We’re not actually done with stories from Comic Con yet, you guys. TNSDCC 2014 was THAT Epic!
This show has it all: headless people, witches, zombies, demons, apocalyptic prophecies, historical figures, inscrutable biblical references, revisionist revolutionary war history, and this:
Exhibit A: Sexy bomb
The greatest thing is that all this paranormal zanyness is interwoven with really interesting conversations about race, gender and the nature democracy. Oh, and there’s also this:
Exhibit B- Adorbs overload
Sleepy Hollow ended its first season with the “WTF on a popsicle stick” that was the season finale, and the second season promises to top the first: creepy covens, zombie founding fathers, demonic daddy issues, awkward shipping triangles, and this
Exhibit C: Gahhhhhhh!
I.cannot.wait.
So imagine my delight when That’s Normal was able to get me into a press event at the Sleepy Hollow “Oculus Rift” experience outside the Con on Saturday. The stars of Sleepy Hollow – Tom Mison (Ichabod Crane), Nicole Beharie (Lt. Abbie Mills), Orlando Jones (Capt. Frank Irving), Lyndie Greenwoood (Jenny Mills) & Katia Winter (Katrina Crane) along with production team Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman and Mark Goffman – were on hand to walk through the ‘experience,’ and take some questions.
My first coup as a rookie reporter was to use my sharp elbows to fight my to the front to grab some great group shots of the cast:
#velvetropeorbust
Katia Winter & Nicole Beharie
Tom & Lyndie Greenwood
Then it was time for the group interview portion, when the stars and production team broke up and talked to us in small groups.
Just to be clear, this is how close I was to Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie during this portion of the program (there is no zoom for this shot. I repeat: no.zoom.):
BOW DOWN.
You know how some people are like: “Oh, stars just look like regular people in person!” To which I reply: “Bullshit!” These people are so freaking beautiful it pains my eyeholes. I mean, it’s just not even possible that a human being can actually look like this. But they do. Flawless.
My second coup as a new press-person was not reaching out, grabbing Tom by his sexy leather jacket and licking his face (I was that close). Let’s take a listen to his dreamy voice for a while, shall we?
My favorite part of that interview is this moment:
Ms. Beharie is sooooooo excited to have a Sleepy Hollow barn plopped down in the middle of a parking lot, which makes me suspect that last year they were conducting interviews from a cardboard box under an I-5 offramp. Adorable!
My third press event coup was using my sharp “saying things” elbows, and muscling in a few questions.
First was a question for the production team. My question starts around 2:23:
Then I asked Orlando Jones a question about Sleepy Hollow’s appearance in some of the panel discussions I had attended.
I love how whenever anyone involved in the production talks about the show, I always get the sense that they are really excited and very proud of what they are producing. As they should be, because they have somehow been able to throw the most random assortment of the craziest, cheesiest stuff together (tree root monster, anyone?) and make it not only fun, but weirdly edifying! [I refer you to the discussion regarding Sally Hemmings parentage from the episode “The Midnight Ride” – GENIUS!]
Tune in for the premiere Monday, September 22nd for a new season of laughing, learning, and actors in ridiculous demon costumes!
And, of course, for this:
You’re welcome.
Who’s your favorite Sleepy Hollow character? How awkward is it going to be for Ichabod to Katrina and Abbie in the same room? Are you praying to zombie George Washington that this season will have more than 13 episodes? Should I have grabbed his collar and licked him anyway?
