Candy Magnolias followers don’t need to take into consideration the present coming to an finish, but does the season 5 finale set issues up simply in case the present isn’t renewed?
Throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly whereas selling Hallmark’s Windfall Falls, JoAnna García Swisher teased how season 5 wraps up the story, saying, “I don’t assume that it’s written as the tip by any stretch of the creativeness. However we’ve additionally gotten to be right here for 5 seasons and inform an unbelievable story.”
Swisher, 45, remained hopeful that there can be extra to come back.
“We might proceed to maintain it going if the entire chips fall in that approach,” she famous. “I believe everyone can be excited and keen to do this. But when that is it for us, we’ve got no management over it besides we’re simply attempting to do what we predict our followers will like and revel in. [With season 4], we virtually needed to burn it down [with Bill’s death] for that contemporary begin. And this season, you actually get that. With that comes thrilling and new ventures, prospects and relationships. It’s twisty and turny — that’s for positive.”
Primarily based on Sherryl Woods’ novels, Candy Magnolias tells the story of three girls who’ve been greatest buddies since childhood as they navigate their romantic lives, careers and rising households. Whereas Season 5, which is presently in manufacturing, picks up after Chris Klein‘s controversial character, Invoice, was killed off, Swisher promised that “no one dies” in the next season.
“Nevertheless it’s extraordinarily dramatic,” Swisher teased to Us. “It’s a roller-coaster — because it all the time is — however I believe that is the primary season in a very very long time that followers are gonna get these butterflies once more.”
The actress, who has performed Maddie because the present premiered in 2020, expressed her pleasure for viewers to see what the hit Netflix sequence has in retailer.
“There are some contemporary faces which might be becoming a member of our solid in actually distinctive and enjoyable methods,” she teased. “The Magnolias are seeing new prospects on the horizon which might be going to solely develop our world.”
Whereas previewing season 5, Swisher weighed in on some hot topics — like if Maddie might be headed for a being pregnant story line within the close to future.
“I truly simply talked about this yesterday with Justin [Bruening] as a result of I’m like, ‘We by no means bought a honeymoon.’ I don’t know if that can contain just a little bun within the oven — or at the very least a possibility,” Swisher mentioned. “However I believe it’s actually been actually candy to see Cal step into this father function and Cal is knocking it out of the park.”
She continued: “I don’t know if I do get pregnant. I hope it’s throughout the winter in Serenity, as a result of it’s actually scorching proper now. However I’m up for the journey.”
Swisher isn’t simply working on the next season of Candy Magnolias. She can also be an govt producer on Hallmark’s three-part Windfall Falls movie sequence, starring Katie Stevens, Lachlan Quarmby and Evan Roderick, primarily based on the guide sequence by Jude Deveraux set in 1844 Eire.
“We filmed so as and we knew the place we have been gonna find yourself,” she advised Us. “We’re all effervescent with methods to proceed these tales.”
Windfall Falls returns to Hallmark Channel with Windfall Falls: An Unimaginable Promise premiering on Saturday, August 9, and Windfall Falls: Thief of Destiny on Saturday, August 16, each at 8 p.m. ET.