Did you ever hope that Candace and Love would team up and take Joe down together?
Here’s the thing: It’s only on the second season. The show must go on. I think one of the reasons the show is successful is Joe just always wins. It goes back to, again, what is it about Joe Fucking Goldberg? I don’t get it. He’s just one of those guys who is constantly going to get away with it. Just when you think he’s going to get caught, either he doesn’t get caught and he gets himself out of it, or someone comes and saves him.
What were you most shocked by on the show, and what do you think is going to shock viewers the most?
Love! She plays this beautiful, vulnerable, sweet, broken human being. When she killed Candace in the end, it’s just like, I don’t think people are going to see that coming. You don’t. What you think is because Candace is back, somehow she’s going to figure a way out to get Joe back. And, yeah, she does in little ways, but ultimately you can’t put up a fight against him. That’s just the way it is.
There’s such a cult phenomenon around this show. I’m sure you get asked all the time about the second season. How have you been able to keep all of these plot twists a secret?
If I gave away [spoilers], I don’t think Netflix would ever hire me. But in all seriousness, that’s what’s fun: seeing people’s reactions and those surprises. Because it’s on a streaming platform, it’s going to happen so quickly that you don’t want to give the storyline away. That’s not cool. When you have such a great following, their reactions are going to be everything. When you’re on a show like this, you live for how people respond to the twists in the storylines.
What do you hope fans take away from the season?
The importance of safety, for men and women who are out there dating. Maybe that sounds super cheesy because I’m a mother and I want to protect everybody, but it’s reality. It makes you think about it automatically, especially in the first season. It definitely makes you think of like, “Oh shit, my stuff needs to go on private.” Or, “I really need to think twice about who I accept or be friends [with] or go out with or swipe right,” or whatever it is. I think, for me, that would be the main thing.
Christopher Rosa is the staff entertainment writer at Glamour. Follow him on Instagram @chris.rosa92.