Fringe - New Season 3 Spoilers About Olivia
FBI agent Olivia will struggle to escape from the alternate universe in season three of Fringe, according to show bosses.
Speaking to SFX, executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman revealed that the season two cliffhanger will not be resolved for some time.
Wyman explained: "We had conversations with Anna about how we were constructing roles for her. We know we've written Olivia as a character who's burdened by her job, and the Cortexiphan experiments done to her as a child are really in one way or another a form of child abuse.
"They robbed her of a lot of choices in her life. She's grown up in that shadow and to subconsciously be prepared, like a soldier, for an oncoming something.
"She wears the dark clothing and doesn't form relationships easily as she's very protective of herself and her emotions, while at the same time being a protector of everybody else. We knew we wanted to create her doppelganger unburdened by those same responsibilities."
He continued: "We're always trying to broaden her emotionally, since a major part of our storytelling, especially about the alternate universe, is about the choices that we make. We talk about Olivia and the concept that she's the way she is because of what happened to her in her own life.
"When Olivia gets there and starts to see all these things that weren't in her own life, it's going to cause her to look at herself. And hopefully we'll break her down to build her back up and she can self actualise."
Meanwhile, Pinker added: "We're not shying away from exploring the other universe and we left Olivia in a condition that it would feel like a shame if the very first thing we did was bring her home."
Source: Digital Spy
Speaking to SFX, executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman revealed that the season two cliffhanger will not be resolved for some time.
Wyman explained: "We had conversations with Anna about how we were constructing roles for her. We know we've written Olivia as a character who's burdened by her job, and the Cortexiphan experiments done to her as a child are really in one way or another a form of child abuse.
"They robbed her of a lot of choices in her life. She's grown up in that shadow and to subconsciously be prepared, like a soldier, for an oncoming something.
"She wears the dark clothing and doesn't form relationships easily as she's very protective of herself and her emotions, while at the same time being a protector of everybody else. We knew we wanted to create her doppelganger unburdened by those same responsibilities."
He continued: "We're always trying to broaden her emotionally, since a major part of our storytelling, especially about the alternate universe, is about the choices that we make. We talk about Olivia and the concept that she's the way she is because of what happened to her in her own life.
"When Olivia gets there and starts to see all these things that weren't in her own life, it's going to cause her to look at herself. And hopefully we'll break her down to build her back up and she can self actualise."
Meanwhile, Pinker added: "We're not shying away from exploring the other universe and we left Olivia in a condition that it would feel like a shame if the very first thing we did was bring her home."
Source: Digital Spy
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