On Norma and Romero's relationship: our intention is to make people want them to get together. When that might happen, Kerry and I wouldn’t want to say right now, but that’s exactly what you should be feeling. You should be wanting them to get together, and I think anticipation of romance has been one of the staples that has fueled great television throughout its history. We feel like we have an epic couple with Norma and Romero. We plan to deliver on the promise of that at some point, in some form.
I think one of the things that Kerry and I both found out very quickly is that Romero had this amazing chemistry with Norma. We really leaned into that and really tried to play that up in the show. The Norma/Romero relationship has so many dynamics to it, and I think this season, it’s really a central arc of our narrative: what is the level of trust that exists between these two people? Norma is not a person whose circle of trust really extends beyond one person. Maybe in a growing way to Dylan, but this idea that she could truly trust Romero and be open and vulnerable to him is something that the show explores this season. It’s also along that journey, which has a number of ups and downs during the course of this season, that we really see these characters get connected to each other in a new way, and that’s something which we’re really interested in exploring down stream in the series. That feels like a really rich place for future storytelling.
On Dylan's character and Max Thierot's performance: I think the thing that Max Thieriot brought to the role that we were completely unprepared for was his level of soulfulness. Was he a good actor? Check. Was he a good-looking guy? Check. Could he play a bad boy? Check. The depth of soulfulness that Max has brought to Dylan is something which has just been astonishing, and it’s something that Kerry and I have really leaned into in terms of the development of that character.
He’s just such a critical part of the show. This season especially, I think because as Norman starts to become more unhinged, Norma needs to rely on Dylan more and more, and that evolution of the triangle relationship of those three is something that’s a really interesting part of the narrative.
We actually are going to learn more about Romero’s backstory this season and actually meet a very significant character from his life.
[On the prospect of Norman killing and stuffing Norma], I don’t know quite what to say. I’m not sure that’s going to happen exactly, but very imaginative. There will be more taxidermy. Human taxidermy? Not so sure.
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I lovedddd last night's ep! Norma/Romero are OTP <3 and Vera needs an Emmy already.