Fringe returns to the UK on Wednesday night after an extended absence. To thaw the series from its winter chill, John Noble spoke to SFX Magazine about the second-half of the season, the alternate universe, this year’s cliffhanger, and much more.
Head past the jump for some of the best quotes – contains spoilers for UK fans, and some for those up to US broadcast pace.
SFX: Season three has seen the show reaching new creative highs. Can you give us any broad hints about where the show is heading at the end of the season?
“I think you’re right. Creatively season three continues to amaze. We’ve tried some fairly radical things. One of the most radical is to create an alternative version of ourselves, which is really dangerous because fans are inclined to be invested in the characters they know and for them to create a whole package of other characters is dangerous.
“But it’s such a grand experiment to do. We’ve introduced the fact that there’s this major conflict that exists between these two places, between these two sets of characters that has to be resolved, and it’s been said that only one can survive so the stakes are enormous.
“Towards the end of the season that builds and builds. I haven’t seen the final script yet but it will be sensational, I know that from the little leaks I’ve heard about how this season will resolve. We’ve had some most unusual things happening. There will be some form of resolution to that conflict by the end of season three.”
SFX: For two years now the season has ended with a jaw-dropping cliffhanger, can we expect the same this year?
“I think there’s no doubt about that at all. From what I’ve heard it’s, ‘Oh my God!’ territory. Our writers are still juggling. I’m off in a moment to do a reshoot of the end scene of an episode three episodes ago, because they need to tweak that, and that happens all the time as they continually refine their thoughts and direction.
“That’s what happens. It’s kind of exciting. I remember in the finale last year having to go back and reshoot the opening scene for ‘Brown Betty’, which was the musical episode. We needed a better opening in there so they put in the opening with Walter smoking a bong, which worked like a dream, but that was put in later.”
SFX: Will we see Walternate’s machine in action before the end of the season?
“Yes you will.”
SFX: In a recent episode we saw Walter struggling to find a way to stop the spread of vortexes on our side of the universe, and we see it has quite a profound effect on him – will the pressure start to affect him as the series goes on?
“It’s interesting and thank you for noticing that. Of course – pushed into a corner what decisions do you make? He created this issue, or claims he created this issue – he certainly takes it on his own shoulders – and now is asked to resolve it. So he has to make hard decisions and what worries him is the way his doppelganger chose to resolve it, this man with the same intellect solved it by creating amber and creating a police state. Was that the only solution the Walternate had? Perhaps it was. I think that Walternate probably made the best decisions that were open to him at the time to be honest. As much as we don’t like Walternate very much I think it was just as well that they had a man like Walternate there with his intellect and his power to do what he did. Walter hates the fact that he’s beginning to respond the way that Walternate did.”
SFX: Will Walter be returning to the alternate universe before the end of the series, or will the alternate universe Fringe division be coming to our side?
“There will be communication… From the scripts that I’ve seen – I’ve still got two to see – there has been no crossover per se. But there is communication. There could be a jump later but there’s nothing I’ve seen at this point of a tangible, physical body going from one to the other.”
SFX: Leonard Nimoy has said he’ll be returning to Fringe in the future. Do you know if you’re going to be sharing any more scenes with William Bell this year?
“I’m going to keep you in the dark there. I know that Leonard said that and he doesn’t tell lies. His return is in the most unusual way you can think of. Very, very unusual. I’m just so dying to tell you but I can’t. You find out at the end of episode 18 and then 19 when we really see that in full. It’s extraordinary; it’s the most amazing television you’ve ever seen.”
You can read the entire interview over at SFX.
John Noble also talks Fringe in this recent interview.
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