What We Do In The Shadows star would do a spinoff "in a heartbeat"
By Dan Selcke
![“WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS” -- “Sleep Hypnosis” -- Season 6, Episode 3 (Airs October 21) — Pictured (L-R): Harvey Guillén as Guillermo, Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson, Natasia Demetriou as Nadja, Matt Berry as Laszlo, Kayvan Novak as Nandor. CR: Russ Martin/FX “WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS” -- “Sleep Hypnosis” -- Season 6, Episode 3 (Airs October 21) — Pictured (L-R): Harvey Guillén as Guillermo, Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson, Natasia Demetriou as Nadja, Matt Berry as Laszlo, Kayvan Novak as Nandor. CR: Russ Martin/FX](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_3000,h_1687,x_0,y_58/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImageExchange/mmsport/385/01jfapcn1kkwc285q0v9.jpg)
It's over! After six very funny, very silly seasons, the vampire sitcom What We Do In The Shadows has come to an end, and the cast are ready to reminisce. “Six seasons, man. I mean I’m from the U.K., British people make eight episodes and they feel like ‘that’s it, it’s over,’” said Kayvan Novak, who played warlord vampire Nandor the Relentless. “We did 61 episodes. I’s incredible.”
Harvey Guillén played Nandor's long-suffering familiar Guillermo, who spent the the bulk of the show fruitlessly waiting for his master to turn him into a vampire before trying to chart a new path for himself in the final two. What We Do In The Shadows was mostly dumb fun, but the relationship between Guillermo and Nandor gave it a heart. “The show has made people feel good, and that’s our job. We created an escape, and we did that for six seasons,” Guillén told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s been a tough decade. We need to escape for a little bit once in a while and just be in this silly world of a documentary with vampires, and their human familiar. Those 30 minutes are enough a week that it makes you keep wanting to keep going. We were lucky that we were able to do that for people."
I will definitely miss this show. In many ways, it was a sitcom in the classic mold: it's largely episodic, no one ever really learns anything that sticks, and the focus was firmly on the jokes and the ensemble. The fact that it was about vampires and often included elaborate costumes and action scenes was incidental.
There's a comfortable predictability to the classic sitcom formula, and one that fits surprisingly well for a show about immortal vampires who never really change. “A hundred years from now, these idiots will still be in their house going through the exact same motions that they’ve been going through for 200 or 300 years," said Mark Proksch, who plays energy vampire Colin Robinson. "And I find that refreshing in some way.”
That also means we could revisit the show for a spinoff or a revival sometime down the line, which Guillén is all for. “We’re open to a quick visit with these characters and these people, because we love the time that we spent together and and look forward to any possibility of spending more time together in the future.” He was even more explicit when talking to Collider: "I would like to revisit these characters. I would do a spin-off in a heartbeat."
Beware SPOILERS for the What We Do In The Shadows finale below
So mostly, things between the vampire crew didn't change. The big exception was Nandor and Guillermo, who take their friendship and partnership to the next level. Nandor finally acquises to let Guillermo call him by his real name, and they end up getting in Nandor's coffin together.
"So, they ended up together," Guillen said. "They ended up being partners, which is what the fans out there wanted. They wanted them together. Yes, we saw for half a decade, the homoerotic art that was made of them, and I get it. I’m a big supporter. I love it. But they ended up together, and we need to normalize that. Sometimes you can be friends in a same sex friendship that doesn’t need to be sexual, and especially with men. We don’t normalize that men can have love for each other and support each other and want the best for each other, and not have it necessarily mean, 'Oh, I think they’re gay for each other.' It doesn’t mean that necessarily. It means that you can love someone and want the best for them and want them in your life and be a partner with them if you want. And that’s what we got with these characters. They literally went in a coffin together. In a weird way, it’s till death do them part."
The ending is going over well with fans, and secures the show's place as one that will be worth revisiting years down the line. Honestly, it feels like What We Do In The Shadows is ending a bit before its time — I would have loved another season or two for the cast and crew to tease out more stories and ideas — but it's avoiding a fate where it slowly gets worse. I can't blame the team for wanting to go out at or near the peak of their powers.
And hey, if they want to do that spinoff, I'm game. In the meanwhile, all six seasons of What We Do In The Shadows are streaming on Hulu.
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