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Yes, were talking aboutshapeshifters.

Verities have convinced one another that Ethians are evil and enforce genocidal laws against them.

Its just so committed to what its trying to do.

Its very appealing and refreshing to watch you and Edward Bluemel instantly have absolute bonfire chemistry.

How did you prepare for your love scenes together?It was all very intentional.

We had a lot of conversations with the writers and our amazing intimacy coordinator, Ita OBrien.

We wanted it to besexysexy, because theres nothing worse than when you see a bad kiss onscreen.

And then she put them all on her Stories.

But with real people, it feels a bit messy, people are laughing through those moments.

We wanted to make that come to life.

It has to be shot for comfortability, for safety, for camera.

She made us feel really confident.

I dont think that will ever be true.

Its new every single time, every single day.

I also got to work with people like Kate OFlynn, playing Princess Mary.

Shes also just hysterically funny.

I didnt know until embarrassingly recently that youre not English, because your accent is so good.

Ive always been in the corner of my room pretending that Im different movie characters.

Elizabeth Bennet fromPride and Prejudice Keira Knightleys performance was a big reference for me.

I basically copied that, not from a technical space, just from listening and repeating.

I dont typically work that technically, which our dialect coach, Louise Jones, understood very quickly.

She was like, Perfect.

Im gonna make you watch some really weird British TV and listen to these people.

And Im like, Say less.

Ive seen it, and Ill watch it again.

And oh, its wild.

Its a show that would never exist in America.

Its the most savage thing Ive ever seen.

Theres even some full-fledged fantasy in there, a little bit ofDark Crystalness in some moments.

What aspects ofThe Dark Crystalare in the mix?Well, this world sparkles!

It feels like youre opening up a storybook, and were just going for something kind of weird.

I think overall, people are just surprised by how fun it is.

Were going for something kind of weird.

Theres not enough weird stuff in the world.

I think a modern audience is thirsty for that right now.

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