IGN TV Interview With Willa Holland
Published August 13th, 2006 in General OC News.
It seems Willa Holland is making herself very accessible these days to the media and is taking The OC fame in stride. This time IGN TV caught up with her for an interview on The OC and life in general. Get a coke or some orange juice cause this interview is quite long.
IGN TV: Have you started filming the new season yet?
Holland: I actually start filming tomorrow morning.
IGN TV: Where is your character at and where is her mindset at, now that her sister has died?
Holland: I can’t give too much away. I can tell you that Kaitlin’s definitely reacting to this, to Marissa being gone, in her own different way. I can also tell you there will be a love interest; there’s going to be a little love story with her eventually.
IGN TV: What can you tell us about this guy and who he might be?
Holland: I’m not exactly sure yet, because I haven’t even read the character description. I don’t even know who it’s going to be or anything. But I know they want to go for maybe a bad boy to maybe put Caitlin under his bad wing.
IGN TV: Do you know how they are planning to split the stories, with you in high school, while the others have graduated?
Holland: It’s gonna be bouncing around a bit, back and forth. But it’s not like it’s going too fast or anything like that. I read it and it’s actually easy to go along with and develop. But also this season is going to be opening for a whole new audience, bringing me into it and making me more of a regular. Young people are going to be able to relate to what I’m going through, instead of Summer away at college or Seth and his… Sethness at 18.
IGN TV: He has a lot of Sethness.
Holland: There’s a lot of Sethness! There’s no other way to describe Seth other then Sethness.
IGN TV: Yeah, that’s not right.
Holland: It’s like, what the hell? I always want to meet him. Ugh, I gotta meet him someday.
IGN TV: How much interaction do you think your character will have with Ryan, Seth and Summer, especially since she doesn’t go to school with them anymore?
IGN TV: How is it working with Melinda Clarke? Her character is always certainly interesting…
Holland: Oh yeah!
IGN TV: Julie seems to have big reactions to what her kids are doing.
Holland: Melinda, Melinda, Melinda… I love her to death. She’s one of the most amazing people I’ve ever met. Her character Julie is going through something of her own… Oh, definitely. It’s going to definitely be a new side of the show. A new side, and maybe even for the better side of the show.
IGN TV: Oh, really? Maybe this is going to help her turn over a new leaf a little bit?
Holland: Yeah.
IGN TV: I know you don’t want to give too much away, but would it be safe to say that maybe your character will go in another direction, if her mom’s maybe acting a little better or nicer?
Holland: [Smiles]. See… I don’t know… I probably can’t give too much away.
Holland: I know. Can’t get fired! Exactly! I don’t want to give anything away for anybody. Oh, I’m so excited. I can not wait. Even though I have to wake up at 4:30am tomorrow [Wednesday], I can’t wait to be there Thursday. Oh yeah, definitely.
IGN TV: And is there still some good pop culture references flying around?
Holland: Of course! It’s The O.C.! It’s pop culture on its own.
IGN TV: I was just at Comic-Con, and I saw The O.C. “Atomic County” figurines.
Holland: Oh God!
IGN TV: Have you seen those?
Holland: No, I haven’t.
IGN TV: They’re pretty great. They’re little figurines of Seth’s comic book characters.
Holland: Oh my God…
IGN TV: Well, hopefully your character can get one too.
Holland: Oh, that would be awesome!
IGN TV: They were like $500 for the set, otherwise I would have bought them.
Holland: What?! Were they?
IGN TV: Yep, a limited edition.
Holland: Okay… Maybe I’ll make my way into them!
Oh gosh! I cannot wait for this season. I hope it is the best yet. I will admit that I am really gonna miss Mischa Barton. She was a good character.
omg i cant wait for this season 2 i think its gonna be so cool marissa was a good character but i stil think the show will go on with out her 4eva hopefully THE OC RULES!!!
yes i cant wait to see what they have planned out 4 Kaitlin this season should be good stuff, love the oc xx
okay…i will always love the oc no matter what..but no offense i think kaitlin’s character will make it suck!!!
yep… itll never be the same witout marissa… why Mischa? WHY
kaitlins gonna be playin a queen in da scool like sum1 cares. itll suck!
OMG!!! Sooo like pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love ya
im so excited to bye the third season in oct but I can’t wit till season four it shall rock!!!!!!
Hell, i wanna get them figurines!!!
it’s not gonna be the same w/ out marissa…they’ll never fill the void, but hopefully it will get some good storylines and the tried and true fans will always keep watching!!!
hoo boy kaitlin, wow, she’s definitely gonna be awesome, i cant wait for this season to start and see what shes getting into. from what we saw of her in season 3, she’s definitely gonna mix things up a bit. i cant wait for the season oneness to return with kaitlin, like the beach parties and cotilliony stuff