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

After six seasons, the FX comedy collection 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. All through the season, Nandor was knocked off-kilter with Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) shifting out of the mansion and determining what it means to face on his personal two human ft. On the identical time, The Information (Kristen Schaal) not solely discovered a pal in Jerry the Vampire, the long-forgotten roommate that lastly awakened from his slumber, but additionally receives a token of affection from Cravensworth’s Monster (Andy Assaf), lastly making her really feel simply the slightest bit accepted by the vampires she’s spent a lot time making an attempt to win over. And as soon as they’re formally left alone within the mansion collectively, with no cameras to speak to, Guillermo and Nandor resolve to go all-in on their friendship.

Throughout this interview with Collider, co-stars Novak and Schaal shared how a lot enjoyable that they had on set working with one another and the laughs that all the time got here with that. In addition they talked about what they bear in mind concerning the first time they labored collectively, a humorous mishap Schaal had together with her vampire fangs, how bittersweet it’s to say goodbye to a collection they’re nonetheless so pleased with, why their characters haven’t actually modified in any respect, the tribute to The Traditional Suspects, how Novak felt about the place issues have been left with Nandor and Guillermo, and all of the concepts he has for potential spin-offs.

Collider: What do you bear in mind concerning the first scene that you just guys did collectively? What did you most get pleasure from about working with one another on this?

KRISTEN SCHAAL: I bear in mind Kayvan being so pleasant. I simply bear in mind he would all the time have some tea or give me a deal with. He’s simply very easy to work with. You’re so charming whenever you come on set. He would are available in a breath of recent air, filled with pleasure. He was so comfortable to be on that set, engaged on this present.

KAYVAN NOVAK: That’s true.

SCHAAL: You would all the time depend on him to be in a very good temper.

NOVAK: Thanks. It was my comfortable place, undoubtedly. After I consider working with Kristen, I bear in mind the primary season, when she did her one episode. It was a fairly brutal schedule with numerous night time taking pictures and a bizarre trolley that she needed to stand on that was not safe and that she almost fell off the entrance of. I bear in mind being outdoor and being chilly, after which being indoors and nonetheless being chilly, and having to love look forward to her to reposition as a result of she did that form shifting factor. After which, when she got here again in Season 3, and he or she hadn’t worn her fangs shortly, she did this scene and the fangs are too large for her mouth. She couldn’t communicate. They needed to get her completely different fangs, after which she needed to redo the scene and you might fortunately perceive what she was saying. I discovered that basically enjoyable. She in all probability discovered that mortifying, however I discovered that hilarious, in that second. However I do know she was livid. She was like, “What are you doing to me? What the fuck are these items I’ve obtained in my mouth?”

SCHAAL: It was my fault as a result of I did one episode in Season 1, after which they known as me again for Season 3. It was the peak of COVID and so they have been like, “Do you wanna come down and see in case your fangs nonetheless match?” And I used to be like, “No, I’m positive they do.” After which, I roll in and they didn’t give me my fangs till proper earlier than we shot the scene. Within the two years for the reason that present, I’d had a few root canals, so my mouth form had modified, and I couldn’t discuss. Certainly one of your most important issues to do, as an actor, is to say your traces, and I actually couldn’t say them.It was an actor’s nightmare. I’ll always remember it. The lesson is, after they ask for those who wanna come down to check the prosthetic that goes in your mouth, no matter whether or not or not there’s a pandemic raging that they don’t have a vaccine for but, simply go.

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

How does it really feel to get to the top of a challenge like this? Was there a tragic final day on set, or did you simply really feel achieved ending a collection, in spite of everything these seasons, and going out on high? How does it really feel to say goodbye and go away a personality like this behind whenever you’ve performed them for some time?

SCHAAL: Actually, for me, it’s just a little bittersweet, as a result of I’m actually pleased with the present and the present is so good. I do suppose we’re leaving the present at a excessive level. I don’t suppose anybody could possibly be like, “Oh, it misplaced its shine and I finished watching it.” Nobody was saying, “I finished watching,” after any season, which is an actual level of pleasure. However I really feel like my character has extra to go. That’s how I really feel.

NOVAK: After each season of taking pictures this, I’ve all the time felt a way of immense pleasure combined in with exhaustion. The final season was completely different as a result of, getting into, I knew it was the final season. After which, I forgot it was the final season. After which, close to the top of the final season, I remembered once more that it was the final season. Actually, it was anticipating saying goodbye to everybody. You continue to really feel that sense of accomplishment. You continue to really feel that sense of pleasure that you just did exit on high, no matter that even means. Going out on high, to me, is meaningless. There is no such thing as a “on high,” there’s simply doing good work. I believe all of us had a way that we did good work, proper as much as the top, and I believe that’s a uncommon factor.

SCHAAL: I additionally really feel like we obtained an enormous present in understanding it was the ultimate season, so we may offer you this unbelievable finale. I’ve been on numerous reveals the place we didn’t understand it was ending, after which it’s like, “Oh, that’s too unhealthy that we ended on a cliffhanger.” I’m speaking about The Final Man [on Earth].

Kayvan Novak Says ‘What We Do within the Shadows’ Vampire Roommates Did not Must Change, however Did Make Small Enhancements

The ultimate episode is all about how the whole lot stays the identical, however these characters have grown all through the present. They’re vampires, so typically they neglect how far they’ve come as a result of time doesn’t have the identical that means to them. Do you are feeling like they realized something?

NOVAK: No, and that’s the fantastic thing about them. They don’t actually study. They simply keep the identical. If Nandor was a totally completely different particular person to who he was in Season 2, then he’s not Nandor anymore. He’s another person. They don’t want to vary, particularly for the viewers, since you’ve obtained an ensemble to get pleasure from.

I really feel like Nandor has realized to specific his emotions just a little bit with Guillermo. That’s some particular development.

NOVAK: Yeah, I’ll give him that. I wasn’t going to kiss him. The phrases have been compensation for all of the instances he might need been a bit imply to Guillermo and will have dealt with issues higher.

Kristen, The Information simply actually wished to be accepted as a part of this group. Do you suppose she feels that she has been?

SCHAAL: No, I don’t suppose so. I believe they’re extra cool with having her round. Possibly all she wanted was just a little little bit of approval, after which she’s moved on. I really feel like The Information could also be rather less afraid of authority, in the direction of the top of Season 6, than she was in Season 3. She’s possibly rather less of a rule follower. These are some enhancements for her.

I cherished the little tribute to The Traditional Suspects. What was your response to that? What was it prefer to get to put on a special outfit for that episode?

SCHAAL: It was loopy to not have fangs in my mouth and to only discuss. It was so snug. It was actually enjoyable, and likewise simply one other feather on this present’s hat with the way it can actually go wherever. It’s simply such a singular present that may pull one thing like that off. I actually loved that day.

What was it prefer to work with Cravensworth’s Monster?

SCHAAL: Andy [Assaf] was a dream to work with. He’s a neighborhood Toronto actor from Second Metropolis, and he was simply so down and recreation. He was very humorous and excellent for it. He spent numerous time in prosthetics. My solely remorse about him is that he got here on in Season 6 as a result of I believe we’d have had enjoyable collectively each season. We ended up having some, so we ran off to the seaside collectively – me as The Information and him because the Monster. We went out into the seashores of Toronto as a result of we had a six-hour break and we weren’t positive what to do. We obtained permission, but it surely was humorous seeing him working across the lakefront, wanting like that. What’s weirder is how no person batted a watch.

Kayvan Novak Thinks Nandor and Guillermo’s ‘What We Do within the Shadows’ Ending Was a Good Compromise

Kayvan, what did you consider the ultimate moments between Nandor and Guillermo, and them ending up within the coffin collectively?

NOVAK: It was candy. I’ve all the time immensely loved my scenes with Harvey and dealing with him. The chemistry that we now have collectively makes that relationship all of the extra plausible. Him becoming a member of me within the coffin, I’m positive numerous followers want that he joined me in a bubble tub, and I’ve obtained the fan artwork to show it. You don’t get the whole lot that you just want for, however that’s okay. I believe it was a pleasant compromise. They disappeared down the lengthy, darkish tunnel collectively. It’s presumably not the lengthy, darkish tunnel that among the fan artists have been hoping for, however once more, you don’t all the time get what you want for.

It simply made me desire a spinoff. I might love a by-product for any and each certainly one of these characters however would undoubtedly watch Nandor and Guillermo combating crime collectively. What do you suppose would make the most effective spinoff for these characters?

SCHAAL: Oh, I might adore it if The Information tried to be an actress.

NOVAK: I want to see The Information at house together with her crows. She’s obtained numerous pet crows.

SCHAAL: Ravens. Yeah, that could possibly be good.

NOVAK: She’s moved to Idaho and is simply breeding ravens on her raven farm. I pitch a by-product to FX virtually each different week and I’ve heard nothing again about any of them.

SCHAAL: Actually?

NOVAK: No. However truthfully, logically, the best way ahead for Nandor and Guillermo, and I may undoubtedly think about this, is that if Nandor and Guillermo launch a podcast in order that they’ll keep semi-relevant, like lots of people that begin their very own podcasts. It could be easy to movie and it might simply require them to entice or hypnotize a visitor to return and be a part of them. They’d chat to them for an hour, after which put it out and see what occurs. The documentary is ending, so what else are they gonna do? Possibly Nandor may turn into an influencer or one thing. Or you might do a prequel about Nandor when he was Relentless and name it Relentless. You’d simply have to throw a finances at it that’s much like what they throw at Shōgun, which is rarely gonna occur. Or you might simply go animated.

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