Harry Hamlin and Tongayi Chirisa reveal what's forward on 'Mayfair Witches,' together with their very completely different dynamics with Rowan Fielding.
Mayfair Witches is simply getting began. An entire new world is opening up for Dr. Rowan Fielding, and each Cortland Mayfair and Ciprien Grieve are in her orbit. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Harry Hamlin and Tongayi Chirisa about becoming a member of Anne Rice’s universe.
“Within the case of Cortland Mayfair, who's sort of the loopy uncle on this complete image, once I first learn it I noticed one thing on the web page that I believed in the event that they’ll let me develop on this, in the event that they’ll let me out of my cage, this could possibly be a extremely fascinating character to play,” Harry advised HollywoodLife on the Tv Critics Affiliation winter press tour. “And certain sufficient, I began performing some stuff and so they stated, ‘Oh, go for it.’ I’m attending to play most likely probably the most enjoyable character I’ve performed since my very first movie, which was known as Film Film in 1977.”
For Tongayi, he’s all the time discovered the fantasy style “compelling” and one the place he will get to play with different genres inside it. “I bear in mind watching Interview with the Vampire with Tom Cruise. I didn’t know who she was, however that film was ceaselessly entrenched in my thoughts. Simply to be part of that within the new cycle of books and this new world that they created it’s a dream come true.”
The primary episode of Mayfair Witches made historical past because the #1 new sequence premiere within the historical past of AMC+. The present is barely ramping up the amount when it comes to drama. “After episode 5, issues start to blow up,” Harry teased. “You start to search out out who all these folks actually are, what their underlying agenda is, after which who is aware of what's going to occur in a second season however I’m certain you’re conscious that what Esta Spalding has completed right here is open up these tales and to amalgamate among the characters and to create new conditions that aren't essentially within the ebook, however utilizing the identical characters, the identical ethos, the identical music if you'll… it provides us a variety of alternative to do much more stuff over time, God prepared.”
Rowan has began to comprehend that she is extra highly effective than she ever thought attainable. She’s not only a witch, she’s the thirteenth witch. Her look within the lives of the Mayfair witches will trigger fairly a stir. “Cortland is tasked with herding these casts, retaining all these Mayfair witches in line. I’ll do no matter I've to do to ensure issues work out proper it doesn't matter what it's. You’ll discover that out after episode 5,” Harry revealed.
As for Tongayi, issues get slightly private for Cip. “Within the books, each time a Talamascan agent falls for considered one of these Mayfair girls, one thing occurs to them. One thing might or might not occur to Cip due to his involvement with Rowan,” Tongayi teased. “He’s tasked with defending her and serving to her navigate this newfound energy as a result of that is our occupation, that is what we’re good at.”
He continued, “She’s stepping right into a world the place she’s coming from the science, and now she’s having to reconcile magic and the non secular world and what that appears like and the way it impacts her. I’m there to softly navigate her by means of this, however by means of that, we discovered some widespread floor of emotional, romantic experiences and the way a lot that conflates the work that I’m tasked to do. You discover that it’s slightly little bit of battle for him the place he is aware of what he must do however morally he’s feeling one thing else. That journey inside himself and the way that performs out with Rowan is one thing I’m excited for folks to see.”
In terms of Lasher, the highly effective entity looming across the Mayfair witches, he’s having a little bit of an identification disaster. “He’s all the time seen because the one that basically cares. He’s additionally making an attempt to determine who he's on this world and interacting, however I feel he does a terrific job of portraying this sinister being,” Tongayi stated. “On the identical time, he’s charming and endearing.”
Harry added, “I feel he’s looking for out who he's, too. I feel he doesn’t know who he's, and he wants Rowan’s assist to determine how he suits into the entire image.” New episodes of Mayfair Witches air on AMC at 9 p.m. every Sunday and can be found three days early on AMC+.