For weeks, viewers of “Agatha All Along” have been stored in the darkish over the true id of Joe Locke‘s character, simply referred to as “Teen” due to a sigil placed on him that prevents the witches from hearing his name, until Episode 6, “Familiar by thy Side,” when it was revealed he was Wanda Maximoff’s son, Billy, trapped in the physique of a younger Jewish boy named William Kaplan. These accustomed to the Marvel comics storylines know that Billy finally turns into the superhero Wiccan, however in adapting this character for the display screen, each Locke and creator and showrunner Jac Schaeffer wished to place their very own imprint on his arc. In a latest interview with Selection, they mentioned retaining Billy’s re-entrance into the MCU a secret and the way the conjecture round Locke’s function has added to the intrigue round the present.
“One of the best things about having a weekly release for such a secretive, complex show is the fan theories that come out of it,” Locke stated. “You see things like, ‘Oh, I’ve never even thought there would be a link to that. You’re so wrong, but I see why you think that!’”
Whereas Schaeffer is aware of persons are accustomed to Billy Maximoff aka Wiccan, selecting to not reveal this early on in “Agatha All Along” allowed for an added thriller, echoing the tone of the present.
“It is my deep pleasure to not waste anything, from what’s on the page to what’s in the frame to who is cast, when everything is used with great meaning,” stated Schaeffer. “So I’m so grateful that this is a fandom that pores over every detail. Sometimes that is to the detriment of the watch, because you should let it wash over you — and sometimes it pays off. I would just say, keep watching.”
One other massive secret revealed in Episode 6 was the return of “X-Men” and “WandaVision” star Evan Peters, who reprised his function from the sequence as Westview inhabitant Ralph Bohner. Agatha had put Ralph underneath a spell, forcing him to play Wanda’s brother Pietro in her ruse to steal Wanda’s darkish magic. As soon as Ralph was launched from the spell, he was endlessly modified and proven in “Agatha All Along” to be primarily a paranoid conspiracy theorist, however William/Billy has a sense he could also be telling the fact.
Discussing Peters’ return, Schaeffer gave the actor credit score for including each emotional and bodily nuance to the character, describing an animal cranium totem Bohner carries to thrust back black magic that Peters created on set.
“He made it from, like, props and things that they had on the day,” Schaeffer stated to Selection. “That hat has all these etchings in it — that was his idea. The witch spray was his idea. He just jumps all the way in.”
New episodes of “Agatha All Along” drop on Disney+ each Wednesday at 6pm PT/9pm ET.
