Then when the scripts went out, I was like, “Oh shit, I really have to call him and just let him know that he’s not being written off the show and say that he’s going to have a very unusual Season 4.”īut the first audience for each episode is the actors themselves. But over the course of three days, we had table reads with all the actors of all the scripts together, and I realized we couldn’t really keep it a secret from Mark. Paul: I originally had this megalomaniacal fantasy of letting Mark shoot the whole season without him knowing that his character was going to die, and only telling Matt Barry the secret that knew. Anything can happen on our show because it’s supernatural-esque, but that’s how I found out. A show like this is as close to a cartoon as you can get with live action. they probably had something great in mind. it wasn’t until a couple hours after I read the episode where I died, that my boss, Paul Simms, decided to reach out to me and let me know that I wasn’t killed off. We read them all, for the most part, before we even started filming. Mark Proksch: Well, because of the pandemic this year, we didn’t do our traditional table read schedule. Mark, how did you learn about this season’s plan for Colin? Were you briefed before the season started, or finding out script by script? Why is he being so nice to him? Why is he hanging out with him?” It was very satisfying knowing that we actually had a genuine reason for it, and it was all motivated.
Laszlo would never be friends with Colin. It was very satisfying to hear people online halfway through the season going, “This doesn’t make any sense. But that’s so implausible - that such an annoying character and such an annoy-able character would be friends - that there had to be a really good reason for it, which we sort of secretly laid in through the whole season. The other built into that was wanting to see Colin and Laszlo sort of become friends.
That’s what led him on the search this season. Then we realized, ‘Well, let’s make that what’s going on with Colin himself.’ He doesn’t know how he came about. Was he born an energy vampire? Was he turned into an energy vampire? We had endless debates about it and could never settle on any final backstory. Paul: Well, part of it was our discussions in the writers’ room when we were trying to figure out how he became an energy vampire. What drove the idea for Colin’s journey this year, kind of pushing him into this new form? Mark Proksch in “What We Do in the Shadows” But a big part of the season we’re shooting now, Season 4, is about, “Is he going to inevitably grow up to be an energy vampire? Is he going to grow up to be exactly what he was before? Or is there a chance he can avoid that fate and mature into something brand new that’s maybe not an energy-draining form?” Paul Simms, showrunner: In the script we call him - or it - Baby Colin. The following conversation has been lightly edited for concision and clarity.įirst things first, what should we call this new iteration of Colin? While Simms, Proksch, and co-executive producer (and finale co-writer) Sam Johnson were all careful not to spoil what’s ahead, the trio did offer a few telling details about the Season 3 finale, creature effects, and behind-the-scenes intel, including a very special “Baby Colin” gift that’s proven too disturbing to display. It poses some sort of psychological challenge, when I come back in character form what that will be.” “We don’t know if he’ll be the same guy - and I don’t know that, as of yet,” Mark Proksch said. 'Succession': Jeremy Strong Knows Kendall Roy Has Always Been Drowningīest True Crime Shows on Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO MaxĢ021 Emmy Predictions: Who Will Win at the Primetime Emmy Awards? 'Succession': Nicholas Braun on the State of Cousin Greg's Soul
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