Last week here at KSiteTV, we posted Part 1 of an interview with the new Charmed showrunners Jeffrey Lieber, Nicki Renna, and Joey Falco as we went in-depth into the new season of the CW series… today, it’s time to share Part 2, as we talk about some other elements, including Kaela’s bus, this season’s villain, and the hopeful possibility of a Charmed Season 5. A new episode called “Unlucky Charmed” airs at 8PM ET/PT tonight (March 25)… photos from that episode can be found here! Enjoy the interview.
KSITETV’S CRAIG BYRNE: Can you talk about Kaela’s bus and how that came about in the writers’ room?
JEFFREY LIEBER: Anyone can create a bus that’s painted, but it takes a crew to figure out how to make it work. We needed two of them; one that ran, and one that didn’t, and we had to find them all over Canada.
But again, we wanted to introduce Kaela as different, but the same. She’s not living in the house. She’s not living in, say, Macy’s room. She is occupying her own space with her bus, and that was important to us, because it allowed us to keep the tension between the three of them, which is “at what point does she become fully integrated, if ever? How does she hold on to her own spirit while trying to integrate with them as fighters and protectors? And how does the bus always give us a reminder of Kaela as artist and Kaela as mechanic and Kaela as someone who didn’t grow up in a with a nuclear family… she’s got such a different past. That bous is always a reminder that she that no matter how much we integrate her, she’s always got a part of herself that is slightly different.
Will we be seeing Kaela’s friend Brynn again?
NICKI RENNA: Yeah. Brynn is an integral part of her life. She’s her best friend, and she will always be a part of Kayla’s life and of the show. Once Kaela sort of commits to figuring out this whole crazy change in her life means, and what it means to be a Charmed One and she’s started committing to stay, a lot of her life and her focus is obviously with Mel and Maggie and this new world, but for sure, we definitely keep Brynn alive throughout the season. Her and Kaela have such a wonderful best friendship. While Kaela has to make a decision and a commitment to her new life, we don’t really want to say that female friendship is mutually exclusive or anything. We embrace all the girlfriends you could possibly have.
How hopeful are you all for Season 5 renewal?
JOEY FALCO: We’re obviously hoping, but these sorts of things are outside of our control. At this point, we have no idea. We’re going to have to wait along with everyone else, and hope for good news.
JEFFREY: I’m sure you’re well aware of what’s going on CW. These things are so far above show level at the moment. What we know is that the network is incredibly happy with the show. We’re incredibly happy with the show. We believe with each passing episode, the audience will be incredibly happy with the show. So, this is about stuff that is so far above Charmed or any other show in The CW at the moment. We’re just embracing the fact that that this season has been so much fun, and so much about incorporating what we’ve learned over he first three seasons of the show, and the other stuff is gonna is going to take its time, and it’s going to be about things that are well above magical witches and magical characters.
NICKI: Personally, we’re holding out hope, because he three of us have had an absolute blast creating this season, and every single person of our cast and crew has just been phenomenal this season, in terms of their performances and the energy they bring, and the spirit, and the camaraderie, and the collaboration, and the work product they’re producing. It’s just been an awesome season. So, personally, I’m a total foolish optimist.
What can you tease about the Tallyman?
JOEY: The Tallyman is going to be a very different sort of villain than we’ve ever seen before. As we’ll discover, he’s not just a demon out for power; the sort of the kind of villain you see on the show before. He’s more of an anarchist, or more of a political villain, who has a very specific goal in mind, and he’s going to make life miserable for the Charmed Ones, and cause them to look inward and ask questions about who they are as women, who they are as heroes, who they are as witches, and I think people will be very surprised to see where that story goes and what the Tallyman is really about.
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