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Well, we’re about to find out.
And if that’s not crazy enough for you, there’s more than one Liz!
Michael Trevino directs the ‘Wild Wild West’ episode of ‘Roswell, New Mexico’.Michael Moriatis/The CW
I remember you talking about shadowing directors onThe Vampire Diaries.
Ever sinceVampire Diaries, I’ve been shadowing and paying attention and had interest.
Since the pilot, I’ve been shadowing Julie Plec and then all the guest directors.
Shiri Appleby, Michael Trevino, and Jeanine Mason on the ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ set.Michael Moriatis/The CW
And they gave me a shot here in season 4.
You have no control over what episode you get, right?
I mean, it was episode 409.
Jeanine Mason and Michael Trevino on the ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ set.Michael Moriatis/The CW
I had no idea this was going to be what my episode was about.
I was like, “Are you sure you want to do that?”
[Laughs] I guess they trusted me.
But I’m so grateful that the writers gave me so much in this episode.
So manyRoswellepisodes look similar.
What was your reaction to getting to do something so different?
What a gift and also what a challenge.
And so, like you do starting off, you ask for help.
I leaned on my department heads and the first AD and our director of photography.
But luckily, this isn’t me stepping onto a set of a new show and not knowing anybody.
And I couldn’t be happier.
Did you go into this episode with a list of classic Western shots you wanted to incorporate?
Where’d you look for inspiration?
I will say that my grandfather was huge into Westerns, and one of his favorite movies isThe Searchers.
I just tried to find something that was interesting.
I feel like the episode plays a little playful.
Because it is a mindscape, it is kind of a make-believe circumstance.
You also had a massive task of having your main actor play multiple characters.
What was it like working with Jeanine?
Well, Jeanine is such a talented actress.
It’s good versus evil here.
And so it’s the complete opposite direction of the character she usually plays.
She’s the real MVP of the episode because to play two characters…. And she came through for me so prepared, so ready to go.
She’s just such a pro.
You also get to direct Jeanine and Shiri Appleby together.
What was that like for you?
Shiri is part of the family already.
She’s directed two episodes for us, so we’re all familiar with each other.
But yeah, it was a full circle moment because I was shadowing Shiri when she did her episodes.
And then her coming back now and me directing her, it’s a great feeling.
And I’m just so happy that she was able to make her debut in my episode.
And yes, we have the two Liz’s together.
We have the OGRoswellveteran and we have Jeanine Mason here holding it down for us now.
There are very special scenes between them and I hope that fans get a kick out of that.
I’ve been waiting many, many seasons for them to finally come together and be a couple.
But then to get great television, we’ve got to bring people together just to tear them apart.
And so we’re going to have a bit of that.
We’re not done yet.
We’re going to revisit this in a big way and it’ll be nice.
Put a nice little bow on it.
Roswell, New Mexicoairs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.
