THE FOLLOWING Spoiler Alert: Guess Who’s Back?
July 19, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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[This post contains a big spoiler for THE FOLLOWING’s second season. Enter at your own risk.]
THE FOLLOWING at Comic-Con 2013: Live-Blog
July 19, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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What happens next for Ryan Hardy? The cast and executive producers will be teasing what’s to come in season 2 during the Comic-Con panel, which is set to take place at 3:15 PM PT.
I’ll be live-blogging all of the details when the panel starts, but until then, here’s the official description of what you can expect: “Hit thriller The Following returns to Comic-Con for a second year, this time bringing the bacon to Ballroom 20. Series stars Kevin Bacon (Mystic River), Shawn Ashmore (X- Men: The Last Stand) and Valorie Curry (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2) join creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson (Scream) and executive producer Marcos Siega (The Vampire Diaries) for a Q&A and video presentation.Season 1 left a number of casualties in its wake, including Jacob’s emotional killing of Paul, the kidnapping of Agent Parker that ended in her death, and Emma’s murder of Jacob. The explosive finale featured the highly anticipated face-off between Ryan and Carroll, ending in Carroll’s ultimate demise and leaving Ryan’s true love, Claire, hanging on for her life. From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Outerbanks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television, The Following‘s second season premieres midseason on FOX.”
THE FOLLOWING Cast Shares the Moments That Shocked Them
May 6, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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If you watched the first season of THE FOLLOWING, you know there was no shortage of “WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!” moments.
But as viewers, we experienced those things a bit differently from the people who were tasked with acting them out. So when I hit up THE FOLLOWING finale carpet last week, I asked the stars what moments from season 1 shocked them the most…
THE FOLLOWING Season 1 Finale Preview: James Purefoy Teases ‘People Will Be Gasping For Breath’
April 26, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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THE FOLLOWING has taken viewers on one delightfully twisted journey of cat-and-mouse over the show’s first season, and the first book of the tale is set to conclude this Monday with the first season finale.
I spoke with THE FOLLOWING star James Purefoy (Joe) about what fans can expect in the finale, the scope of Joe’s reach, the master plan getting derailed, and why even he doesn’t know exactly what’s going to happen in the season finale…
THE FOLLOWING’s Adan Canto: The Paul Twist Was ‘Necessary to Push the Story Forward’
March 19, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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[It may have aired yesterday, but on the off chance you didn’t watch the “Love Hurts” episode of THE FOLLOWING, please turn away now. This post contains massive, massive spoilers on the hour, and you won’t want to have it ruined for you.]
THE FOLLOWING: James Purefoy Teases Joe’s ‘Quite Simple’ Super-Objective
February 22, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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On television shows, it’s not uncommon at all for actors to learn about their arc as each new script comes in, but that isn’t the case for THE FOLLOWING’s James Purefoy (Joe) — he knows what his character’s ultimate goal is.
“I know what [Joe’s] super-objective is,” he told me. “I know what I want out of the whole thing.”
But just because he was clued in early on about what Joe’s ultimate goal was, that doesn’t mean the rest of his cast was as lucky.
THE FOLLOWING Cast Teases the ‘Epic’ Two-Parter
February 18, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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Think THE FOLLOWING has been addictively good so far? Things are about to get even crazier.
Tonight’s episode, “The Siege,” kicks off the first of a two-episode arc, and based on what the show’s stars had to say about what’s going down, the show will never be the same…
THE FOLLOWING: James Purefoy on Filming the Pilot’s Chilling Final Scene
January 22, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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For as vocal as I’ve been about my love of THE FOLLOWING, one thing I couldn’t talk about pre-premiere was the absolutely chilling final scene between Joe Carroll and Ryan Hardy: with Carroll locked up again, he (vaguely) laid out his plans to make Ryan his “flawed hero” in their “sequel.”
In order for the series (and their cat and mouse games) to work, that scene had to be solid. You needed to buy Carroll and Hardy as worthy competitors, you needed to feel the tension, and the stakes of what was to come needed to be clear. And for me, I felt it was the best scene in any pilot this year.
When I spoke with James Purefoy about what’s to come for Carroll (look for more from that later this week!), I asked him about the experience of filming that final sequence, and he seemed pleased with it.
