Hanna’s favorite confidant discusses being the good guy every girl (eventually) wants.
You mentioned platonic. I think it seems more platonic on one end than the other.
Right, that’s true. It’s platonic on her end. On Lucas’s end I think he’s always fantasized that he would get to step in and replace Caleb, or replace Sean, her first boyfriend from season one. That’s something that I take into consideration, even into the later seasons, he still loves her not just as a friend, but as a potential romantic interest, even if she doesn’t reciprocate that. So even this far in it does affect the relationship.
How many girls out there do you think realize they have a Lucas to their Hanna?
A lot, I think. I actually get that comment a lot on social media. I also get a lot of, “Oh my God, I wish I had a Lucas in my life,” so if they don’t (have one), they want one.
Somebody was telling me that a really good comparison is girls in their 20s, and teens, and maybe into their 30s, date the bad boys, but they end up with the Lucases in the long run, so you just have to be patient.
So be patient, and every Hanna will find their Lucas.
Right, exactly. Be patient on both ends, but I think there’s a lot more ladies out there who, even if they wouldn’t admit it, are looking for a Lucas in their life.
Moving to the current season, there have already been some legit plot twists. When you read the scripts, though, had you had so many seasons of so many twists that nothing really surprised you, or was there still that “Whoa, THAT’S gonna happen?!?!” factor when reading the scripts for the final season?
I feel like all of us were still very surprised all the way up until the end. I mean, honestly, I wasn’t expecting them to chop off Noel Kahn’s head. I thought that was brilliant. What a way to go out.
The writers on our show just had a really great time, I think, surprising not only the cast and crew, but they loved surprising our audience.
People coming back for more and more, and sticking with us for seven seasons, is a testament to the creativity in the writers’ room. So absolutely, all the way up until the end, even in the final episode there were things I don’t think anyone was expecting until we actually sat down to read the script.
