COLLIDER: The first big twist that this show has is at the end of the first episode.
KRYS MARSHALL: I knew nothing.I knew absolutely nothing.
So I was like, Okay, sign me up!
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As I concluded the episode, my mind was just blown.
That is a Dan method, slowly spooling out information over time, like you just said.
Sometimes, you get those breadcrumbs that are dropped, but they always form the bigger picture.
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MARSHALL: No, Im not good.
I am such a gobbler.
But you don’t.
Did you talk with Dan about it?
I’m here in charge of this escape mission.
He’s definitely uncouth in a lot of ways.
Go and be with the people you love.
He really does believe that the cream rises to the top with great ideas.
MARSHALL: It’s true.
I think thats Episode 2, before Marsden and I even got a chance to work together.
So,we spent a few hours in this rehearsal.
Then, of course, I imagine his head gashed with blood.
So, we worked through that scene.
MARSHALL: It’s tough to be at odds with Sterling because hes just such a little gem.
But yeah, from the start, the early interactions between Robinson and Xavier are tense at best.
Literally, she walks into his intimidation, and he’s like, Where is Robinson?
And she’s like, I’m right here.
So, we know he doesn’t like her.
We know that these two people really can’t stand each other.
I think that often happens in workplaces where you have two really strong personalities, two alpha personalities.
Robinson doesn’t have anybody else in this bunker.
Robinson came on her own.
Behind the scenes, did you all really give a shot to film it as urgently as possible?
It looks like a lot of those scenes are one take.
You’re 100% right.
We had probably 150 background actors who were all White House staff going this way, going that way.
We’ve got Special Forces who are coming in.
So, we didn’t get to do it in bits and pieces.
When the material is this well written, you kind of don’t have to do any acting.
You’re just there, and you’re moving, and it feels very alive.
It feels, also, very frightening.
He’s been here for seven administrations, and he’s not going to leave his post.
He’s going to continue to clean, and he’s seen it all.
Just the way that that actor held the space and the interaction between him and James was just beautiful.
Then, it’s right back to business all over again.
I mean, it was an enormous day.
We had real helicoptersthat’s not CGIand wind going and guns.
It was a lot of fun.
A lot of work but a lot of fun.
What does this do to her ability to trust people?
MARSHALL: You know what, Carly?
You should be in the writers' room, because that is exactly it.
One of the paramount mottos ofParadiseis trust no one.
What I loved about the finale are the theories of, Is it his wife?
Was it Xavier all along?
Is it his kid?
Is it his father?
Who could it have been?
I did not see that coming!
Literally, in Episode 1, were told that someone tried to kill him in the very beginning.
So, I loved that callback.
Ian Merrigan, who plays the librarian, is a dear friend.
He had, I want to say, seven or eight different wigs.
But as a reminder, we really can’t trust anyone.
This lowly, humble librarian, all along, is a serial killer, essentially.
Hes killed numerous people in our world.
We see that Xavier is going to go up to the surface to figure it out themselves.
We don’t know who else is in the bunker that’s not supposed to be there.
We don’t know how many people have survived on Earth.
Talking about Season 2, this show has been very flashback-heavy.
Is it safe to say that there will be more about her past revealed in Season 2?
Was she brought up in a big family or was she an only child?
Was she raised in an orphanage?
Did she change her identity?
I have no idea.
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