{"id":111729,"date":"2024-10-08T09:24:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111729"},"modified":"2024-10-08T09:24:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:24:55","slug":"jac-schaeffer-talks-episode-4-reveal-and-mephisto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111729","title":{"rendered":"Jac Schaeffer Talks Episode 4 Reveal and Mephisto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>[This story contains spoilers through <\/strong><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/agatha-all-along\/\" id=\"auto-tag_agatha-all-along_1\" data-tag=\"agatha-all-along\">Agatha All Along<\/a>\u2019s<\/em><\/strong><strong> fourth episode, \u201cIf I Can\u2019t Reach You \/ Let My Song Teach You\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter creating Marvel Studios\u2019 most successful series in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/wandavision\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wandavision_1\" data-tag=\"wandavision\">WandaVision<\/a><\/em>, <em>Agatha All Along<\/em> showrunner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jac-schaeffer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jac-schaeffer_1\" data-tag=\"jac-schaeffer\">Jac Schaeffer<\/a> rewarded herself with the director\u2019s chair. In addition to being Disney+\u2019s most watched new series of 2021, Schaeffer\u2019s show garnered 23 Emmy nominations, three wins and, for good measure, a chart-topping single called \u201cAgatha All Along.\u201d So, when the time came to do a spinoff with Kathryn Hahn\u2019s Agatha Harkness in the title role, Schaeffer knew she wanted to reignite her directorial ambitions, which were last on display in 2009\u2019s <em>Timer<\/em>.\u00a0 (The sci-fi rom-com was led by <em>WandaVision <\/em>and <em>Agatha All Along<\/em> actor Emma Caulfield.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWhen you\u2019re lucky enough to have a project be a hit [<em>WandaVision<\/em>] and you then have some capital, the question becomes: how are you going to spend your capital? And one of the answers to that question was parlaying it into a return to directing,\u201d\u00a0 Schaeffer tells <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> of directing multiple episodes this season. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like it. Writing something and being the one to execute it and then additionally seeing it through post, it\u2019s the ultimate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Agatha All Along<\/em> neared its halfway point with writer Giovanna Sarquis and director Rachel Goldberg\u2019s fourth episode, \u201cIf I Can\u2019t Reach You \/ Let My Song Teach You.\u201d The ending  \u2014\u00a0following the coven\u2019s latest trial on Witches\u2019 Road \u2014\u00a0revolves around an intimate moment between Agatha and Aubrey Plaza\u2019s Rio, as Agatha seemingly tries to rekindle their presumably tragic romance from years past. However, instead of returning Agatha\u2019s attempt at a kiss, Rio drops the revelation that Joe Locke\u2019s mysterious character, Teen, isn\u2019t Agatha\u2019s deceased son, Nicholas Scratch, in some new shape or form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs for whether the audience should believe the cunning Rio, Schaeffer can only say so much at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI just think it\u2019s about the dynamic between Agatha and Rio. At this point in the story, it\u2019s impossible for them to find each other, and that\u2019s the real question,\u201d Schaeffer says. \u201cObviously, they have so much chemistry and they have so much heat, so what\u2019s the problem? That\u2019s really what that scene points to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn writer Cameron Squires and Goldberg\u2019s third episode, \u201cThrough Many Miles of Tricks and Trials,\u201d Sasheer Zamata\u2019s Jennifer Kale raises the subject of Scratch to Teen, positing the rumor that he might be an \u201cagent of Mephisto.\u201d The latter is a demonic Marvel supervillain whose potential presence on <em>WandaVision<\/em> was heavily theorized about in ways that overwhelmed Schaeffer at the time. The big bad never actually appeared, but following the <em>WandaVision<\/em> finale, Schaeffer insisted that she still didn\u2019t have much of an interest in him or the other persistent scuttlebutt involving Magneto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBut now that Mephisto has truly entered into her work, Schaeffer candidly admits that the decision outranks her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cIt was a conversation with [<em>Agatha<\/em>] executive producer Mary Livanos, [Marvel\u2019s head of streaming] Brad [Winderbaum] and [Marvel Studios boss] Kevin [Feige], but it is a mention that is larger than me and this show. It is the larger Marvel-ness of it,\u201d Schaeffer shares. \u201cSo it is not about me bristling or having any kind of a reaction or agenda, mostly because that type of fevered discourse that is very, very rooted in the comics is not as interesting to me as the current story being told in the series at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBelow, during a recent spoiler conversation with <em>THR<\/em>, Schaeffer also addresses the idiosyncratic nature of Patti LuPone\u2019s fan-favorite Lilia, before confirming a <em>WandaVision<\/em>-related theory regarding Debra Jo Rupp\u2019s Sharon Davis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>We spoke <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/agatha-all-along-wandavision-fan-theories-1235997035\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>previously<\/strong><\/a><strong> about how you were back in Kate Winslet territory with the <em>Agnes of Westview<\/em> fantasy in <em>Agatha All Along<\/em>\u2019s<em> <\/em>series premiere, and shortly after that, I talked to Craig Zobel, who directed <em>Mare of Easttown <\/em>in its entirety. The conversation was largely about how he had to reference Matt Reeves\u2019 <em>The Batman <\/em>on his new series, <em>The Penguin<\/em>, but then I broke the news to him that <em>Agatha All Along<\/em> had just referenced his work on <em>Mare<\/em>. So he lit up because he was unaware of it, and he was genuinely touched to be a reference for the first time. You made his day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThank you for sharing that and for transmitting that message. I\u2019m friendly with [<em>Mare <\/em>showrunner] Brad Ingelsby, and he and I have emailed a bunch about [<em>Agatha<\/em>]. His reaction has been so lovely and gratifying and a relief. You never know how people are going to take it, but he seems to be delighted by it, so that interaction has been great. I don\u2019t know Craig, but I\u2019ve heard through colleagues how wonderful he is. Of course, I know how talented he is, so thank you for telling me that. That\u2019s just really great to hear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>I know you pitched the idea of the prestige drama as a sort of 180 from classic sitcoms, but did part of you choose <\/strong><strong><em>Mare<\/em><\/strong><strong> because Mare and Agatha both had deceased sons that weighed heavily on them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tYeah, that was definitely part of it. Kate is so extraordinary on that show, and Kathryn is capable of that level of excellence in her work. So we also looked at <em>The<\/em> <em>Killing<\/em> and <em>True Detective<\/em>, but <em>Mare<\/em>, of recent projects, is such a pinnacle. It became our true north in the characterization of <em>Agnes of Westview<\/em>, for sure. People can\u2019t escape <em>Mare<\/em>. There are shows that hit and then fade, but people still talk about <em>Mare<\/em>, and it seems to me that it will remain a classic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Gosh, I haven\u2019t thought about <\/strong><strong><em>The Killing <\/em><\/strong><strong>in a long time. I\u2019ll never forget the eventually controversial tagline of, \u201cWho killed Rosie Larsen?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tYeah, and of course, there was <em>Twin Peaks<\/em>. We had a writer in our room who\u2019s so into <em>Twin<\/em> <em>Peaks<\/em> that it filtered in. But I\u2019m so delighted that the joke that <em>Agnes of Westview<\/em> is based on a Danish series has gotten a little bit of traction. That joke from that is directly from <em>The<\/em> <em>Killing<\/em>. [Writer\u2019s Note: AMC\u2019s <em>The Killing <\/em>\u00a0was based on the Danish series <em>Forbrydelsen<\/em>.] And when I was writing the pilot, I believe that the very funny Will Arnett parody detective show [<em>Murderville<\/em>] was airing on Netflix, and that was such an overt send-up of the [genre\u2019s] tropes that it just felt like it was everywhere at the time. It was very zeitgeist-y.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Have you forgiven me for asking whether Evan Peters\u2019 Ralph B. was ever in the mix to play Evan\u2019s own <\/strong><strong><em>Mare<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><em>of Easttown <\/em><\/strong><strong>character? (Schaeffer previously quipped, \u201cNow I wish I could reshoot the pilot.\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThere\u2019s nothing to forgive. I relish any opportunity to think about Evan Peters, who\u2019s so wonderful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>You directed three episodes on <\/strong><strong><em>Agatha All Along<\/em><\/strong><strong> including the series premiere with <\/strong><strong><em>Agnes of Westview<\/em><\/strong><strong> fantasy. Was getting back in the chair a prerequisite if you were going to lead another Marvel series?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tYeah, it really was. Directing is what I always wanted to do, but I found more opportunities as a writer than I did as a director. So when you\u2019re lucky enough to have a project be a hit [<em>WandaVision<\/em>] and you then have some capital, the question becomes: how are you going to spend your capital? And one of the answers to that question was parlaying it into a return to directing. It\u2019s so satisfying. There\u2019s nothing like it. Writing something and being the one to execute it and then additionally seeing it through post, it\u2019s the ultimate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((667\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MPY-101-03502_RC-EMBED-2024.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Creator\/Showrunner\/Director\/Executive Producer Jac Schaeffer and Kathryn Hahn on the set of <em>Agatha All Along<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Chuck Zlotnick\/Marvel<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>I believe it had been 15 years since you last directed, so did you consult director friends and use them as a sounding board while you got back into the swing of things?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tYeah, it had been a long time, and I would say that the people that I really leaned on were my immediate colleagues on [<em>Agatha All Along<\/em>]. So I really leaned on my director of photography, Caleb Heymann, and I hired him because he was so comfortable with the fact that I didn\u2019t have any episodic directing experience. I also had two ADs who were equally just very chill about the fact that I wasn\u2019t as experienced at directing on this scale. You want the AD department to have your back, and so all of that was really great.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBut then I reached out to colleagues, and some of those conversations were technical: \u201cHow many setups do you get in a day?\u201d Sometimes, I was looking at the schedule and being like, \u201cAm I crazy that that seems like too much?\u201d So I would maybe bounce it off a friend and they\u2019d be like, \u201cYeah, that\u2019s too much. You need to ask for another day or figure out a way to minimize.\u201d But it was primarily like, \u201cAm I going to be okay?\u201d And the answer was always like, \u201cYeah, directing is having an opinion and you have a lot,\u201d so you\u2019ll be okay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>We also talked about how much the overabundance of fan theories affected you on <em>WandaVision<\/em> and how you took some preventive measures this time around so that an unnamed aerospace engineer didn\u2019t turn into Reed Richards again. Thus, was <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/agatha-all-along-joe-locke-1235993743\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Joe Locke<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u2019s Teen designed to be an invitation for fan theories? Was he your way of telling people to let loose?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tI wouldn\u2019t say that was the primary objective of the design. For every <em>WandaVision<\/em> theory that felt a little bit like it went off the rails, there were 20 theories that were delightful both in them being correct or being things that the writers and I wished we had thought of. So the delight and the ingenuity far outweighs the queasy feeling of, \u201cOh man, that\u2019s gone in the wrong direction.\u201d So more than the mystery of Teen being a response to the wackadoo theories, I would say that the construction of the mysteries was an attempt to squeeze even more juice out of that fun. It also has a utility in the show, which I can\u2019t entirely speak to because you\u2019ve got to see the whole show to fully embrace it, but it is not a mystery for mystery\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Teen was also on the receiving end of Jenn Kale\u2019s \u201cagent of Mephisto\u201d line, and I found that interesting because you once told me that you weren\u2019t really interested in him during our <em>WandaVision <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/wandavision-boss-jac-schaeffer-on-fan-theories-even-at-this-point-i-dont-want-mephisto-or-magneto-4147267\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>finale<\/strong><\/a><strong> talk. That said, given all the Mephisto theories, I get why you\u2019d feel that way at that specific moment in time. Anyway, since some writers actively bristle against fan service, did you need some convincing to finally go there in some capacity?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tI wouldn\u2019t say that I needed convincing. It was a conversation with executive producer Mary Livanos, [Marvel\u2019s head of streaming] Brad [Winderbaum] and [Marvel Studios boss] Kevin [Feige], but it is a mention that is larger than me and this show. It is the larger Marvel-ness of it. So it is not about me bristling or having any kind of a reaction or agenda, mostly because that type of fevered discourse that is very, very rooted in the comics is not as interesting to me as the current story being told in the series at hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>There\u2019s been all sorts of theories that Teen is either Wanda or Agatha\u2019s son, and in episode four, Rio seems to eliminate the latter possibility regarding Agatha being the mother. Can we take her at her word? Should we?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWell, first she says, \u201cThat boy isn\u2019t yours.\u201d Let\u2019s see, how do I answer this? This is where things get sweaty right in the middle of the show. I just think it\u2019s about the dynamic between Agatha and Rio. At this point in the story, it\u2019s impossible for them to find each other, and that\u2019s the real question. Obviously, they have so much chemistry and they have so much heat, so what\u2019s the problem? That\u2019s really what that scene points to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>It\u2019s been implied that Agatha and Rio, or Agathio, had a doomed romance in the past.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t(<em>Laughs<\/em>.) I just read \u201cAgathio\u201d this morning! I was like, \u201cOh my goodness, wow!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>I didn\u2019t realize that that portmanteau was a thing yet. Anyway, Rio dropped the reveal about Teen in the midst of Agatha trying to kiss her. Why did Rio decide to ruin that tender moment between them and hurt Agatha even more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAgain, it is hard to really talk about this because there\u2019s so much yet to unfold, but I appreciate the question very, very much, and I would like to try to answer it as best I can. I would just say that Rio\u2019s interest in Agatha has a lot of depth to it. When we first see them together as their true selves in that fight at the end of 101, it\u2019s all fun and games. It\u2019s hair pulling and scratching and knives and sexiness, but there\u2019s real pain and real yearning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((667\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MPY-104-09269_RC-EMBED-2024.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza) in Jac Schaeffer\u2019s <em>Agatha All Along<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Chuck Zlotnick\/Marvel<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Was Aubrey Plaza doing double duty based on her absence between one and four?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWell, it\u2019s rarely just a practical thing. In the writers\u2019 room, we knew that Rio would be so special, and we were trying to titrate how combustible we wanted their interactions to be. So we knew we couldn\u2019t have them together all the time because it\u2019s not a rom-com. It\u2019s not about two people with cute conflict who then fall into bed with each other. So we always knew that Rio wouldn\u2019t be around all of the time, and I believe the construction of the episodes predated Aubrey\u2019s availability. But, yes, we did not have her entirely in the way that would\u2019ve made things easier. Still, I would say those decisions were more about story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThere\u2019s a lot of \u201cjustice for Sharon,\u201d but there\u2019s also a lot of \u201cwhere\u2019s Rio?\u201d And part of our job is holding back. You can\u2019t give everybody everything they want all the time. You need a little pain and a little frustration in your watch to keep you going.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>In episode three, when Agatha finally drinks the wine, Sharon (Debra Jo Rupp) immediately says, \u201cPlease, please. Wanda, I\u2019m begging you. Let him breathe.\u201d Is that what she was trying to say in <em>WandaVision<\/em>\u2019s series premiere as her husband (Fred Melamed) choked at dinner? Was Wanda\u2019s spell preventing her from saying those specific words?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tI\u2019ve never actually thought of it in such stark terms, but I would say yes. That\u2019s her subconscious talking in revisiting that horrific moment, yeah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Along the same lines, what morsel of insight can you provide regarding Lilia\u2019s (Patti LuPone) outbursts?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tI can\u2019t actually speak to it too much because Lilia is a character whose characterization and arc unfurls more slowly than the rest. But she\u2019s a kook. We know that so far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((667\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MPY-102-01584_R2-EMBED-2024.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Lilia Calderu (Patti LuPone) in Jac Schaeffer\u2019s <em>Agatha All Along<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Chuck Zlotnick\/Marvel<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>While you got most of them back, were there any Westview townspeople from <\/strong><strong><em>WandaVison<\/em><\/strong><strong> that you wanted to bring back but couldn\u2019t for whatever reason?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIt would\u2019ve been fun to find a way to bring back the folks in the commercials. They were terrific, but that was its own weird space that was separate from the show itself. So, in my <em>Twilight Zone <\/em>mind, I couldn\u2019t make it make sense to pull those people out of the commercials and put them into the town. But I was delighted that we had the Westview company back, and they\u2019re all wonderful. They were all together at the premiere in L.A., and it was like one big group hug. They\u2019re just a really special company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong><em>WandaVision<\/em><\/strong><strong> had a lot of interaction with MCU movies. It revisited <\/strong><strong><em>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em><\/strong><strong> and <\/strong><strong><em>Captain America: Civil<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><em>War<\/em><\/strong><strong>, and it had to lead into <\/strong><strong><em>Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/em><\/strong><strong>, as well as <\/strong><strong><em>The Marvels<\/em><\/strong><strong>. Was there less of that on this series? Were you able to silo yourselves from the movies?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThere was less of that on this show because Agatha hasn\u2019t appeared in any of the features. We didn\u2019t have the burden of retrofitting any canon. On <em>WandaVision<\/em>, both Paul and Lizzie [Elizabeth Olsen] had so much backstory in themselves and between each other. So their moments of romance in the films are so petite, but they meant so much to those two performers. So we wanted to underscore those moments and fill them out more. We also had the larger Scarlet Witch burden of the Infinity Stone and that kind of thing. Even with <em>WandaVision<\/em>, it was less about how it fits with future properties. We had some of that, but it was more, \u201cHow do we nestle this in what already exists and both enhance the story we\u2019re telling and buttress the stories that have come before?\u201d It\u2019s heartbreaking to disavow or tear down what\u2019s already been established, and [upholding the past stories] was part of our work there. So we didn\u2019t have that work in as big of a way on <em>Agatha All Along<\/em> because Agatha is her own bird.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Interconnectivity is cool, but sometimes it\u2019s nice to just enjoy a show on its own terms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tTo be honest, I didn\u2019t actually realize how helpful interconnectivity is. Most writers have an enormous imagination, and when something can be anything, that can be daunting. So when you\u2019re like, \u201cIt can only be this thing, but do it well,\u201d I find that kind of freeing. When we were first looking at the Witches\u2019 Road and how we were going to design it, a lot of what\u2019s in the comics wasn\u2019t material that we could or wanted to use. But then it felt wide open, so I found the initial brainstorming on the road almost too blue sky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>You\u2019ve seemingly done non-stop work on two MCU features (<\/strong><strong><em>Black Widow<\/em><\/strong><strong> and <\/strong><strong><em>Captain Marvel<\/em><\/strong><strong>) and two MCU series, so is that why you gave up Paul Bettany\u2019s <\/strong><strong><em>Vision Quest<\/em><\/strong><strong>? Did you need a reprieve?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tYeah, [<em>Agatha<\/em> <em>All Along<\/em> and <em>Vision Quest<\/em>] overlapped in a way that wasn\u2019t tenable for me, and it was with a very heavy heart that I realized that it logistically wouldn\u2019t work for me. But I am so looking forward to that show. I am just an enormous cheerleader for everybody involved, especially Paul.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((416\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/101_AgathaBTS_R-EMBED-2024.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"416\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Kathryn Hahn and Creator\/Showrunner\/Director\/Executive Producer Jac Schaeffer on the set of <em>Agatha All Along<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Caleb Heymann\/Marvel<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Lastly, of your directorial work that\u2019s aired so far, when did you most feel the rush of being a director again?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIt was day one on the pilot, mostly because those initial [<em>Agnes of Westview<\/em>] shots in that episode are so contrary to everything I\u2019ve ever done. I\u2019ve never done a moody drama or an atmospheric gritty thing before, and when we were shot listing the shots I had in my head, I was like, \u201cThese feel right for someone else.\u201d We were blessed on the day with this very light rain that caused this beautiful mist, and we didn\u2019t have the technology to make the texture look <em>that<\/em> good. If that had been our goal, we wouldn\u2019t have been able to do it ourselves, and it was just a gift. So the thing that existed in my brain became even better, and yeah, it was a rush.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t***<br \/>Agatha All Along <em>is currently streaming on Disney+<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/agatha-all-along-jac-schaeffer-mephisto-1236026374\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This story contains spoilers through Agatha All Along\u2019s fourth episode, \u201cIf I Can\u2019t Reach You \/ Let My Song Teach You\u201d] After creating Marvel Studios\u2019 most successful series in WandaVision, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111729\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}