of Laszlo and Colin stories, Proksch stated that the journey has been a lot of fun. “They’re an odd couple, and odd couples work together. I think that’s where a lot of the humor comes from. We’ve had a lot of fun. We enjoy what you see on screen. happening. The sets are incredible and when you play in that kind of setting, it makes acting a lot easier,” he said.
“Character-wise, it’s interesting because obviously, Lazlo remembers his upbringing, but Colin doesn’t,” Barry added. “So he’s just spending all that time wondering why the hell this guy still wants to hang around… because every 100 years, he kind of regenerates right?”
Barry was talking about Cullen’s ability to create dark humor as a vampire, to which Proksh shared his favorite version of playing an older Cullen who is his teenage self: “The writers, for some reason, It’s funny to see a naked body, and no one else in the world thinks it’s very attractive, so whenever I have to wear something that’s a little too small and act like a child , it was great for me, I loved it.”
“We always wanted to do a Frankenstein-type story, but Laszlo absolutely denied that he knew anything about the Frankenstein story,” Sims also shared. “I think the most interesting part about Colin and Laszlo together is in season two, we thought we’d put it together the most. [character] With a person whose sole purpose in life is to harass and harass people. We thought it would be funny, and since then, it’s turned into a real friendship, where neither of them will admit how close they are, but they are.”
Before taking questions from fans later in the panel, the cast and writers discussed what they’ll miss most about the show. “Obviously, other actors are in the freedom of the situation, because the nature of comedy – which I personally wasn’t particularly interested in before – is very fast, and you can do anything and anywhere. can stand up. You don’t have to do that on a lot of other things,” Barry said. “I’ll miss it, but it’s really boring, because they don’t care about maintenance and how things are done. What it looks like when it’s finished.”
“I’m going to miss those guys. I’m going to miss playing Nandor for you guys,” Novak said before joking. “Thank you, I’ll be at Comic Con in Austin, Texas, so see me there.”
Gillen shared a similar appreciation for working with the show’s actors and writers “who are naturally funny,” but also gave a shout-out to the crew. I think I’ll miss most of the crew that worked with us, and the show really hard. They put it together. We made a show during the madness, and they found a way to make costumes and set designs during a crazy pandemic and a time when you couldn’t even leave the country. We fought to make the show for you guys and I’m glad we did.
Proksch added, “The cast and crew, after six seasons, you’ve become really close. But the freedom you had on this show, the freedom and the encouragement to improvise and add to your characters, Or for me, I’m allowed to go off on weird tangents about stupid stuff and useless information, I’ll never do that and get into a show I’ve watched , even though I’m not into it right now, especially in comedy, and I’ll definitely miss it.
The panel then considered the “greatest hits” of the actors’ and writers’ work. It also included Barry explaining what’s behind his famously funny line readings, with the actor telling the NYCC crowd, “It’s never predetermined. Every scene you just make it to the end. Thinking about and everything to please yourself, you have to say these things more than once. It’s a real surprise to me when some lines seem to rise up a bit, And I can’t guess which ones they are.
“And when he does that, when we’re writing, we have more time to say New York City,” Sims added. “The other big thing I think about Matt is in the scene he did with Guillermo last season, where he said he was talking about Guillermo’s stomach upset, And just asked Harvey to tell him the names of Mexican dishes.”
“They didn’t see that we liked several dozen versions of it,” Gillen shared. “We only used like six, but he did them all. And every one of them was as funny as the last.
Guillén talked about all the stunt work that Guillermo has been a part of on the series, giving a shout-out to the stunt team that “was great at teaching me how to do most of my stunts, and I really appreciate it.” Proud, because I don’t often have to do something like that on other projects.
For Prakash, when asked if there was any aspect of playing Colin that was burdensome, the actor noted that he was actually afraid that the audience would hate the character. “In the first season, I was a little worried about having a character that’s actually hated,” he said. “Fortunately the character was solved by building something more. It’s crazy when you start a show and you’re like, oh, this crazy show. It’s really fun. There’s no way we’re getting season two. Do it. Then you’ll get a season two, and no way we’ll get a season three. And then when people start sending you pictures of their friends who noted they’re your friends. dressed as your character, so it’s a weird feeling that your mind can’t understand that other people love that character so much.”
While much of the panel was upbeat, as the cast and creative team expressed their gratitude for working together on the show, as well as receiving support from so many fans, Bridges and Hamill’s amazing video messages pleased some of the panel members. An especially emotional Hamill shared the “clever, subversive humor of the series” and his surprise but final appreciation for the opportunity to appear on the show. “I’m sure there’s still a lot left in the show,” he said. But I am grateful for what I have. So thank you very much. Thanks for the memories.”
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