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On the finish of Add Season 2, the large cliffhanger revolved round Nathan being within the Actual World, and a potential copy of him present in Lakeview. Properly, that Again-Up got here to life in Season 3, and everybody grew to like the 2 variations of Robbie Amell’s character. Now, the third installment has come to a detailed, and we have now the alternative drawback. It seems the 2 variations of Nathan have been captured, and probably merged collectively, or one was killed. Both means, within the remaining moments, there’s just one model of him. Fortunately, the director of Episode 8, Sarah Boyd chatted with CinemaBlend about this wild remaining scene, and the way Amell handled enjoying it.
Add’s Finale Director Breaks Down Nathan’s Remaining Two Scenes
Just like the ending of Add Season 2, the third installment finishes on a significant, main cliffhanger that facilities round Nathan and his survival. Actual World Nathan is arrested. In the meantime, whereas an advert is displaying how “glad” folks will be in the event that they go into this afterlife, Again-Up Nathan is being chased round Lakeview, and whereas his associates and the A.I. Guys attempt to assist him, he’s caught.
Once they filmed that, Sarah Boyd informed me Robbie Amell truly wished to do his personal stunts, and so they had plenty of enjoyable with it. Throughout an interview with CinemaBlend, the director mentioned:
After which Robbie actually wished to do his personal stunts. So he is truly doing that large flying kick and hitting him within the face. I used to be like, ‘Are you positive? I do not need to like twist your wrist if you fall.’ He was like ‘No, I acquired this.’ So he did his personal stunts, time and again, and actually loved doing that stuff.
Total, it’s an intense, but humorous, scene (as Add tends to be). Nevertheless, it didn’t put together me for the very finish of the episode after we discover out the 2 Nathans have seemingly been captured, and one is seemingly “destroyed.” The horror on Nora and Ingrid’s faces precisely describes how I felt throughout that second too. Commenting on the destiny of Robbie Amell’s character, Boyd mentioned:
Properly, we undoubtedly do not know which Nathan survives. They usually purposefully requested me to verify it was not going to be clear. So, I imply, to the purpose the place they did not inform Robbie, proper? So no one is aware of, no one knew. However that is why we filmed it with a grey background. And clearly whichever Nathan it’s, has been by means of hell.
Truthfully, “been by means of hell,” looks like an understatement. This man has been by means of the wringer this season, and assuming the present will get renewed for a fourth season, issues are solely going to get extra intense, for everybody. It’s because on the finish of the finale, we don’t know which Nathan we’re seeing, or in the event that they’ve been merged. We see the horror on his family members’ faces as they arrive to this realization, and that’s the place the viewers is left. It seems, the forged and crew have been additionally left hanging on this cliff too.
How Robbie Amell And Sarah Boyd Filmed The Finish Of Add’s Finale
Despite the fact that different Add administrators spoke about Robbie Amell’s dedication to enjoying the Nathans otherwise, when it got here to this remaining sequence, they wished to maintain issues ambiguous. Sarah Boyd defined that the actor did differentiate the 2 characters when he performed it, nevertheless, it was nuanced. They made positive to have choices so both Nathan may very well be the man speaking to Ingrid, Nora and co. She mentioned:
So Robbie did a bunch of various takes. In his thoughts, he was doing totally different takes as both of them, and I am undecided whether or not it is solely that totally different, every model of that in these particular traces. However all through the season Robbie was actually having fun with having these two totally different Nathan’s to play with. So he did very consciously work on them being totally different characters. So yeah, that was enjoyable. And, and [it was] meant to be mysterious and meant to maintain you coming again, anticipating Season 4 for positive.
Talking concerning the conversations she had with Amell main as much as taking pictures this scene, Boyd mentioned the aim was to make it so the viewers couldn’t inform which Nathan was left on the finish of the season. She defined:
I feel the dialog was simply principally that, we do not know which one it’s, the viewers should not know. And so whereas nonetheless being true to the character, to every of the characters, , do your model of what that might be in order that we had choices.
So, whereas Amell shot each variations of Nathan, and so they labored to maintain issues very nuanced and mysterious on his finish, when it got here to the reactions of his family members, that’s the place Boyd was capable of get an even bigger vary of maximum feelings. She mentioned:
There was plenty of selection on the opposite facet of it for numerous ranges of humor, in addition to horror, with the ladies, with the folks reacting to Nathan on display screen. In order that was plenty of enjoyable, as a result of there have been some actually, actually humorous [takes], some actually, actually excessive ones, after which some in between ones. [There were takes of everyone] screaming for a way lengthy, and everybody’s saying the very same phrases, generally that labored, and generally it did not work. So we did a number of variations of them reacting to seeing Nathan and being relieved and being horrified. After which Nora saying, ‘Wait, wait, wait.’ In order that was an increasing number of of the range occurred.
Total, the ending of Add’s third season is as intense as it’s hilarious. There are nonetheless so many unfastened ends and inquiries to be answered. Very like with Season 2, they’ll must prioritize plot factors going into a brand new season. I feel precedence No. 1 needs to be saving the Nathans from the goons who took him, and determining if it’s potential to get Actual World and Again-Up Nathan again to allow them to go about their lives and be with Nora and Ingrid respectively.
Whereas we acquired a fantastic rationalization of how Robbie Amell handled taking pictures Nathan’s wild ending, there are nonetheless so many inquiries to be answered. Season 3 has formally wrapped up on the 2023 TV schedule, so hopefully we’ll have information on Season 4 quickly, so we are able to discover out what occurred in Lakeview.
Within the meantime, you possibly can stream Seasons 1 by means of 3 of Add, in addition to all of Prime Video’s finest exhibits on Amazon.
