Sullivan’s Crossing Season 4 LEAKED Information REVEALED!
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Chad Michael Murray and Morgan Kohan fully realize that their characters in SULLIVAN’S CROSSING are star-crossed to the max.
Midway through Season 2, with a new episode airing Sunday, May 19 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV, CTV.ca, and the CTV app, the audience has known for a long time that Cal, played by Murray, and Maggie, played by Kohan, are perfect for each other. So why are there so many complications keeping them apart?
“It’s a good thing Cal and Maggie aren’t superstitious,” Murray said. “I mean, they’re a little ‘stitious.’ But if they were superstitious, they would just say, ‘the writing’s on the wall, this is just not going to happen.’ ”
Kohan added, “but it’s fun for the audience, right? You’re like, ‘they’re almost there, they’re almost there.’ And then, ‘nooooooooo!’ But those can be the best moments to watch, too.”
Of course, there are multiple outside influences – acting out of jealousy, or hurt feelings, or misplaced malice, or even misguided good intentions – who would be more than happy to keep Cal and Maggie out of each other’s arms forever. But occasionally the actions of Cal and Maggie themselves have worked against their own best interests, too.
“Sometimes it feels as if these characters are just driving themselves through every torturous moment in torturous relationships, but it’s unbeknownst to them,” Murray pointed out. “None of it is intentional. It’s just life adding up.”
Kohan believes that’s one of the most relatable aspects of Sullivan’s Crossing. “It’s a bit like art imitating life, because I think that happens to people all the time,” she said. “How often do we think, ‘okay, we’ve finally figured this out, now we’re on the straight path,’ and then something comes out of left field?”
There have been a lot of “left fields” for Cal and Maggie, but the sailing has been much smoother for Murray and Kohan, who love working together, and love working in Nova Scotia, where Sullivan’s Crossing is shot. The series also stars Scott Patterson of Gilmore Girls fame, along with Tom Jackson and Andrea Menard.
Both Kohan and Murray were asked if they could pinpoint a special moment during the filming of the show when they were particularly impressed by each other.
“I actually really remember our ‘meet-cute’ on the dock,” said Kohan, recalling the first episode of Season 1, when Maggie and Cal initially set eyes on each other. “Because I had prepped the scene in a certain way. And then when we started doing that scene, it turned into what it was, which was absolutely not what I had expected. And it was a way that we both felt like, ‘I got to really bounce off you.’ And I was like, ‘oh, I’ve got a great partner in this. This is going to be fun.’ So that was definitely my moment, I think.”
Murray seemed genuinely touched by Kohan’s words, and then gave his own reply. “This girl is so prepared,” he said. “Every time. Genuinely, I’m not trying to just throw compliments out there. You asked me to pick only one scene, and it’s almost impossible, because her character has so many moments, right? Her role is full of emotional ups and downs, joy and pain, so much detail.
But now that I think of it, when I first screened some of the Season 2 episodes, there’s a moment where Maggie loses it, in a world that is crashing around her. And as a viewer, solely as a viewer, even though I’m someone who has worked opposite Morgan, and knows her as a human being, I was completely and utterly detached from all the personal stuff. And I just solely saw Maggie on screen, screaming. And that is impressive. That is when you go, ‘she’s there, she’s just in it.’”
If only Cal and Maggie could get on the same page as effectively as Murray and Kohan appear to have done.
So what message of encouragement can hopeful couples take from Cal and Maggie’s romantic struggles? Stick with it? Never give up? Power your way through all personal misunderstandings, and ignore nefarious outside influences? Where’s the encouragement here? What’s the messaging?
Murray paused momentarily, and then said, “I want you to ask me that question at the end of Season 2, once everyone has seen it. I have an answer. But it’s for then. Make a note, ask me, and then I’ll put it out there.”
