Comic Con 2022: Harvey Guillen Talks What We Do in The Shadows

What We Do within the Shadows closed out San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H programming Sunday with a preview of this week’s “Night Market” episode and a energetic dialogue among the many solid and inventive group of what to anticipate this season. Showrunner Paul Simms and author Stefani Robinson teased that not solely are we getting that Blade-impressed night timemembership as the point of interest, but in addition a “full-on vampire wedding.” 

Whose wedding ceremony stays to be seen—and solid panelists Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén, Mark Proksch, and Kristen Schaal weren’t spilling any particulars. Of course we’re hoping that Nandor lastly sees marriage potential in Guillermo as he’s leaving his shadow, however it doesn’t matter what occurs there, the acquainted actually will get to step out on his personal path this season, one thing showcased on this week’s episode. We received’t go into too many spoilers however there’s a key scene (which was in a trailer!) the place we obtained to see Nandor and Guillermo go toe to toe with swords.

During the panel Guillén shared with the viewers how he and Novak ready for the scene. “That was, I think, the biggest stunt to date,” he mentioned. “Kayvan and I got a lot of hours of training with that sword. And in the middle of winter were rehearsing in his apartment over and over. And it just cool. It just makes it all come together—”

Novak chimed in, “A lot of hours of twiddling my sword and playing with my sword and putting my sword up against Harvey’s sword. It was a lot of fun.”

Guillén expressed his pleasure on showcasing extra of his Van Helsing household preventing abilities together with his favourite motion moments to this point. “I came up with plancha.” he mentioned of his ending transfer final season. “And if you know, you know. So I think plancha was really fun. But I like the seriousness and the intensity of that scene with Nandor because that line has become one of my favorite lines, like, ‘The only reason you’re alive is because I let you live.’ It became so intense that it made for a better, explosive stunt scene. And then this [scene in the] Night Market, just because of the market itself, was up there as well.”

When it involves the stress that’s constructed up between Nandor and “Gizmo,” the preventing actually exhibits it off—however, as Guillén mentioned, this season will present that Guillermo is shifting previous it in some methods. “We’ve all been in love with someone from far away that we don’t to have the courage to say anything. And so, like, being Guillermo was like we’ve all been a Guillermo,” he mentioned. “I think that he’s now realizing that it’s putting himself first and this season he’s had enough. But the only reason he stays is because there’s a child now in the house full of vampires who are, you know, in their own way, maternal, but have not had to do this for hundreds of years in any sort of way. So I think it really resonates with him because he does say that line: ‘My mom worked a lot when I was little and I had to spend a lot of time by myself and no kids should have to go through that.’”

Showrunner Simms elaborated. “Speaking of love, coming up for the rest of the season, we will be talking about Guillermo’s chosen chosen family members, the vampires, and we’ll meet Guillermo’s real family and get some real insight.”  

Fans will little question be excited to see who might be displaying as much as play the prolonged De La Cruz vampire looking household—and Guillén may be very excited for viewers to satisfy them. “Representation matters,” he mentioned to rapturous applause. “You know, you want to see yourself on screen. And that does make a difference, especially with such a specific genre likewe have—it’s comedy, but it’s goth and it’s dark and it’s dark comedy, and you don’t see a lot of Latinos in that world. So I gladly will be one of what will hopefully be many.”

What We Do in The Shadows airs Tuesdays on FX and streams on Hulu the subsequent day.

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