Carson Rowland is aware of that Candy Magnolias followers love the connection between Ty and Annie — and believes their “Jim and Pam” dynamic is an enormous cause why.
“The writers, they love this gradual burn. And I feel what they’re doing is popping the furnace on so steadily to get folks’s pleasure up, like they did for the automobile crash in season 1, the place it’s received all of this anticipation,” Rowland, 25, completely instructed Us Weekly whereas selling season 3 of the Netflix collection forward of the SAG-AFTRA strike. “And I really like how the season ends with this refined trace in direction of the connection. And it’s an enormous cliffhanger of the season. I feel that’ll trigger folks to wish to come again [for] extra. As a result of what occurs after that? Are they collectively? Are they not? We don’t know.”
Ty (Rowland) and Annie (Anneliese Decide) have been lifelong associates, however their relationship has grow to be more and more difficult since Annie drunkenly confessed her emotions by kissing Ty in season 1. Whereas Ty initially didn’t really feel the identical — even occurring to this point Annie’s nemesis CeCe (Harland Drum) — season 2 noticed Ty’s personal emotions start to develop. By season 3, Annie has a brand new boyfriend, Jackson (Sam Ashby), and Ty finds himself on the opposite facet of a secret crush. It’s one thing Rowland can “relate” to in his private life — and loved portraying on display.
“I really like how Ty is type of getting a dose of his personal medication from season 1,” he instructed Us. “He will get somewhat little bit of it season 2 towards the tip after him and CeCe break up, however this season he’s totally on what Annie was in season 1 and I feel it’s nice for him to note what he did to Annie season 1, too. … I see how I harm her. That alone will strengthen their future relationship.”
Ty is likely to be pining in season 3, however Annie is busy hiding a secret romance with Jackson from his mother and father. Whereas Ty makes an attempt to be an excellent pal by serving to her sneak moments together with her boyfriend, he ultimately places her foot down – and Annie realizes that her relationship isn’t price hurting the folks she loves, together with Ty.
“Annie goes via one thing, and he or she wants a pal, however Ty is de facto feeling drawn to her and I feel in a unconscious degree, Annie is being drawn to Ty as effectively. It’s like this electrical energy simply being pulled collectively, like magnets virtually,” he shared. “And Anneliese and I sat down and mentioned a variety of this and the way we wished the dynamic to really feel and that’s precisely what we’re going for.”
The drama culminates in an explosive breakup through the season finale, which finds Annie working into Ty’s arms for consolation. It’s a second that may inevitably be adored by “TyAnnie” followers — and one Rowland credit Decide and the writers for bringing to life so viscerally.
“That breakup scene was so effectively written and [Anneliese’s] efficiency on the day was simply wonderful,” he gushed, including that he didn’t even “really feel the necessity to act” due to the “nice friendship” the pair have labored on through the years. “Working together with her is really only a blessing and so grateful for her.”
Whereas — spoiler alert — Ty and Annie don’t formally get collectively as a pair by the tip of season 3, the 2 share a non-public handhold that hints at one thing extra to come. Rowland instructed Us that the intimate scene was truly “discovered on the day” whereas they had been filming and never written “within the script.”
“We rehearsed the scene and we had been purported to type of contact palms simply briefly. I did a type of Mr. Darcy Pleasure and Prejudice issues the place he extends his hand and [our showrunner] Sheryl [Anderson] was like, ‘Wait, maintain her hand and put it behind you.’ And it was, it was simply superior,” he revealed, noting that it was a “actually particular” day on set.
What’s to return for the characters and the city of Serenity is unknown — the present has but to be renewed for season 4 — however Rowland is worked up about Ty’s future. He’s additionally open to the collection staying true to the narratives of Sherryl Woods’ books by the identical title, which follows Ty and Annie’s relationship into maturity.
“I might completely like to do a time soar like that,” he instructed Us. “There’s so many wonderful elements of taking part in a blossoming grownup and a young person. However to play one thing extra grounded and extra actual can be simply superior. Particularly in realizing that [it would] be the primary time I’ve performed my very own age, in order that’d be superior, you realize?”
Season 3 of Candy Magnolias is now streaming on Netflix.
