Plus, the actor tells EW what could have happened for Max and Zoey in a third season.
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlistfans aren’t the only ones in mourning overthe show’s surprise cancellation.
“But the fan outpouring has been just really nice to know that everyone was surprised by it.
Jane Levy and Skylar Astin on ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’.Sergei Bachlakov/NBC
It just doesn’t feel like it was the end at all.”
“It’s like, was it something I said?
So that’s why it feels more surreal.”
Skylar Astin on ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’.NBC
“There was so much story left to tell,” he says.
“I feel like Pandora’s box was opened when Max got the power.
Like, it’s decided.
It’s no more triangle.”
“Would Max have regretted what he had always wished for?
Maybe there’s things he doesn’t want to know,” Astin teases.
It’s so meta, the metaphors combine exponentially.
I thought it was a really cool storytelling method.
But he’s also satisfied with the work he was able to do in seasons 1 and 2.
It just doesn’t feel complete."
Either blank-blank at blank service is going to say yay or nay.
That guy’s a huge fan of the show or that guy’s never heard of the show."
That’s what we’re doing it for.
Literally I have taken such pride in doingZoey’s Playlistbecause of the relationship to the fans.
The escapism that we were providing was so incredibly rewarding.
It sucks that that was ripped from them.
Hopefully for everyone it can have a life beyond NBC."
Nowthatwould be the happy ending that Zoey and Max (and all the fans) deserve.
