(Be sure to check out part one and part two of the Psych set visit)
It’s only fitting that I release Maggie and Tim’s interviews together (Tim’s coming later today), considering Maggie referenced him as her on-set partner. As the first star we interviewed before 11 AM, Maggie served as the sacrificial lamb to our energy, rapid-fire questions, tape recorders, and notebooks. Luckily, the office building Psych used to shoot Franka Potente’s office scenes for this week’s season finale had an unused third floor board room, which the media organizers set us up in to interview Maggie, Tim, and Dulé. Despite the conference table setting, they established a roundtable environment by placing each actor at the table’s middle to foster a discussion-style format, where we all had the opportunity to ask questions. This allowed the actors to easily respond and make eye contact with each of us during their half-hour interview spots. It worked and it definitely established an intimate setting.
While talking to Maggie at the height of our nervousness/energy, I sensed a similar sentiment within her and it made me realize that “stars were people, too.” However, as the interview progressed, the room’s early-morning energy dissipated and we all partially relaxed.
While some actors are instinctive or don’t think about their character, it sounded as though Maggie definitely thought about Juliet. She admitted that talking about Juliet in the third person seemed odd considering she spent most of her time inhabiting that character. As I noted earlier, each group member had a characteristic. Out of the bunch we interviewed, she definitely seemed the most introspective.
Here are a couple things I discovered about the actress herself:
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Your reports on the Psych set are truly excellent, and have helped me appreciate even more one of the many cable shows that is on my favorites list. The interplay of all the characters on the show is its true strength–with the Juliet/Shawn, will they-will they not, and when is great. My recommendation is they don’t wreck it–by falling into the old “Moonlighting” trap. This is especially true, since it appears that the actors have a “real” on set harmony-which rumor had it, was not true on “Moonlighting”.
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I’m glad you like them. Watching last week’s episode, I saw a lot of hints the cast gave us regarding the Shawn-Juliet relationship. I never found myself invested in the relationship until this year. In the past, I didn’t really see an on-screen connection. But, in reality, she’s the only woman he’s had a long-term relationship with and would he find someone to put up with his ‘Psych’-outs like she does? Since ‘Cougartown’ has shown the leads can get together and not bother the ongoing cast chemistry/relationships, we’ll see what happens -
Next to that kiss your posts are the best things about “Psych” this year. Great read(s) :-)