The ‘Bel Air’ finale has arrived, and Cassandra Freeman spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HL about Vivian’s thrilling fellowship, Phil’s choice, and the drama with Will’s mysterious father.
The primary season of Bel-Air has been filled with game-changing moments for Will and the Banks household. Within the penultimate episode, Phil bowed out of the race for DA so Vivian might have the ability to expertise the thrilling arts fellowship she earned. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Cassandra about what this implies for Vivian and Phil’s marriage.
“I acquired goosebumps and in addition simply thought I simply love the present a lot as a result of that is love. Discuss sacrifice,” Cassandra mentioned. “I simply thought it was so refreshing to see the person within the story hand over one thing, after which his spouse will get to be the one to tackle a ton, to go to the following degree in that form of means. He actually selected household. The best way the present was progressing, it didn’t really feel like that was the best way he was going to go. I feel it’s a really completely different storyline as a result of usually individuals would relatively scorch earth than do what is perhaps morally or ethically proper for his or her household.”
Cassandra famous that this second is “very overwhelming and fulfilling” for Vivian “as a result of she’s sacrificed a lot, and now I really feel prefer it’s nice karma for all of it to return again to her, and all of it in the identical episode. One thing about that appears very true to life. Generally it’s like that. It rains after which it pours. They are saying should you pray for rain, you bought to cope with the muck. That’s precisely the place she is at this level within the present.”
Over the course of the season, the scenario with Will’s father has been looming over everybody’s heads, particularly Vivian. Cassandra weighed in on how Will discovering out about his father might change his relationship with Vivian and his mom.
“It’s a narrative about id on a giant degree, and so if you discover out the place you come from, if you discover out that data, and the way the data is delivered to you, all of that… I feel what Vivian says within the final episode, ‘If we inform him, it might destroy all of our relationships.’ I feel the issue with it's he’s nonetheless a child. He’s 16-17 years outdated. Youngsters that age nonetheless don’t perceive how a lot grey there's on this planet. They suppose all the things is black and white. Part of rising up is knowing the complexity that exists within the grey. Normally, when younger individuals discover out, it’s an explosion till they've time to grasp why,” the actress instructed HollywoodLife.
The Bel Air finale will drop March 31 on Peacock. Cassandra teased what to anticipate in what’s certain to be an epic ultimate episode of the season.
“Exterior of the story, Vivian’s hair goes in a completely completely different course,” Cassandra mentioned. “She begins off in season one nearly like a paper cut-out doll of Michelle Obama. She’s so making an attempt to be the marketing campaign spouse. By the tip, what you see in episode 10 is just like the artistry of her begins to truly shine out. That’s actually thrilling for me. On prime of all the things else, all I can say is episode 10 begins off with a bang, with pleasure and hope and expectation, the American dream, after which when it ends it’s an American tragedy a bit of bit.”