AGATHA ALL ALONG Creator Jac Schaeffer Talks About Hiding the Identity of Joe Locke's Character

The Marvel show Agatha All Along kicked disconnected past week pinch a beardown start. We sewage to spot Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) shaken loose from nan spell she was under, and we were introduced to her caller coven, including Patti LuPone’s Lilia, Sasheer Zamata’s Jennifer, Ali Ahn’s Alice, and returning character Debra Jo Rupp’s Sharon.

We were besides introduced to Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal, arsenic good arsenic Agatha superfan, only named Teen astatine this point, played by Joe Locke. Not only was this character’s personality kept concealed from fans, but arsenic we watched nan first 2 episodes, we watched Agatha observe that she is incapable of learning Teen’s existent personality arsenic well.

When he says his name, his rima is covered by a swooping achromatic statement that looks akin to a signature, and later, erstwhile he tells Agatha astir wherever he’s from, his sound becomes inaudible.

The show’s creator, Jac Schaeffer, precocious sat down pinch Variety to speak astir nan show and nan “Teen” mystery, and she said:

“I don’t for illustration hiding things from nan audience, conscionable to past be, like, ‘Boo!’ There’s nary artistry to that. So erstwhile we talked astir obscuring who he is, nan first mobility is, why? What is nan inferior of that? The reply is, it’s astir nan effect that his enigma has connected Agatha. What does that do to her? How does it motivate her? How does it deed her emotionally?”

Fans person assumed from nan opening that Teen will extremity up being Wanda’s son, Wiccan, but since nan episodes dropped, group person been been wildly speculating, pinch immoderate moreover attempting to measurement nan activity successful Teen’s cheeks and chin erstwhile his rima is sealed to spot if they tin fig retired what he’s saying. When asked astir whether this benignant of speculation will carnivore immoderate fruit, Schaeffer laughs, and says:

“This is what I would say: That’s not nan first spot I’d look. It’s not wholly irrelevant: But location are different places to look.”

She is nary alien to rampant instrumentality theorizing: By its last episodes, WandaVision spawned a mini cottage manufacture of fevered conjecture astir what surprises could beryllium successful shop successful nan last episodes — pretty overmuch each of which (Doctor Strange! Magneto! Mephisto!) coiled up being wildly incorrect.

“It still stops my heart,” Schaeffer says. “My preoccupation is maximum spectator enjoyment, truthful I get tense erstwhile group get up of it. I person to spot that humans are tin of deciding what benignant of acquisition they want. But I comfortableness myself pinch nan knowledge that it’s a circuitous path, and I dream that that way is enjoyable.”

She sighs.

“It makes maine a small heartsick erstwhile I drawback reactions of group who were yet disappointed by things. It gets to maine a small bit. But successful approaching ‘Agatha,’ it was not beforehand of mind. I really can’t power that. That’s a level of fandom that is beyond my reach.”

I deliberation we conscionable person to hold and spot really this communicative pans out. I emotion being on for nan thrust successful a show that’s breathtaking and captivating pinch characters that support america guessing. Episode 3 of Agatha All Along is group to driblet this Wednesday, pinch a caller section each Wednesday, and nan show wrapping up pinch 2 episodes connected October 30th.