Amell displays on the present’s almost 8-year journey, getting to present it a “lovely” sequence finale and why he obtained “choked up” addressing the solid and crew when he wrapped.
Add full … or, a minimum of it is going to be when the Prime Video present wraps up its four-season run with its ultimate 4 episodes subsequent week.
Debuting amid the pandemic in 2020, the comedy from Greg Daniels (co-creator of Parks and Recreation and King of the Hill) is about in a not-so-distant future the place individuals are capable of add their consciousness right into a digital afterlife once they die. After dying in a automobile accident later revealed to be something however unintentional, Nathan (Robbie Amell) kinds a romance along with his still-living handler (Andy Allo), whereas grappling with a conspiracy and a girlfriend on the skin.
TooFab spoke with Amell earlier than the fourth season, consisting of 4 episodes, drops August 25 — the place he revealed what it was like bringing Nathan’s storyline to and finish, alongside the sequence as an entire.
“It’s extremely bittersweet. You wish to preserve going, nevertheless it means a lot to get to really have a sequence finale, give closure for the followers,” Amell mentioned of getting to complete the story as a substitute of the sequence — like many streaming reveals — getting prematurely canceled.
“Our present was type of identified for cliffhangers, so to finish after Season 3 would have been horrible for the solid, the crew, for the followers,” he continued. “I additionally suppose Greg simply wrote an exquisite sequence finale and gave all people these unbelievable moments that simply would have been so unhappy to not get to see this by.”
On this age of streaming, having an entire bundle for followers to view can also be very important for newcomers discovering the present down the road, Amell identified.
“The entire thing put collectively is just 29 episodes. It is now certainly one of these items the place somebody can discover it, had by no means seen it earlier than and watch it in per week in the event that they really feel prefer it. It is obtained a starting, a center and an finish,” he defined. “On this world of streaming, you used to observe no matter episode of tv is on, however now individuals are watching issues from the start to the top … I believe this present actually works so effectively in its entirety and I am simply proud that we obtained to finish it.”
Now 37, Amell began engaged on the present seven years in the past, when he was 29.
“The present was a blast to work on, however so far as studying from individuals, I believe it was extra 7 years of life and the way I’ve modified,” he mentioned of his transformation over that point. “Changing into a father, and I believe I obtained married proper earlier than the present began, simply going type my late 20s to my mid-30s greater than anything.”
He defined he additionally modified by watching his costars, together with Allo, Allegra Edwards, Kevin Bigley and Zainab Johnson, saying he “realized extra from the individuals” he labored with than anything. He additionally mentioned creator Daniels confirmed him how somebody “who’s so profitable and has executed a number of the largest reveals ever made” may additionally “not have any ego” and “simply be such a terrific man,” whereas praising his on-set work along with his real-life son Owen Daniels — who performs A.I. Man on the present.
As for what it was like filming his ultimate moments on set? Amell informed TooFab he was a bit stunned by how emotional he turned after wrapping.
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“I needed to say one thing to the crew and I did not suppose that I used to be going to get emotional,” he defined, saying that every one modified “the second I regarded round on the individuals who had been there with us — numerous our crew was Day 1 and in the event that they weren’t Day 1, they have been Season 2, Day 1.”
Praising the “creativity and weirdness” of the sequence and the way excited it made everybody concerned, Amell mentioned “it was simply actually particular.”
“So I truly began to get choked up as quickly as I began to say something and I simply thanked all people for being there and being part of it,” he continued. “It was a kind of reveals that by no means felt like work. Everyone had such a good time. It was not a excessive stress job, despite the fact that everybody cared and labored their asses off, all people was having a lot enjoyable and actually having fun with the oddity of the present.”
Whereas he is totally wrapped, the actor mentioned it nonetheless would not really feel like he is completely mentioned goodbye to the present — as he nonetheless hasn’t watched the ultimate 4 episodes himself.
“I nonetheless do not feel like I mentioned goodbye. I believe a part of it, for me, might be watching the ultimate season,” he informed TooFab. “I’ve held off watching it. I am watching it with family and friends on the twenty fifth and that’ll really feel a bit extra like closure. Folks ask me about saying goodbye to Nathan, and Nathan is so near who I’m as an individual, that I do not really feel like I ever mentioned goodbye. I used to be simply going to work and being a model of myself.”
Add’s ultimate season drops August 25 on Prime Video.
