![]() We really wanted to fold in Sarah (Alex Kingston) and Diana so the power of women together at birth felt wonderful. I sat down with the two Debs, Deb Harkness and then Debs Paterson who directed as well, and said let’s do it this way because it hasn’t been shown on camera like that. I got to have a big, big, big say in that which was really lovely. Obviously, she was going to give birth in the third season, but I really wanted to show birth onscreen in a way that hasn’t been done. I don’t think there’s any way forward unless she sees someone who’s an older version of herself in many ways.’Īnd then this season, the birth sequence was important. I don’t know if it was ever a consideration not to have her in, but that was one that I really said, ‘This is a must. To be such an outsider and very isolated, because Matthew is delving back into his old ways, she needed that sisterhood so much. Especially in a world in Season 2 where she’s thrust into something that just feels so foreign for her. I wanted that sense of sisterhood for her and the familiarity of people who are like-minded. Palmer: In Season 2, I really was adamant about that relationship with Goody Alsop (Sheila Hancock) and the witches. Paste: Going into the finale season of A Discovery of Witches, did you sit down with Harkness or the showrunners and ask that they include something important to you from the books, or even an original story beat, to satisfyingly close Diana’s overall journey? And seeing the evolution of my character over a number of years was really lovely. In this, I really enjoyed being with Diana for a long period of time. I had two children at the time so to be in this dark character, I didn’t think that was the right one for me. When I started reading for television, there is now a very successful television show out there-and I’m sure my agents are still like, “Oh, my God, we can’t believe you didn’t do it”-but the character, she’s rough and she’s hard. I knew that it would take, for me, a character that I loved and that I wanted to stay in their world for a period of time. Wow, how luxurious instead of hopping in for three months, then coming to the close and moving on. Teresa Palmer: You know, it was probably the year prior to booking A Discovery of Witches that I started thinking about what an interesting experience it would be to sit in a character and then continue to be with that same character for a number of years. ![]() Having spent four years with this character, did you find satisfaction with long-term character investment, or was it draining? ![]() ![]() Paste: A Discovery of Witches was your first television series. To mark this huge moment in her personal career, as well as the rare complete ending for a genre series, Paste Zoomed with Palmer from her home in Australia to dig into the specifics of the finale, her thoughts on coming to the other side of her first television series, and if there’s a possible continuation of Bishop’s adventures. Discovery of witches series#In fact, it’s Bishop’s forbidden love for ancient vampire Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode) and her connection to the long-lost Book of Life which ignites a myriad of huge secrets and subsequent truths that all came to a climax in the series finale. Over three seasons, the series distilled the main themes and plot points of the book into a complex but compelling story of Bishop’s ultimate goal of connecting the warring factions of witches, vampires, and other supernatural creatures who have been living amongst humans for centuries. A Discovery of Witches, AMC and SkyOne’s adaptation of novelist Deborah Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy, has closed the majestic tale of witch/historian Diana Bishop’s (Teresa Palmer) time-bending quest for love, magical knowledge, and supernatural species unification. ![]()
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