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Spoilers ahead forThe Midnight Club.
The mysteries were never really revealed to me as we were shooting.
Im okay with that.
If that means we can get a second season, that would be great.
There are a lot of kids, and they all have different arcs.
The final scene of the season reveals an hourglass tattoo on Dr. Stantons neck.
I do kind of know which member of the cult she might have been.
But I dont know any of the story behind her activities in the cult.
Its also revealed that the doctor herself has cancer, or has been dealing with cancer this whole time.
Or she might still be a practicing cult member who shaves her head or something.
I choose to believe for my character that shes a voice for science and for the here and now.
Am I correct about what I think about the doctor?
And I wanted her to have that really white hair.
I administer the company, and he is the makeup artist and the makeup-effects designer.
He will get the scripts and break them down and create all the practical effects.
It gives us a chance to work really closely and do a lot of projects together.
Our company did an episode ofCabinet of Curiosities, which is coming out at the end of the month.
Its been a really cool partnership.
Its one of the beauties of this profession: People still need you when youre very old.
It occurred to me that inDream Warriors, youre also playing a maternal role to a bunch of kids.
Obviously its different, because Nancy is just a grad student in that movie.[Laughs.]
With a lot of ideas.
But the way my character was portrayed, it seemed like a much greater gap in age and maturity.
It comes very naturally to me to be the mother figure to kids.
Its a real privilege if you get to have relationships like that in your life.
But this portrayal is a little different, because the worst isalreadygoing to happen to all these kids.
My job is less to prevent their demise and more to teach them what it means to live.
Its very hard for people who are terminally ill to find a reason to celebrate their own lives.
Most adults in horror dont believe the kids.
They minimize their fears and tell them that theyre being ridiculous.
Theres no such thing as Freddy Krueger, right?
Its quite a different adult role from most horror.
One of my favorite parts of the season is Stantons emphasis on agency.
Oh, I hear this makes you live longer if you do this or you drink that.
Were all trying to constantly extend our lives.
So many people in America have a relative or somebody who has died of cancer.
Theres the moment when you just realize,Were kind of done with all the things that might work.
Or you could try just one more thing, try this thing or try that thing.
And weaving those together isnt that tough.
Good movies do it very well, and I thinkNightmare on Elm Streetreally, really did it well.
Youre really doing deeper dives into all of the members of your cast.
The thing I liked most aboutThe Midnight Clubis that we really get to know these kids pretty well.
The stories that they tell are not meant to be miniNightmare on Elm Streetstories.
Theyre kid versions of scary stories.
They might not be excellent, but theyre actually there toreveal.
Sometimes stories dont have to be great to be really meaningful.
You dont pick the genre that you get to be known for.
Its something that I would never have imagined for myself, knowing who I am.
Im not someone who seeks out to be scared, first of all.
Life is so scary on its own I dont need any additional scares.
But I do really respect the genre, obviously; Ive been working in it for 40 years now.
The reason I respect it so much is because it is extremely difficult.
Its very difficult to make something that scares people.
I couldnt even make something scary if I tried.
And then there are other people who are creating masterpieces.
I still feel like Im an outsider looking in, oftentimes.
And I continue to watch from the outside like, Thats going to be a great effect.
Because Im the kind of person who holds images in my head for a very long time.
I couldnt be him.
I dont want to be thinking about horrible ways to kill teenagers.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
