![]() And also to be able to disappear but still be present, like to be invisible. ![]() Q: Yeah, like if you could be invisible or fly…Ī: It would be really cool to time travel. I mean, you’re saying, like, if I had a specific magic power? ![]() What I would do with it? I think it’s not up to me. Q: And what would you do with magic if it were real?Ī: I think magic does exist, in this ethereal sort of sense. And life will happen and sort of guide you. Or it’s okay to take the time to figure it out. It’s kind of like, wait a minute, you’re not alone, and maybe don’t jump into something until you’re absolutely sure it’s what you want. We’re in a day and age when we graduate high school and it’s like then what? Or you graduate college and you have this degree and it’s not necessarily what you want to do with your life. Q: I think a lot of people will relate to the character of Quentin, who says in the first episode that he’s always felt like never really fit in anywhere.Ī: There’s an interesting generation of 20-somethings who don’t know what they’re doing. To be able to be like, I don’t want to think about my family at all or whatever that is, and to be able to turn on the TV. It feels nice to be able to watch something and say, “I totally get that, I went through that, this person captured exactly what my family is like”. And I want someone to be able to utilize what it is we bring to the screen as escapism or something to relate with. Q: Have you figured out your “why” behind that creative urge?Ī: I wanna reach people through my art. When it’s not throwing myself into the work and becoming another person, it’s me playing my bass or playing drums or trying to learn Spanish or writing. And so when it’s acting, it’s always acting, acting is #1. I feel like I constantly need to be creating. I went to this Bowie exhibit two years ago, and in it he said something, along the lines of, no matter what he always needs to be creating, whether its writing or dancing or dressing up in crazy costumes or acting. I was talking about this earlier actually when we were getting ready. But, really, would you?Ī: I love what I do. If magic was real, what would you do with it? Would you do good? In theory you be like you wanna use it to change the world and make it a better place. At first it’s like we introduce magic and it’s kind of its own character on the show. ![]() I think the only difference is we get to watch Julia sort of figure out why it is she wants this certain thing. I think the things that Julia and I share are the passion and the drive, knowing what it is you want and going for it. Q: Can you relate to her experience of being good at something and then realizing there are people better at it than you? Or letting a dream die?Ī: As far as academia is concerned, no! I think I made honour roll once. And you see him the underdog kind of get on top, and her experience this failure. And I think that’s tough to take for her. For the first time she’s experiencing rejection. In the magical sense, she’s an underdog.Ī: Yeah, which is crazy for Julia because I think this is a woman who never really failed at anything her entire life. Q: You play Julia, a young woman who’s gotten into Yale for grad school, but doesn’t make it past the entrance exam for this magical university, and then has to go search for her magical education in a less…traditional way than her best friend Quentin, who gets into Brakebills. And magic is sort of this hard thing that isn’t necessarily always going to save the day, which makes it more relatable. I just like that they show these characters flawed and human. Do you think that’s accurate?Ī: There was one author in particular who described it as “Bret Easton Ellis meets Harry Potter”. Q: This show, The Magicians, has been described as “Harry Potter for grown ups”. We sat down with the petite Maeve on a her flying visit to Toronto last week, where she bravely fought a nasty head cold to answer our questions about building backstories, inheriting a book’s passionate fanbase, and her own special theory about horoscopes. After several years of guest roles-a little Law and Order here, a stint on Chicago P.D., even two episodes of Gossip Girl-26 year-old Stella Maeve is having her break-out small screen moment in The Magicians, a dark, thrilling story about a university for magicians, premiering tonight (Jan 25) on Showcase.
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