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From the 'banana boat' to the final scene, 'Every Year After' actors Matt Cornett and Sadie Soverall are revealing all. Watch them break down the biggest plot twists, character motivations, and why certain iconic moments from the novel were adapted differently for the Prime Video hit.
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00:00Could I get three quick updates from you guys?
00:02Oh, three updates.
00:03We can do three collectively.
00:05Yeah, let's do three collectively.
00:06Okay.
00:07All right.
00:08First one.
00:09Hey, Every Year After is coming out this week.
00:12It's coming out soon, which I guess by the time this happens, it will already be out.
00:16Every Year After is out.
00:17That's fun.
00:18Yeah.
00:18We are in New York right now.
00:22We're in New York having fun.
00:23Favorite place ever.
00:24Yeah.
00:24And then this is the first time Saini and I have seen each other in eight, nine months.
00:37Hi, guys.
00:37It's so nice to meet you.
00:38Hi.
00:39Great to meet you.
00:40I love the book.
00:41I love this show.
00:42I'm really excited to chat with you guys about it.
00:44And I would love to dive into some spoilers if you guys are cool with that.
00:47Please, spoiler it up.
00:48And Saini, I want to start with you because something I was thinking about the whole time
00:51I was watching the show was where was the banana boat?
00:54And I was shocked when it showed up.
00:55I was curious why that was an important change to make and why it was important to introduce
01:00it when it was introduced.
01:03I don't know if I'd be able to speak on why that was a change for then.
01:06I think that would probably be something Amy would answer better than me.
01:11But I think the significance of the banana boat was like teased in moments.
01:18I mean, there's that beautiful scene where they're kind of driving it and then it breaks
01:23down, which was really fun to film.
01:26And we were all kind of in this boat, like trying to stay afloat, like not be seasick.
01:33But yeah, I think it's like a teasing for, you know, the subsequent books and moments in
01:40the series.
01:41And Matt, seeing Sam's reaction to what Percy and Charlie did, like broke my heart and it
01:48because it's not something we get to see in the book.
01:50And I was curious, do you think he like really believes it when he tells Charlie, like, we're
01:54done, you're dead to me and all that kind of stuff?
01:56Well, 110%, I think he believes it.
01:59I think he is so beyond hurt by Charlie, more than any of the hurt that has ever happened
02:06with Percy, at least in that given moment.
02:08I think that, and he says so in the show at one point, like Charlie is his only family
02:13he has left.
02:14And to be so deeply betrayed by that sole family member that you have left now that both
02:20of his parents are gone, he doesn't have other siblings, like this is his only like blood
02:25relative.
02:25And so having that level of betrayal and hurt and, you know, that's something that I love
02:32that we get to see in the show.
02:33I love that we get to see that moment happen.
02:35And I love that Sam doesn't know in our show.
02:38I know that that's a slight difference from, you know, from the book.
02:41But I think Sam not knowing just creates an environment for us to see his spiral rather
02:48than in the book, you know, we hear about it and it's talked about, but we don't get
02:52to actually actively see it happen.
02:54And I think for me, it was really fun to get to play that, but also seeing the changes
02:58in the relationships with Percy and with Charlie and watching Sam completely like close Charlie
03:06off is heartbreaking.
03:08And for me, it's like, I have a brother that I'm very close to.
03:12And so like trying to tap into that, like the thought of closing out my brother like that
03:16is heartbreaking.
03:17And I think it's just, it's such a great addition to the show.
03:20Agreed.
03:21Yeah, I loved it.
03:22And Sadie, another addition I loved in the show was Sue giving Percy the tavern instead
03:28of the boys the tavern.
03:29Carly told me that that was the change that shocked her the most.
03:32And I was curious why, what adding that conflict in adds to the show in this story as a whole.
03:39I mean, I think it adds another layer on top of the obstacles between Percy and Sam and
03:45Percy and Charlie and also between those brothers.
03:49I mean, it's like another point of difficulty between everyone.
03:53And I also think it's like, it's a big thing of responsibility.
03:58I mean, running and owning a tavern.
04:01And I think Percy's also really struggling with having responsibility over her life and
04:10ownership over what she wants to do.
04:13So yeah, definitely more obstacles.
04:16Matt, I love that Sam's first words to Percy in the book and in the show where you came
04:20home.
04:21I was curious why those are his first words and what the meaning behind that is.
04:25Yeah, I think something that's so beautiful is Sam, even though he feels like he left and
04:31he left this life behind, this thing that it's been 10 years.
04:35I think to a degree, he feels like he's moved on, but to the depths of his heart, he has
04:40never forgotten about Percy and Percy has never gone away.
04:42I think, you know, Percy was his first love, his first real love.
04:45And that will always hold a special place in his heart and inherently in people's hearts
04:50in general, I think.
04:51So seeing her come back to this town, it's one of those things that, you know, not only
04:57is he back in this town that is bubbling up all these emotions of when he was a teenager,
05:01that he's trying to kind of like shove away while he's trying to figure out his relationship
05:06with Taylor, Percy coming back, it almost boils over to an extent that he can't fight
05:13it.
05:13And he is happy to see her.
05:15Like he still loves her.
05:16He still cares about her.
05:18He might be in a relationship with somebody else, but he is happy to see her.
05:22And in his head, I think it's an, oh, crap moment.
05:27Like I, I have to figure out now, like these feelings that I've shoved down so far are now
05:33in front of my face and I can't fight it.
05:36So I think, yeah, Percy being there, I mean, he says it's, it's, it's bad for, it's bad for
05:41him.
05:42And I think it's just because it complicates things so much because he does have so much
05:46care for her still.
05:46I just don't know what it's going to be like to see her again.
05:51Sam.
05:51You came home.
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