To celebrate the CW superhero dramedy’s long-awaited return, EW is launchingSix Days of Legends.
Now you may be asking yourself, “Why now?
Is there some major milestone coming up this season?”
Olivia Swann, Jes Macallan, and Tala Ashe on ‘Legends of Tomorrow’.The CW
Well, to that we say, “Why not?”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You all just started shooting the season finale this week.
How’s that going?
Nick Zano and Jes Macallan on ‘Legends of Tomorrow’.The CW
JES MACALLAN:It’s going great!
It’s so exciting!
I think once the trailer dropped, we’re just feeling like it’s real, it’s here.
Jes Macallan and Lisseth Chavez on ‘Legends of Tomorrow’.The CW
Everybody is really excited, I think the cast as a whole [and] the crew for sure.
I directed this season as well.
We’re super-proud of it.
Just every season when we think, “What are we going to do next season?”
we don’t think we can up our game, and I actually think we have this year.
How was your first directorial experience on the show?
It was everything and more.
Everybody at Warner Bros. and CW was so supportive.
Our writers, Phil Klemmer, who issosupportive, and everybody at Berlanti [Productions].
I just feel like our crew is such a wonderful family.
I felt super supported.
I got the craziest script, even for us, and I’m not just being like a martyr.
Was there footage of your episode in the extended trailer?
It wasn’t, [because] it’s just been picture locked.
It actually isn’t finished.
I directed episode 11.
Not well at all.
And then damn it, she goes and gets abducted by aliens.
I mean, c’mon, what else can happen?
Sara is such a crucial part of Ava’s story on the show.
That’s certainly what we’re playing with in the first couple of episodes.
The opener is her being abducted and Ava just trying to find her footing and really not giving up.
She’s super-determined, and that’s what takes us into the season.
And Ava is not the same as Sara.
I won’t say who, but they might rhyme with Ick and Mory.
[laughs]
Ava loves a binder, she loves a plan.
Does she fall back on those habits to help her go from co-captain to captain?
Yes, 100 percent.
That’s her whole thing, right?
Of course, that’s not going to go over well.
What was your favorite new dynamic you got to explore in Sara’s absence?
But she does this tremendous amount of covering, “We’re gonna be okay.
We’re gonna be okay.”
Obviously, we have a new character we’ve introduced, the wonderfulSpooner [Lisseth Chavez].
That’ll be a fun ride for the viewers as well.
Their relationship is a good one.
How would you describe Ava’s relationship with Spooner?
So that’s a really fun ride.
She brings such a wonderful flavor to the show.
While the trailer doesn’t contain footage from your episode, there’s still a lot in there.
Which episode are you most looking forward to people seeing?
I really love the Big Bang Burger episode.
Ava is on the mission to find Sara.
So I love that episode.
I think there’s been a littleanimation secret dropped.
Just for me, any animation is so fun.
The audience is going to go nuts.David Ramseycame in anddirected, and it’s a Western episode.
Who doesn’t want to see a Western?
What was it like working with David?
He just brought such a wonderful energy.
It was so great.
I mean,Maisie [Richardson-Sellers]directed this year, David directed this year.
It was gigantic in a lot of ways.
They’re all huge, but his was an undertaking, and he handled it with grace and style.
I’ve already seen the locked-up [episode], and everybody is going to be blown away.
And my partner is also in that episode as well.
So I’m also biased.
There certainly was a hammer down on background [actors] and filling any spaces with too many people.
Or in my episode, I wanted background and it was like, “Is it worth it?
But you’ll see that we told the story just the same.
I don’t think in looking back on any of this that it’s lacking.
The awesome part is that we got crazy aliens out of it.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrowreturns Sunday at 8 p.m.
ET on the CW.
