Twelve Monkeys
end a television serial after four seasons is“bittersweet,”according to12 Monkeysstar Aaron Stanford . The actor is just a week away from seeing his SYFY show make its time - skip conclusion as the four - week final time of year endurance contest march toward the close line . But while it ’s always skillful to be a part of a serial that catch to tell a consummate story from start to finish , Stanford read that there are other emotions that come along with it , and some of them might even creep into the doer ’ performances .
The chance to take part in a series finis is nothing young for Stanford . Before making the move to SYFY , he co - star alongside Maggie Q on The CW’sNikitafor four seasons . Despite his familiarity with last seasons , Stanford ’s experience is nevertheless a mix of emotion since , as he puts it , he’s“saying goodbye to [ his ] family . ”
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Stanford babble out aboutbringing12 Monkeysto a closein a recent interview with Screen Rant , where he discussed the amount of time an actor expend with the crew and fellow cast of characters extremity , and how bring that to an end can be challenging . Stanford said :
“ It ’s semisweet . Obviously you ’re always happy when you may say a story completely from beginning to cease , and severalize it in a hearty way where you ’re able to make yourself happy and make the hearing happy . It ’s gratify to be able-bodied to do something like that and see something through from beginning to end . On the vitriolic side , you ’re saying goodbye to your family . You know these are citizenry that you make with and drop every solar day of the calendar week for between 14 and 16 hours . You share your life with them , and it ’s tough when it comes to an end . ”
A sense of finality has beenpresent throughout the quaternary season , particularly when James and Katarina ( Barbara Sukowa ) venture back to the showtime of their time change of location adventure only to encounter themselves . Stanford says that tactile sensation likely add up through in the performances as a byproduct of the actor knowing they are function with one another for the last time .
“ What you ’re reading there is probably what we were projecting as people and as thespian . There was a feeling , for me anyway , throughout the intact final time of year , there was that feeling every time we fritter away in a location where ' This is the last time we ’re gon na shoot here . ' Or This is the last scene that I ’m die to have with this mortal . Those thing had a weighting and a gravity to them . I call up it just end up come in across of course in the performance . And I suppose it really works for the story , but it was a pretty natural operation . ”
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12 Monkeysconcludes next Friday with ‘ The outset : Parts 1 & 2 ’ on SYFY .
