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This is a pretty nifty interview. It doesn’t actually give any plot/spoilers away and doesn’t say anything we haven’t been talking about for ages, but it still feels substantial. A satisfying read that gets me pumped for Sunday!
“But also you see with Silver, it’s a tragedy because what has he become?” Stephens counters. “He becomes this sad sort of guy who ends up in Treasure Island, kind of conniving his way back to this place. Everybody else has died, the golden age of piracy is over, and he fails to get the treasure. He fails to get what he wants. And also what this series sort of tries to create is why does he want the treasure? Is it purely for avarice, is it purely self-serving, or are there other motives for that?”
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“He’s someone who never wanted to have someone to rely on or anybody to rely on him, and by the fourth season, everyone relies on him. He’s at the center of this war, and not only in a responsibility way, but in an emotional way… He’s the one who has to start picking sides.”
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Both performers share a similar sentiment: It’ll be hard to come by an experience like this again as an actor. Arnold particularly noted that it’s a rare thing, especially in television, for an actor to walk away feeling like he did everything he wanted to do with a character or personal journey—that it is all on the table and the screen.
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For Stephens, conversely, it’s about letting his character’s aspirations—both of a virtuous and sinful nature—reach their natural conclusion when things come to a head.
Remarking on Flint’s need for independence, the actor says, “The complexity of it is that it’s not really for altruistic reasons, or exclusively for altruistic reasons. It’s really his own psychodrama he’s playing out and his own kind of revenge, and you know that it’s not going to end well, but I hope that the fans will be happy with the way of seeing it come to its climax.”
For those of you who are squeamish about vague hints that miiiight be spoilery (?), don’t read past this past paragraph. I’m touchy abt spoilers but I didn’t think it counts as one, but I know some of you guys are even more wary than me, so. Be warned.
And a cute video about memorable fan interactions!
The best is def the guy who painstakingly grew out his hair and beard like Flint’s, just before he shaved it off in S3 lmao.
A fan also spotted that Silver now has a tiny braid! Getting properly into the pirate aesthetic.
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Nothing new to see here really, but Luke's hair is perf as always and I just now noticed Madi is part of the Billy/Flint showdown scene. Hope she gets to knock their heads together, it'd be so satisfying.
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1234Crew, do you think Flint’s aspirations of a “sinful nature” finally include him getting laid? Or just more of the usual burning/raiding/murdering business?![]()
