Within the Disney+ collection “Agatha All Along,” Patti LuPone guided us on a bewitching journey alongside the Witches’ Highway, however it appears that evidently can be our solely journey by means of that exact supernatural realm. (Spoilers forward!)
Whereas chatting with Bravo’s Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM podcast “Andy Cohen Live,” LuPone revealed that the enchantment that when sparked our imaginations won’t endure, and the collection won’t be returning to our screens for a Season 2.
“There won’t be one,” mentioned LuPone, who performed the eccentric Lilia Calderu within the collection. “Jac Schaeffer, the creator, came into my trailer and she said, ‘Patti, I’m just here to tell you that Lilia’s going to die.’ And I went, ‘But I wanted a second season.’”
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The spell appears to have damaged for Schaeffer, the creator of the collection, whose reasoning for ending the present mirrors her determination with “WandaVision,” a 2021 smash hit for Marvel that additionally ended after only one season.
LuPone, a three-time Tony winner, defined that Schaeffer advised her: “I don’t do second seasons.”
“She said, ‘They wanted me to do a second season of ‘WandaVision’ and I didn’t.’ She said, ‘There’s too much to write,’ so she does one-offs,” LuPone mentioned. “And I’m really hoping and praying that someday I get to work with her again, because she’s magic.”
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Throughout a 2024 interview with Selection, LuPone was requested how a lot she knew concerning the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier than turning into part of it ― to which she swiftly replied: “Still no.”
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LuPone mentioned she did watch “WandaVision” ― the place Kathryn Hahn’s character, Agatha Harkness, is launched ― earlier than taking her function in “Agatha All Along.” However LuPone admitted she needed to watch “WandaVision” “three times” earlier than “finally” making mystical sense of all of it.
