Wolf's Bane 2014
Q & A

The line up of this year's Wolf's Bane was simply amazing and probably everyone who has ever had the chance to meet the "Teen Wolf" cast will agree that these guys are a bunch of lovely, approachable, kind and playful people. So in Birmingham we found Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Daniel Sharman, Ian Bohen, JR Bourne and their castmates in very good spirits and experienced unforgettable moments like "SWEEP!" (Daniel's enthusiasm for curling), the Malteser contest (Tyler and Daniel catching the chocolate with their mouths) and Ian crying from laughter during the group panel. Like many other fans I took the opportunity to ask the actors a lot of questions and got quite some exciting, fun, adorable and detailed answers I'd like to share with you now.

Foto: Tyler Hoechlin, Wolf's Bane 2014 - Copyright: Nicole Oebel
Tyler Hoechlin, Wolf's Bane 2014
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Looking back at 4 years of "Teen Wolf", what was the most surprising thing for you?

Tyler Hoechlin: Most surprising thing? [Long pause, laughter from the audience] I wanna know what you all think I'm thinking now! Honestly I still think the most surprising thing was finding out that Peter was the alpha in season 1. To me that was a pretty great twist. I remember shooting the show… they don't tell us anything, we don't know anything while we're shooting, so we kinda find out while we go along same as you guys when you watch and I remember all of us trying to guess who the alpha was because even up to episode three we didn't know that they were saying that it wasn't Derek. So I even thought as the character that it was me and then I read the third script and were like "Oh! That changes things, ok." So when we all got the script and found out that it was Peter, that truly shocked me and Ian still jokes about it. When he came on set the first day… People that know me know the more I know somebody the more I tend to engage in conversation and things like that and so when Ian first showed up the first day I was the first person he ran into and he was like "Hey man, I'm Ian, I play your uncle" and I was like "Oh cool, man, how's it going, where are you from?" and we chatted a little bit and you know Dylan and Posey were there and I was like "See you on set, man". I thought that Ian was gonna be there for like a day and then he was gonna go home and we'd never see him again. That's what I thought. I thought that's what the character was, that's what the story was. And so to find out that we was the alpha in season 1, I think that's still the most surprising thing for me.

Foto: Ian Bohen, Wolf's Bane 2014 - Copyright: Nicole Oebel
Ian Bohen, Wolf's Bane 2014
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Which day on set would you like to relive - either to make it better or to experience it again?

Ian Bohen: That's a great question of so many days. Gimme one second cuz this is such a good question. There's nothing that stands out as being needs to be fixed. Sometimes things aren't perfect and you just gotta let 'em go. But as far as great moments, there was a scene in the loft a couple of seasons ago when we were trying to break into the vault. I don't know if anyone remembers. Dylan had a blue print plan on the desk and we were all going over it and it was me and Scott and Tyler and Dylan and a couple of other people. We just had a magical day at work, we all felt it and we looked at each other "today is awesome, right?" and I always think about that day. And if that was to happen I would like to do that again. That was fun.

From a romantic teen mystery "Teen Wolf" has grown into a real psychological horror drama, especially in the last season, which in my opinion is only paralleled in this genre by "Buffy".

Ian Bohen: Thank you!

What's your take on the development of the show?

Ian Bohen: My take honestly is that it's getting really complicated and for me sometimes it's hard to follow because when you read it it's so much on the page and it makes sense when you watch it but when you're reading it it's really hard to keep up with the new characters and the things that happen in mind. Because you can't visualize it as well cuz it's stylized. Again once you see it you get it, but as I read it as I go along it's becoming a little confusing for me and I wanna get more back to seasons 1 and 2. I thought it was little cleaner and more focused and I hope no one takes that as a disparagement of the show cuz it's not. I would just bend it a little bit like to the original couple of seasons. How is that? Fair? [Applause] Good question!

Foto: Charlie Carver, Wolf's Bane 2014 - Copyright: Nicole Oebel
Charlie Carver, Wolf's Bane 2014
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What was the scariest thing you had to do on "Teen Wolf"?

Charlie Carver: The scariest thing is when the fight coordinator thinks he knows what you're doing when you have no idea what you're doing. So any time that there are weapons or a lot of fast motions all at once and he goes "ok you got it, let's roll" and you have no idea what the hell you're doing, that's scary. I think for the most part I haven't hurt anyone, we haven't had many accidents on set but I almost broke my knuckle hitting Tyler Posey in the face by accident. I felt so bad and he felt so bad that I felt so bad that we were both tearing up and we called in Pizza and sat together and just wanted to check in to make sure we were both ok. It turned out to be kind of a special moment. ...That can be really scary especially when the Oni got involved cuz then there were swords… The finale of season 3 we were fighting daylight the whole time. We were doing a night shoot on the coast in Los Angeles and the sun was coming up and so it was learning new pieces as quickly as possible and the stunt guys, they are pros. We're lucky on "Teen Wolf", these are the same guys doing stunts in like "Spider-Man" and the Marvel movies and "Iron Man" so they're the cream of the crop. And when they're saying "Just remember to duck when I look at you in the eyes" and suddenly a sword gets swung at your head you gotta stay on top of it. It's thrilling, too. It's part of the job.

From all the guys you worked with on the show who is most like their character and who is completely different?

Charlie Carver: Daniel is very different from Isaac. He's even more of a mopy little... No, Daniel is very goofy and one of my very good friends. And I'd say I think people love Stiles because you see so much of Dylan. Really, Dylan is that snappy, fun, cute, cool... he's a lot like Stiles.

Foto: Daniel Sharman, Wolf's Bane 2014 - Copyright: Nicole Oebel
Daniel Sharman, Wolf's Bane 2014
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What was the scariest thing you ever had to do as an actor?

Daniel Sharman: The scariest thing I ever had to do as an actor? [laughs] I played a rent boy on stage and got completely naked and I think that's quite a scary thing as an actor because you have no hiding, nothing to hide behind, and we did a lot of shows, the audience were behind a big screen and every night you just have to stand there with your tackle out. That was quite scary, and playing parts that were very emotionally taxing while being naked at the same time was a bit rough but I think once you do it you kind of go "Yeah, I could do it all the time!"

Since they are not with us this weekend how would you describe Posey, Dylan and Crystal in three words?

Daniel Sharman: I get three words each? Posey: Fun, farts, funny. Second one is Dylan: Smart, kind, talented. Crystal: Beautiful, caring, funny.

In Isaac's first season he wasn't actually a funny character. How did that come up that you got to do more and more of the comedy scenes?

Daniel Sharman: You know what, Jeff Davis said to me "Daniel, I love you, you're not funny!" And I was like that is devastating! I have always been a very serious actor or wanted to be a serious actor. I wanted to do serious things. I wanted to show Isaac and his family and Jeff always said no. But I thought it was interesting, I have a lot to say about it and I could do a really good job with it. No. And then I was like alright fine at least I can be funny and he was like "Daniel, you are not funny!" And then I just think he trusted me a little bit more and eventually he was the kind of sarcastic in a lovely way. Jeff is that thing, that is why Stiles is like that, that's why Isaac's like that, these new characters are like that because there's a sarcasm to Jeff that he very much loves and I think he loves writing that. Eventually you end up doing it if he trusts you enough.

Good choice!

Daniel Sharman: Aww, thank you!

Foto: JR Bourne, Wolf's Bane 2014 - Copyright: Nicole Oebel
JR Bourne, Wolf's Bane 2014
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I asked this to Ian before and his answer was really surprising so I'm quite excited what yours is gonna be: From a romantic teen mystery "Teen Wolf" has grown into this full-blown psychological horror drama, especially in the last season. What's your take on the development of the show?

JR Bourne: Now I wanna know what Ian answered. What did he say?

He said he would actually like the show to be more like it was in the first two seasons, whereas I love the development and the growing up….

JR Bourne: Interesting! Who likes the first part better, the first seasons? [applause from half the audience] Who likes where it's gone? [applause from the other half of the audience] We're kind of down in the middle. Really kind of down in the middle I would say. I think that there is a balance to be had between the two. I do sort of like the supernatural element of things but I also really love the relationships. I love the delving into how everybody relates together and how they cope. We learn a lot by doing that, by showing that and I think it's still there, absolutely. I have to say I think that it's going well. So far it's going well for everybody, I think we're still keeping everybody satisfied. Personally it might be nice to sit down for a moment and have a chat with Stilinski or Melissa even or even my daughter, unfortunately, when she was still alive. To be able to just regroup and chat. I miss a little bit of that.

Thanks to the actors for all their amazing detailed answers!

Nicole Oebel - myFanbase

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