Perry Mattfeld of The CW's "In the Dark" on the "Vortex of Murphy"

quotI didn39t know where we39d go after season onequot she explained in an exclusive interview with MediaVillage quotI remember asking Corinne Kingsbury our showrunnercreator 39Now what39 She said 39This season they run39 We had all these serious emails like maybe we39re going to get to shoot season three in Mexico But you have to remember these are good people making bad decisions and they39re not masterminds at this So when you say 39OK they have to run39 they don39t know howquotThey don39t have criminal recordsquot she continued quotSo what39s fascinating is watching these very desperate people who are at times like innocent children who have screwed up and made mistakes yet the threat of their mistakes is now so high that they have to run for their lives It39s not like they39re good criminals they39re just kids except Murphy who39s not innocent so I39d take her out of the equationquotAfter two seasons of supporting one another seeing the gang split for their personal survival certainly opens the door for some interesting character development quotYou do realize how indebted they are to each otherquot Mattfeld explained quotWhat39s interesting is Murphy is this vortex who just sucks people in person after person They39re like 39How did I get here Oh it39s because of Murphy39 She has a way of convincing people to do whatever she says and follow her she can part the seaquotEpisode three is really special this seasonquot she added quotIt39s so different and I loved that we took a pause This season moves so fast and this episode is almost a movie in itself where Murphy is desperate without all these people that she39s dragged down and she39s completely isolated It39s a reminder of how much she needs these people As tough as she thinks she is she39s no one without them Thank God she has her dog Pretzel because you see her hit rock bottom for surequotFor Mattfeld getting to explore the vulnerable side of the fiercely independent Murphy was interesting quotYes she asks for help but it39s in her own kind of lying wayquot she shared quotShe39s still manipulating people at her lowest point She39s very smart takes in her surroundings and manipulates them to her benefit But you do see her admit she screwed up A lot of this season is Murphy trying to prove to Jess that she loves her just as much as Jess loves Murphy and that she39d do anything for herquotMattfeld also revealed that shooting the third season of the series amidst Toronto39s COVID19 lockdown forced the show39s team to get even more creative quotWe had toquot she recalled quotThere weren39t as many actors allowed on set at one time so us being in hiding helped The ensemble wasn39t really too affected but we were limited to 10 background actors So there were rewrites and clever camera angles to make it look like a room was filled more than it wasquotWhat I did notice was Murphy does wear me downquot she continued quotYou don39t realize if you39re not on set when we film things like Murphy being put through the wringer or she39s screaming or getting beat up it39s draining I felt like I had a harder time neutralizing myself and getting back to Perry because the things that would have me bounce back were socializing and having friends and family visit on weekends The cast really leaned on each other because of the isolation and being in our pod so I struggled a little to kind of keep myself and remind myself that I39m not actually a drug dealer Thank goodness for our Saturday game nightsquotAs some of the Scooby Gang get to know each other intimately this season Murphy is battling with the sad fact her two leading men Max and Josh Theo Bhat both despise her quotBoth are victims of that Murphy vortexquot she explained quotThey39re both angry and I loved that I was happy Max got some deserved balls and stands up for himself while Murphy gets the short end of the stick It39s an interesting dynamic and while Josh39s relationship with Murphy didn39t get as deep as Max39s he just feels dumb for letting her take advantage of him and that39s how it should bequotMattfeld previously referred to season one of In the Dark as a quotprologuequot and season two as quotwhere the real story beginsquot She39s calling season three 3 quotSeason TwoPlus The Extended Versionquot With the series already renewed for a fourth she39s thrilled that viewers will see it all unfoldquotThis season was so emotionalquot she shared in closing quotA lot of that was because of what the world collectively was going through This will be the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next It39s the best feeling knowing that I don39t have to get rid of Murphy39s coat just yetquotIn the Dark is telecast Wednesdays at 900 pm on The CWClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of 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