The primary season of Willow just lately got here to an finish on Disney+, and followers of the fantasy sequence are keen to search out out if it is going to be getting a second season. Whereas we await information concerning the present’s future, a few of the of us concerned with the sequence have been sharing behind-the-scenes tidbits and Disney+ simply launched a documentary concerning the making of the present. One episode of Willow featured Christian Slater as Allagash, a personality who fought alongside Madmartigen (Val Kilmer) within the Battle of Land’s Finish. Slater just lately had a chat with The Hollywood Reporter and talked about his relationship with Kilmer. The actor additionally in contrast his Willow character to Will Scarlet, his character from the 1991 movie, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
“Indubitably,” Slater mentioned when requested if Willow gave him Robin Hood flashbacks. “From what I recall, Will Scarlet made up a track as Robin Hood [Kevin Costner] was crossing the little river there, and Allagash additionally likes to make up songs on the spot. So once I bought there, I used to be shocked to study that Allagash was a songwriter, however we have been capable of incorporate that into the story, which was enjoyable for me. They did not count on it at occasions, however generally, I might simply ship the strains that have been written, as a track,” he added with amusing. “In order that shocked them, and I am glad they stored a variety of that stuff.”
Slater mentioned of becoming a member of Willow, “I used to be an enormous fan of the film. I fell in love with Val Kilmer and his power and what he delivered to the film was simply incredible. Warwick [Davis] and I are additionally buddies. We have crossed paths rather a lot in our historical past. We did a manufacturing of Spamalot on the Hollywood Bowl about 5 years in the past and we had a complete blast collectively. So once I heard a few Willow sequence, I assumed, ‘Oh, that is attention-grabbing. That is sudden. What a enjoyable factor to replace and reintroduce.’ And when Jon [Kasdan] began to speak to me concerning the character and what he needed to do, it simply felt like a pleasant match.”
Is Willow Getting a Season 2?
Willow showrunner Jonathan Kasdan just lately talked with io9 concerning the finale and addressed the present’s cliffhangers and mentioned he is nonetheless unsure concerning the present’s future. Nevertheless, in one other current interview with Radio Occasions, he offered a promising replace about Season 2. Kasdan revealed that conversations with Lucasfilm and Disney+ a few second season of Willow are “going good” and that the workforce is “wanting to do it.”
He added, “It is a unusual and unpredictable time right here in Hollywood. You see it everywhere in the business – there are reveals that have been effectively on their option to transferring ahead that have not, reveals that by no means anticipated to be in a second season which can be – so that you by no means know the place you are going to be and also you by no means know the place the world goes to finish up in a yr or no matter.”
“However I’ll let you know that this stuff take so lengthy to get going after which to make that the perspective and the assist from Lucasfilm has been: ‘We positively wish to maintain telling these tales, however we do not know what the long run holds,'” Kasdan defined.
Willow: Behind The Magic is now streaming on Disney+.