Harper island how many seasons

And maybe it would have been better suited on the CW originally, particularly as there was a whole interactive online element. Scandal and Pretty Little Liars thrived in part because of live-tweeting, a concept that wouldn't happen for a few more years. CBS also produced the web series Harper's Globe , centering around the local newspaper, as an attempt to boost the online community, which they debuted the mouth before the premiere and which featured some of the characters from the show.

Imagine the potential if this debuted now! Websites would be replaced by Instagram profiles and Pinterest boards featuring ideas for Trish's wedding. By stating this is a one-off story — with the option to expand the concept — the intention was to engage viewers who worried there might not be any resolution.

It was a quick fling for summer rather than a series that would drag on for years. This also meant that pretty much all the characters were expendable, even those recognizable faces. The influence of the Saw franchise is apparent as the scenarios in which the victims meet their end are somewhat complicated in execution.

This is also a good reminder of how far even network TV can go when depicting acts of violence on screen. By the way, those were the best days to be on set. So that was a good backstory, using Wakefield as a real character.

Karim and [co-executive producer] Dan Shotz asked me to come to their hotel room in the middle of the night. I walked back to my apartment with my head buzzing. I went out and bought a big knife the next day and kept a knife on me at all times and never told anybody just to have that sense of danger. But I had to keep the secret from the cast until we started shooting the last two episodes.

I remember being at a bar in Vancouver with maybe three of us [guys] left and sitting across from Matt Barr just lying to his face. One of my favorite memories was the intense frustration of working with Elaine Cassidy near the end because I desperately wanted to tell her the truth about Henry being the killer and she absolutely refused to let me tell her.

I asked if he was okay and he gave me that signal. So I had to do the Heimlich maneuver to clear his throat in the middle of trying to stay in character as a murderer! While some deaths were extremely graphic i. It was the most difficult to shoot. We spent two days on that drawbridge. And for anyone who has been on that drawbridge, you know only two or three people can be on it at a time. We also had the best time trying to find the right piece of score to put to it.

It was also an emotional death [because] it was witnessed by three of our characters. She had to run outside in the forest without any shoes on in a strapless dress.

So the next season we'd have a group of new actors, no-one returns, and it's Harper's Safari. Zreik went on: "We would've loved to do a second season. The two ideas [were] on opposite ends of the spectrum. But I think we were closer to the safari. Well, we would've loved that, with or without John Wakefield.

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