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Post by wednesday on Oct 5, 2013 20:38:04 GMT -5
I Don't Like Mondays!.........I LOVE THEM! (BATB)
Beautiful Video! Catherine & Vincent - Fear of Falling
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Post by wednesday on Oct 6, 2013 3:18:42 GMT -5
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Post by wednesday on Oct 6, 2013 15:44:43 GMT -5
Beauty and the Beast Boss: Cat and Vincent Have to Fall In Love All Over Again
Beauty and the Beast is hitting the reset button with a revamped beast, a new mythology and a brand new love story.
At the end of the CW series' first season, the future for Vincent (Jay Ryan) and Catherine (Kristin Kreuk) looked bleak, as Vincent was captured by a man the audience soon learned was Cat's biological father (played by Ted Whittall). When Season 2 premieres, there will be more noticeable changes than just the three-month time-jump that begins with Cat still frantically searching for her love. Gone is the procedural "case of the week" aspect of the show, gone is the signature scar on Vincent's face and — most drastically — gone is Vincent's memory of his recent life.
"We made the conscious choice collectively to say to the audience right off the bat [that] this is Beauty and the Beast 2.0," new showrunner Brad Kern tells TVGuide.com.
When the season begins, how has Cat dealt with Vincent's capture? Brad Kern: She's myopic; she's obsessed. The reason we wanted to start the show three months later was because we felt like there was an energy there and a drive for Cat to focus on it and she's not letting it go. We also wanted to kick start the season arc for her which is, "Who am I?" She's sacrificed pretty much everything — her relationship with her sister, her friends, cleaning her own house — to save the love of her life. That's noble and that's wonderful, but it also comes with a cost and that cost we will explore over the course of the season.
Cat often keeps her emotions bottled up. Will she finally just lose it? Kern: Yes. It's always darkest before the dawn and if we're truly going to explore who she is separate from Vincent then we have to have the wave crash on the shore. But that doesn't come quickly or easily and we'll explore all that in the first eight episodes.
How much of what happened to Vincent in these three months has forever changed him? Kern: He's forever changed in that what happened to him can never be erased. But forget what happened to him as a beast or what Reynolds wants to use him for — the real point was to try to have him changed so radically that he doesn't even recognize himself anymore. Cat may not even recognize him. There's this line in the first episode where she says, "We get to fall in love with each other all over again." It's going to be fun to watch them fall in love with each other all over again, but in so doing that Cat is going to discover new things and the audience will discover new things about Vincent the man and Vincent the beast.
How will watching them get together again be fresh or new this time around? Kern: We all collectively got together and said how do we build the show for the long haul? Not just for the next half of the year. The first year is trying to figure out what the show is and keep it on the air. Once you get picked up for a second season you have to figure out new ways of telling the series story not just the season story. You make choices that are both hopefully entertaining for the short run, but also compelling for the long run, and we're looking to build this for the long run. We're banking on success. So can Vincent and Cat be together kissing and hugging and sleeping together every episode for the next five years? No. We want them to earn their relationship. We felt like they came together so fast last year for all the right reasons, but that's not how relationships stand the test of time. They come from such radically different backgrounds yet are joined by a common mythology we'll discover and certainly a common history. Our mantra is that they need to explore who they are separately if they're truly going to get together and stay together.
What changes have you made to Vincent's powers? Kern: We're trying to be more consistent with what he can and can't do. It felt like last year it was a little inconsistent at times. If you want to take a step away and look at it practically, if you have a beast that has these powers, who is he up against every week that doesn't make it look like an unfair fight? The negative for him is that in order for him to take advantage of his honed skills, he has to give up on some level his human abilities and humanity. His story this year will be, "Am I man or am I beast?" He is both, so he has to find a way to become both, but I think he has to discover each side of his own personality separately to know how best to be who he is.
Why remove his signature scar? Kern: First and foremost is the creative reason, which is to say that we want Cat, when she finally finds Vincent, to see right off the bat that something is different, something has changed, and that mystery hopefully compels the audience to want to follow and uncover the reasons behind that. There is also a practical reason, which is simply the time it takes for the makeup. Poor Jay. Every day, he's either in beast makeup, which last year took three hours to do, or he's got a scar on his face, which is an appliance. That's a lot to put somebody through who then has action and hot lights on him, and it takes away from our ability to focus our precious resources, which is usually time, on other aspects of the show. So we had a lot of conversations about it, but we made the conscious choice collectively to say to the audience right off the bat this is Beauty and the Beast 2.0.
What can you say about Cat's biological father? Kern: The Reynolds character is richly complex. He believes he's doing the greater good and he'd love to get to know his biological daughter, but he's also involved with Vincent secretly. It's fun for the audience to watch Reynolds play both sides without Cat or Vincent knowing which will play out over the first eight episodes.
Will he stick around the entire season? Kern: Our current plan is that he will be there once in a while. Our overarching plan for the mythology of the series is to move past the Muirfield of it all, which is really just a conspiracy, and begin the process of exploring the mythology behind the conspiracy of which Cat's biological father may or may not be privy to.
And now that Sendhil Ramamurthy is a series regular, what's his involvement this season? Kern: He brings a fun arc and direction. He's had a second chance and he's going to take advantage of that second chance to be devoted to making amends for all the horror he rained down on Cat and Vincent. There's a spiritual quality to his rebirth and he'll want to help Cat save Vincent, and his relationship with Cat, Vincent and Tess will develop exponentially over the course of the series.
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Post by wednesday on Oct 6, 2013 15:46:25 GMT -5
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Post by wednesday on Oct 6, 2013 16:37:56 GMT -5
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Post by wednesday on Oct 6, 2013 17:55:10 GMT -5
LOOKING FORWARD TO CAT: AND VINCENT:
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Post by wednesday on Oct 7, 2013 11:46:08 GMT -5
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Post by wednesday on Oct 7, 2013 13:36:14 GMT -5
Beauty and the Beast Returns With a Reset Romance, Daddy Issues and an Emotional Exit
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times, as The CW’s Beauty and the Beast kicks off its second season (tonight at 9/8c).
When Beasties last tuned in, Vincent had been captured are airlifted away from the site of his near-fatal scuffle with Gabe, while all Catherine could do was watch, helplessly. The action picks up several months later, with Cat and JT unable to turn up any leads on Vincent’s whereabouts. But soon enough, a reunion takes place — though Vince is far from the man he once was.
TO HAVE LOVED… AND LOST | When Cat next lays eyes on Vincent, his identity is at least figuratively “wiped away,” says Jay Ryan. “But when Catherine throws him a lifeline and lets him in again, he realizes that he has a purpose, other than to follow orders (more on that below). It’s interesting to allow them to fall in love all over again.” As Kristin Kreuk puts it, finding Vincent at first “is a relief – it’s like her own life has been saved, in a way — but then it very quickly becomes challenging.”
HONEST GABE | ADA Gabe survived his shooting by Vincent’s captors — though his “dark” side died in the process. “He feels like this is a new beginning for him as a person. He becomes ‘born again,’” says Ramamurthy. And as such, with Cat anxiously seeking Vincent, “His whole mission” — for the first eight to 10 episodes, at least — “is to make amends. It’s really important for him to make it up mainly to Catherine, but also to Vincent, to try to help her with him.” Provided, of course, that Cat can ever trust the ex-beast. “It’s not an easy road,” Ramamurthy says. Saturn Return“He gets put in his place a lot, and takes it on the chin because he knows he deserves it!”
‘SWEET’ SEND-OFF | With Nicole Gale Anderson now a part of ABC Family’s Ravenswood – and with the Chandler sisters’ bond a bit fractured — “There will be a clear exit for Heather,” says Kreuk. “I’m happy for [Nicole], but selfishly I wish she was around. We have a good episode together that I think the fans will like. It’s emotional and sweet.”
CAT’S ‘EPIC’ WINGMAN |“Thank God!” was Nina Lisandrello’s reaction to Tess finally getting let in on Cat’s wild love life. Alas, it came with a price. “[It] has cost her relationship with Joe, so Tess has been a bit burned.” Even so, the actress says, “She still loves Cat so much and wants the best for her,” and as such will hold things down at the cop shop whenever her partner needs to peel away on beastly business. “Tess knows that their love is so epic,” says Lisandrello. “She just wants Cat to be happy.”
AN ‘AWKWARD’ BROMANCE | Cat is not the only one thrown by Vincent’s return as a changed man. There’s also “an awkward catch-up period” for JT and his best bud, says Austin Basis, though parts of it get played for laughs. Still, “The fact that they’re together does not mean it’s easy peasy. Who Am I?Reestablishing our dynamic becomes part of the struggle, because Vincent’s involved in something else.” Speaking of which….
WHAT IS VINCE INVOLVED IN? | Emerging from his months spent in captivity, Vincent “has been completely rewired to be the super-soldier he was always meant to be,” says Ryan. And as a result, “He’s a lot sharper, physically and mentally, and more in control of this beast.” However, Vincent 2.0 is “now controlled by a new power who’s bigger than Muirfield and is trying to sweep up their mess — and they’re using Vincent to help that along.”
DADDY ISSUES | And that’s where Cat’s biological father, Agent Reynolds, comes in. “”He’s the one running the show,” Ryan reveals. “That may ultimately be because he wants to have his daughter back in his life, and if he can control the guy she’s in love with, he holds the power.” Still, wouldnt a Hallmark card have been simpler?
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Post by wednesday on Oct 7, 2013 15:54:32 GMT -5
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Post by wednesday on Oct 7, 2013 18:36:18 GMT -5
THR: ‘Beauty and the Beast’: Sendhil Ramamurthy on Gabe’s Resurrection and Season 2
Last we saw, Gabe wasn’t in a very good place. How does he come back into the fold?
Well, he was kind of dead. (Laughs.) He is brought back to life by one of the least likely people you would think. (Gabe’s physical state also changes dramatically.) That’s something that we explore more of as the season goes on as Gabe is trying to figure out exactly howthat happened.
Is that his season two mission, to figure out the “hows” and the “whys” of his physical change?
Yeah, that’s basically what he’s up to in this first portion of the season. It’s really about him trying to [redeem himself] in the eyes of the other characters and he feels the best way he can do that is to at least make an effort to make things right to help them find Vincent and try to cure him. And that’s what he does. He doesn’t know if it is going to work or if any of these guys are going to end up being able to forgive him. It’s one of the things I like about Gabe. This season, he doesn’t have to be there. He is a wealthy guy. He could just take off and go live a great life somewhere but he stays when nobody wants him and they aren’t particularly fond of him. The writers don’t make it easy. They don’t say “OK, everybody is going to love Gabe now.” There are definitely situations where he is there and the [other characters] make it very clear they don’t want him there. He has to take it on the chin because he knows what it is, he knows what he did. I like that about him. I find that endearing.
How drastically different is this version of Gabe versus the one we knew of in season one?
There are drastic changes and differences for all the characters. Look at Vincent. He remembers nothing. It’s kind of like a slight reboot of the characters in a way, but it’s not total amnesia for all the characters. Obviously, they have [memories, otherwise] it will just be a new show. That will really become a question for Gabe — at least, I hope it is. Is he going to be a saint now? I doubt it. I don’t know the answer to that. So far [this season], he is a pretty good guy. I am waiting for the penny to drop. We’ll see if it does. Right now, his main mission is to save Vincent and to help Catherine in any way that he can.
How far does Gabe go in his attempts to win everyone over?
He goes the distance. There are times when he is in jeopardy, physically. Nobody is safe this season because we have more beasts being introduced. We have a new Big Bad out there and we are all trying to find out who it is or who they are. Gabe is in emotional jeopardy too, which we are getting into right now shooting episode seven. There are things emotionally for Gabe that are making his journey very difficult.
There are some notable scenes between Gabe and Tess (Nina Lisandrello) in the premiere. Do we see them working together a lot more this year?
Gabe and Tess have a lot of fun stuff to do this season. We work together a lot on a lot of these cases and Tess doesn’t let Gabe off the hook. They get all the fun, cutting one-liners. Tess and Gabe actually spend quite a bit of time together this season and so that dynamic has been really fun to play. It’s been cool for all of the core characters, Catherine, Vincent, Tess, JT (Austin Basis), Gabe all in a team together united against something. That’s what looks like right now anyway.
Is he confronted about his motives? Should we be questioning his true intentions about why he’s helping Cat?
This is something we start to explore in further episodes: “OK, you want to make amends, you want to be a great guy, but what are the real motives?” You’ll see — through the situations Gabe is put in — it’s got to be something else. There has got to be more to it. We will find out as the episodes go on what his true motivation is. Brad Kern, our new showrunner, broke the season into arcs. The first arc is the first eight episodes, where Gabe is trying to make amends and as we get to the last couple of episodes in this first arc, other reasons start to come out. The question will be: Are they good reasons or are they bad reasons? You’ll just have to wait and see.
Is there a scene you’ve shot that we should look out for?
We did one yesterday (Oct. 3), which was a big family dinner-type of situation that Gabe finds himself thrust into the middle of; unknowingly he kind of ends up there. The whole thing goes [haywire] very very, very quickly and it ends up being one of the messiest dinners in the history of dinner. It was a lot of fun to film and a nightmare for the props guys.
Having multiple people together around a dinner table often isn’t a good thing …
Yeah, exactly.
Beauty and the Beast premieres Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. on The CW
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