[Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 6 of What We Do in the Shadows.]

After six seasons, the FX comedy sequence What We Do within the Shadows has come to an finish and the documentary crew has left the mansion, leaving vampire roommates Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) and Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) to proceed their lives off-camera. Having briefly dabbled with being a vampire, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) spent the ultimate season as a human attempting to determine the place he matches in when placing himself and never Nandor first. Generally his journey to independence and normalcy didn’t at all times work out as he hoped, together with a fairly unlucky fist combat with Colin Robinson. However as soon as they’re formally left alone within the mansion collectively, with no cameras to speak to, Guillermo and Nandor determine to go all-in on their friendship.

Throughout this interview with Collider, co-stars Proksch and Guillén shared their love of the sequence and the time they acquired to spend working with their co-stars. Additionally they talked about what they keep in mind about their first time working collectively, taking pictures the combat between Guillermo and Colin Robinson, the bittersweet feeling of being unhappy that the sequence has ended however blissful that it occurred, that tribute to The Typical Suspects, how Guillén felt about the place issues have been left with Guillermo and Nandor, and whether or not he’d be sport for a spin-off.

Collider: What do you keep in mind concerning the first time that you simply guys did a scene collectively? What did you most get pleasure from about working with one another?

MARK PROKSCH: I don’t keep in mind our first scene collectively. It was most likely a gaggle scene of some type.

HARVEY GUILLÉN: I feel it was the primary fancy room, the place I put stuff on the wall. It was a gaggle setting the place we have been all collectively for the primary time, and it was Nandoor saying, “Shut the door. Shut it once more.” And we’re all in there, and all of us had strains and bits. After which, the vampires have been all hissing at one another and Mark’s character is available in into the room and stated, “Are we having a gathering?” That was the primary time that we have been all collectively, or at the least that’s my reminiscence. That’s once I knew that this was a wonderfully forged present as a result of nobody missed a beat. I don’t even suppose we even had a rehearsal. Mark simply opened the door and it was completely timed and he stated his line. That’s once I knew, on this group setting within the pilot. I used to be like, “Oh, wow! There’s no confusion.” Something anybody stated, anybody would soar on prime and it was good. That was my first reminiscence of all of us collectively in a room.

PROKSCH: Yeah, that sounds about proper. All of it blends in collectively after six seasons. I’m gonna miss working with Harvey although. He’s a really intuitive actor. He’s a really variety particular person. He’s not a egocentric actor. If there’s a scene that’s clearly about you and your character, he doesn’t attempt to take it from you, and that’s not at all times the case, particularly in comedy. He’s very enjoyable to work with. However I’m not gonna miss his salty language. He’s a potty mouth. No, I’m joking.

GUILLÉN: I’ve a mouth like a sailor.

To Pull Off Their ‘What We Do within the Shadows’ Battle Scene, Mark Porksch and Harvey Guillén Had Full Belief in Every Different

The scene that I maintain interested by together with your characters this season is when Colin Robinson punches Guillermo, after which begins to pound him together with his fists. What was that love to do? How is it to share a second like that?

GUILLÉN: That takes belief. I belief Mark. I don’t suppose I might have been ready to try this scene with out trusting him within the scene as a result of we’re making comedy, however we additionally must be intuitive and intertwined with one another in a approach the place it’s a dance. Mark is without doubt one of the biggest waltz and ballet dancers on the market in the case of comedy. It actually has to land, in any other case the joke is misplaced, it doesn’t really feel natural, and it doesn’t make sense. As an actor, you’re put comfy with somebody like Mark. I didn’t doubt for a second that it was gonna be high-quality with him punching me, to the purpose the place the director thought that he actually did punch me within the first take. It could have clearly proven that it was not an actual punch, however due to the angle they’d the digicam, it was so time completely with our our bodies and our comedy.

That scene is his second, despite the fact that Guillermo’s speaking to the group. I’m setting it up for Colin Robinson. The joke needs to be arrange for that. He knew precisely when to return in and do the punch, and it seems actual. Folks thought that he actually did punch me. It was enjoyable to shoot that scene, rolling on the ground and listening to Mark’s voice go an octave larger than Colin Robinson’s regular voice, simply screaming at prime of his lungs, “Come at me! Don’t come at me!” That was so out of character for Colin Robinson. It was so good to see that layer. I needed to cowl my face like I used to be actually hurting on the ground as a result of I used to be laughing and didn’t wanna break character. That was one of many nice moments that we had this season on the present. It’s all about trusting the actor on the set, and that’s what we had on the present.

Mark, what was that second like for you?

PROKSCH: You simply play it as straight as potential. It seems ridiculous, so you must belief the writing and that your character, in that state of affairs, is gonna be humorous. We now have nice stunt coordinators. Harvey has gone by way of the works, so far as performing stunts is worried, so I wasn’t too apprehensive on that finish. And although it seems very actual, we’re a number of inches aside in that kind of occasion. Harvey’s an expert, so when he was down on the bottom and I needed to soar on him, I simply needed to ensure I didn’t inadvertently harm him. All of it comes all the way down to communication and trusting that the characters in that kind of state of affairs will probably be humorous.

Saying Goodbye After Six Seasons Is Bittersweet for the Solid of ‘What We Do within the Shadows’

It feels such as you’re going out at a time when the viewers nonetheless loves the present and it looks as if the forged all loves their characters and loves one another. Was there a tragic final day on set, or did you simply really feel achieved after you completed one thing with this many seasons and also you exit on a degree that’s pretty much as good as you got here in?

GUILLÉN: After all, it’s unhappy that it’s over, however you’re blissful that it occurred. I’ll take six years of engaged on a present that I really like and proceed to like. I used to be most likely the annoying forged member who, for Season 2, began an after-show as a result of we have been in the midst of this pandemic and nobody might actually get any details about the present. Season 2 had simply aired, and I keep in mind beginning that present out of affection for this forged and out of wanting this present to succeed. It was additionally in the midst of pandemic, so I needed to do it to amplify it. The forged members got here on the present and talked about it, and it was good to only root for one thing that I used to be actually happy with. After which, six years later, we’re wrapping up the present. I really like the present. I feel it’s unhappy that it’s over, however I’m actually blissful that it occurred. IT’s given us all these new friendships and experiences and tales. It’s a present that saved on giving, and continues to provide, even after we’re wrapped.

PROKSCH: It’s positively bittersweet. I’ll miss the camaraderie and the liberty of attending to improvise a lot and the liberty of what the scripts allowed us to say, that acquired on TV. You don’t see that too typically anymore. It’s for others to say if it was an incredible present. In my view, I might be a fan of this present if I weren’t on it. I really feel just like the worst factor you are able to do within the arts is to overstay your welcome, particularly on TV comedy. We are able to level to so many exhibits which have gone downhill after Season 5 or Season 6, and it was as soon as your favourite present, however now you are feeling betrayed as a result of they only maintain following the cash. And so, I’m happy with the truth that we made a present that individuals appear to actually get pleasure from and that we’re leaving earlier than we grew to become a type of exhibits that breaks the followers’ hearts.

Mark, what did you consider The Typical Suspects tribute?

PROKSCH: That was nice. Anytime your character will get to do one thing bizarre, the place you’re taking the character out of the formulation that the character is used to is absolutely enjoyable. So, when Colin Robinson was reborn and I acquired to play Colin Robinson as a toddler, that’s the range for me, as an actor, that I really like. And so, attending to play Colin Robinson as Keyser Söze was a brand new twist for me to have to determine. It was nice. The crew, per regular, hit a house run with it. The look and the texture and the set was so good. It actually took numerous the load off of me, simply because I knew individuals would already purchase into it due to how nice it seemed.

‘What We Do within the Shadows’ Harvey Guillén Helps Guillermo and Nandor Being Companions in Friendship

Harvey, what do you consider that final second between Guillermo and Nandor? From Guillermo telling him goodbye on the coffin, to then letting him know he was saying it for the digicam, to then being invited into the coffin, what did you consider that complete sequence of moments for them? And may we now get that spin-off?

GUILLÉN: Gladly. I wish to revisit these characters. I might do a spin-off in a heartbeat. That’s the proper approach that all the things ended with all these characters. It leaves it open for all of them, however particularly for Nandor and Guillermo going to the coffin. It was actually candy second. He did one for the digicam, after which he pretended as a result of that second was for them. You solely secretly seize what’s occurring after they break issues down and so they’re achieved filming as a result of it’s an accident that they stick with the digicam within the room. That second was for them, and he didn’t wanna share that on display. He needed to share that with Nandor and inform him what they imply to one another. And Nandor saying, “Name me Nandor,” for the primary time is a large deal. He is saying, “I’ll do that with you if we’re equals, if we’re companions.”

So, they ended up collectively. They ended up being companions, which is what the followers on the market needed. They needed them collectively. Sure, we noticed for half a decade, the homoerotic artwork that was fabricated from them, and I get it. I’m an enormous supporter. I like it. However they ended up collectively, and we have to normalize that. Generally you could be buddies in a similar intercourse friendship that doesn’t should be sexual, and particularly with males. We don’t normalize that males can have love for one another and assist one another and wish the very best for one another, and never have it essentially imply, “Oh, I feel they’re homosexual for one another.” It doesn’t imply that essentially. It means that you would be able to love somebody and wish the very best for them and wish them in your life and be a companion with them if you’d like. And that’s what we acquired with these characters. They actually went in a coffin collectively. In a bizarre approach, it’s until dying do them half.

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