The newly wedded couples marriage is founded on lies and magical chicanery.
Salemwill run its season finale this Sunday and all the pieces are in place for a truly exciting closer.
WGN released a teaser that begs a simple question: does love conquer all?
Seth Gabel has Ron Howard as a father-in-law.
His character, Cotton Mather, is married to the daughter of Lucy Lawless onscreen persona.
Tamzin Merchant is also acting royalty.
All the participants are named, soSalemfans can google what were leaving out.
Den of Geek: Seth, on the show you have the former Xena Warrior Princess as a mother-in-law.
In real life your father-in-law is Opie Cunningham.
They are both TV icons.
Is the pressure the real reason Cotton Mather drinks?
Seth Gabel:Exactly, yes!
Hes just trying to escape the burden of all of this TV royalty.
Lucys been an amazing addition to the show.
I thought she was brilliant in those.
Tamzin Merchant:Yes, shes so great.
Its been so much fun working with her this year.
Would Anne Hale get behind the Countess vision of a future for witches?
Jamie Ruby fromSciFi Visionasked the actors what they thought was the most rewarding part of working on the show.
SG:Tamzin Merchant is.
SG:I have two most rewarding things if thats allowed.
SciFi Visionasked whether being surprised by what was going made it harder to play the parts.
What was your biggest surprise Seth?
I dont think I knew that happened until it did happen.
Tony Tellado withSciFi Talksasked Seth what he learned from playing Vertigo onArrowabout the dangers of going over the top.
SG:Arrow, I still think about whether I pushed too hard on that role.
But also theres so much inside of him that just wants to come out.
SG:Thats a good question, I mean, how do any of us manage to keep going.
I mean, I as an actor and a human am always in the midst of an existential crisis.
I think what keeps him going is the belief that there is something out there.
He doesnt know what it is but thats enough to fight for.
TM:Thats beautiful.
TM:I think the killing-the-animal thing was something that upset quite a lot of people.
That was something thats very interesting playing Anne.
Yes, I mean, luckily I havent taken animal killing into my own life.
I think that would be a bad thing for my dog.
With him dead, it is still haunting him literally and metaphorically in his own mind.
But he is beginning to taste a bit of freedom and then his relationship with Anne.
Gives him the strength to become even braver and take on the witches.
TM:Well, we cant tell you.
Youll have to watch on Sunday.
At least in season two.
TM:Yes, the well was a feat of many different kinds.
She kills her first animal in the well and that is very symbolic, and important.
We ended-up filming for 17 hours in the water down the well.
Every piece of that narrative had to change and grow more scary.
Ive never really done like, cholera kind of fright.
Best acting if you know what I mean, like real jump starts and stuff.
So doing that was really cool as well.
Like working with Mallory, who plays the hag, stunt double and everything.
Shes just so brilliant.
That was a really cool thing for me to do.
But I was fortunate enough to get sick.
It was grueling because we were, like Tamzin, in a very confined space in the hut.
Theres no air conditioning, and youre just in the thick of it and trying to perform this exorcism.
I was really careful not to expose myself.
Gavin Hetherington fromSpoiler TVasked about working with Brown Jenkins.
TM:He is amazing.
There are like seven of him now.
Hes not like Tom Hardy.
Its not the same guy just putting on weight or lifting weights a lot for the role.
People say never work with children and animals.
It just lends a kind of spontaneity and a spark to the scene.
SG:And Tamzin handles that very bravely.
TM:Well, Im just like thanks, rat, youre really helping.
Its like really a method as far as a rat goes.
Doug Dobbins fromTakes on Techasked about Cotton his mystical battle and his reality?
SG:I think the relationship between Anne and Cotton.
But at the same time hes seeing the supernatural occurring with these witches.
Hes experienced a lot of what the witches are capable of firsthand so he knows that thats real.
To Cotton [she] is an angel and proof of divinity and goodness.
Jamie Ruby withSciFi Visionasked Tamzin how she made her evolution seem so natural?
You cant kind of go back to being the naive innocent girl afterwards.
Shes lost her innocence for sure.
Mercy Lewis learns cruelty from being treated cruelly and some people learn kindness from being treated cruelly.
Anne and Mercy are two very girls that with similarities.
Theyre not in similar situations, but their similarities have gone very different ways.
I do love how much of a sort of female-centric show it can be at times.
TM:Such a cool name by the way, Id love to visit the actual Den of Geek.
That was incredible.Dog Day Afternoonis one of my favorite films.
Yes, that was one of my first jobs, just as a lowly student at NYU.
Id started auditioning for different things and got to read for him.
He was doing a TV show called100 Center Streetwhich is kind of a like aLaw and Ordertype show.
And one of the memories Ill cherish most is auditioning for him.
You are a first-rate actor.
That was such a triumph and such a moment.
Then I went and did the job.
I was so nervous working for him and also shooting one of my first TV shows.
TM:Youre always first rate, Seth.
Ill try and work on my Sidney Lumet voice.
Do you think that Salem would reintroduce the actual trials, now that were talking aboutCenter Street?
