Hypable attended The Bite Convention earlier this month and will be bringing you a recap of the Teen Wolf convention for each of the three days. Here’s day three!
About BiteCon
BiteCon was a fan-run convention exclusively for Teen Wolf that started as a distant dream, but quickly became a reality. Inviting cast and crew members from the show, the staff behind BiteCon pulled together the convention in record time and created a memorable event not only for the fans, but for many of the people behind Teen Wolf as well.
Hypable and Not Another Teen Wolf Podcast were there each of the three days in order to moderate the panels, and even host a few of our own. We’ll be giving detailed reports on each of the three days the convention was operating so you won’t miss any of the important information that came out of the con. And when we’re all done, we’ll have some giveaways as well!
Day 3 – Emotional Goodbyes
The cast and crew of Teen Wolf have been to conventions before, but many of those conventions do not focus strictly on that single show. BiteCon was the first exclusive Teen Wolf convention to be planned for the United States, and the first one to be carried out by fans of the show.
On day three, Haley Webb (Jennifer Blake) and Felisha Terrell (Kali) talked about their thoughts on Jennifer and Kali’s past relationship, Keahu Kahuanui (Danny) and Tyler Posey (Scott) talk about their characters’ relationships, and Max (Aiden) and Charlie Carver (Ethan) share stories from their childhood.
Badass Ladies
Though Webb and Terrell played enemies on screen, the two are real life friends! One of the first questions they got was if they’d like to come back on the show, despite the fact that their characters are dead. “If we did come back it would be really cool to see us in our former relationship. When we had something good,” Webb said. Added Terrell, “Well, like, we both talked about how we felt that, in the finale, we just didn’t get enough of our history of our back story. We got bits and pieces, but not enough to really flesh out the relationship that [Kali and Jennifer] had. ‘Cause they were very, very close and you didn’t really see that.”
Terrell later elaborated on Kali and Jennifer’s relationship by saying, “They were very close. I mean, Jennifer/Julia was Kali’s emissary to her pack before she became an alpha. So they were really, really close. She didn’t want to kill her, right? But the evil man made her. So we did discuss that. I mean, as far as the amount of years they were together, close, I don’t think we got into those details, but to me, and my choice, knowing that when the option of wanting to be an alpha of a pack and to kill someone that I loved and cared about so much, that’s why I walked away. ‘Cause I knew she wasn’t dead. You know? And we can make a joke about putting her out of her misery, but I truly didn’t want to have to do that. So to me she was the closest person to me ever.”
When asked if Kali and Jennifer had ever had a romantic relationship, Webb said, “Even if it didn’t happen there was always the possibility. I think it was definitely an ‘in love’ kind of thing. Because you can get betrayed by people, but if you get betrayed by someone you’re in love with […] that would cut too deep.”
On a happier note, Webb also talked about her friendship with Tyler Hoechlin (Derek), saying, “Hoechlin is a great dude, ’cause I have that whole huge monologue [in the elevator scene], and he was there off camera with me. Like, usually… I mean, I told him it was going to take a long time, so feel free to, like, you know, go do what you want. I’ll talk to a dot. And he was just like, ‘No, not at all.’ And so he stayed with me the whole time and was just nodding and giving me encouragement. It was a really cool moment.”
It’s Armani
Kahuanui and Posey’s shared panel was positive and upbeat, and it was obvious the two actors were having a lot of fun. Right from the top, Posey couldn’t stop saying good things about the newcomers to the show. “I love the new actors. Dylan Sprayberry [Liam] is so talented. So, he’s already a pleasure to work with, but he’s such a cool dude, he’s so humble, he reminds me a lot of me and Dylan O’Brien [Stiles]. And he’s so willing to learn.”
“He fits right in and he’s so much fun to be around,” Posey continued. “I think you’re going to love him on the show. He’s really good. And everyone else is great, too. They’re all really good friends with each other. It’s like they have this little clique. So it’s just like me and Dylan staring at them.”
Kahuanui also spoke about Danny’s relationships with a few of the characters, saying that he was probably the one that told Jackson Allison had died. Regarding Stiles, Kahuanui had this to say when asked why it seemed like Danny never really liked the other boy: “I actually think it’s one of those opposite kind of things? Where, you know, like, when you’re a little kid, you push the girl and you really like her? And she falls over, and you’re like, ‘Te he he he!’ And she thinks you hate her, but you actually… Danny has a secret crush [on Stiles], but he has to be mean.”
Moving on, Posey talked about Scott’s relationship with his dad, Agent McCall, who will be sticking around in season 4. “I think [Scott] wants his dad to try,” Posey said. “It’s been a long time since he’s been in the picture and he understands that he and his mom probably didn’t get along. But he’s never really tried to make an effort at all. And he’s noticed that and now all of a sudden he’s in the picture and he just kind of wants to weasel in, and just kind of go under the radar and just kind of fall into the family that way. But Scott doesn’t want that. So he definitely wants some respect. He wants his dad to try. Because I think Scott’s gotten over the fact that he’s grown up his entire life without him. So I think he’s done judging that. But he does want his dad to try, which would be new in Scott’s world. So yeah, I do think he’d be receptive to [his dad reintegrating himself in Scott’s life]. But we’ll see.”
‘Not Another Teen Wolf Podcast’ Live
The ladies who ran the convention gave us the opportunity to host a panel, which we recorded as a live podcast. We had stars Haley Webb and Felisha Terrell stop by, along with Morgan Evans from the “After After Show” and Matt McDonough, the senior manager of social marketing at MTV.
We’ve had Webb on our podcast before, but unfortunately for us, it was right before the reveal of Jennifer Blake’s true nature, which Webb obviously couldn’t talk about at the time. After calling her out on lying to our faces (so to speak), we asked her if she had played Jennifer Blake honestly up until the point of the reveal.
“I thought that I was sort of the only one who thought that? I really do think it was an honest thing and that’s how I played it and intended to play it that way,” Webb replied. “I sort of made my choice. I do, I really think that Julia was kind of Jennifer in a way. Did you guys ever see Skyfall? So you know when Javier Bardem comes down the elevator and he’s talking about the rats and how they changed their nature? Well, that was the first thing I thought of when I thought of the Darach. I was like, ‘Oh, this was a good person who got really twisted.’ So her nature is off. Her foundation is totally twisted. So the goodness is still in her, and that’s where Jennifer comes in — I think. I think she still has that honest aspect to her.”
Fair enough, Webb. We forgive you.
We also asked if Terrell thought Kali wanted forgiveness from Jennifer after everything she did to her. “I think, for me, I felt in the scene where she’s killing me, when I say I don’t care, that was so loaded for me,” Terrell said. “Because that’s all I cared about. It’s all I cared about. And that’s why it’s so sad we didn’t get more time to hash that relationship out, because those themes of forgiveness… There’s so many amazing themes in the show, right? But that’s a huge one. Forgiveness, redemption, can you come back from doing something so awful to someone? And even when you do something awful, that goodness is still there.”
After the ladies left, Morgan Evans popped by to talk about the “After After Show,” an internet-based show that followed Wolf Watch which aired on MTV and featured skits and interviews with the cast.
“We did a great fun bit here [at BiteCon] where I did a fake After After Show panel that no one came to,” Evans said. “So I was like sitting up here, ‘Thanks so much for coming to the After After Show panel,’ and then the only person in the audience is Tyler [Posey].”
A fan then asked if the continuation of the “After After Show” meant that Wolf Watch would still be airing following each season 4 episode. “I honestly don’t know. I do not know,” Evans said. “But no matter what it will still be called the After After Show. I was like, that’s the name of the show and they were like, ‘Maybe we could call it Internet Party or something?’ and I was like, ‘No. After After Show.’ So it’ll definitely be the After After Show. That will exist. But I would say that there’s probably going to be an after show to watch again.”
After conning Matt McDonough into joining us to talk about his experience with the fans on social media, we asked what his favorite part was about the Teen Wolf fandom. “The community,” he said, without hesitation. “I think it’s the incredible people that not only I’ve met but who have met each other. So, kind of the friendships that have been formed. And honestly, giving me a new understanding of the show that I work on.”
It Takes Two
Max and Charlie Carver easily carried the final panel of the convention all by themselves. Hilariously playing off of each other and sharing funny stories from when they were kids, the twins managed to keep the mood light while still talking seriously about their characters’ arcs.
It only took about 10 minutes into the panel to get the first war story from their childhood. “Charlie and I used to have warfare battles,” Max said, “and I think Charlie once was playing a bugle in my ear. Which is really loud and annoying. So I punched it down his throat and sent him to the ER. Then the following week, what did you do Charlie?”
Charlie, not quite hiding his pride, replied, “The following week, unprovoked but in revenge, Max was playing a harmonica, so I slammed the door in his face.”
Although it probably wasn’t (that) funny back then, it certainly had the entire audience laughing. Moments later, however, they brought the room back down from the hilarity when they talked about Max’s death scene as Aiden.
“It’s that tricky thing, because I think as actors and as twins sometimes we feel like people don’t want to give us a chance to get to do something that awful,” Charlie said. “So first you pick up the thing as actors and it’s like ‘OMG, we’re dead. Goodbye Teen Wolf.’ That was devastating. And then as the characters too, you go, ‘Wow, this is going to be…’ Not difficult, you know? I think my job is pretty great. But definitely an emotional day on set. And then as an actor you go, ‘Thank you, Jeff, for giving us this opportunity because we have to go one way or another, [so] let’s do something [great]’ You know, we like watching stories, we like telling stories, because we like feeling things. And getting invested in these characters and stuff. So getting to do something that was that big for our characters was a huge gift.”
“To me, though, I think there’s something magical about theater and film where you can put something like that on the screen,” Max followed up. “And the goal I think of all of this — ’cause I know the show had affected you guys, that’s obviously why you’re here, and it’s affected us — is to maybe change the way you see the world a little bit. Or to become aware of this feeling or this sense of loss or whatever it is that’s in front of you on the screen. So I think there’s a lot of good that comes out of a scene like that.”
Speaking of their characters before that final scene, both the twins said they thought Ethan and Aiden had been born werewolves, and they also said that if they could go back and change one thing, it would be not killing Boyd.
And as the final question of the panel — and the entire convention — we asked if the twins would take the bite if they were offered it in real life. “Would I take the bite?” he called out to the audience. “Would I take the bite?” he asked again, ramping everyone up. “No! I wanted to live a happy life!”
If you’d like to see more pictures and hear more stories from our time on set and at BiteCon, be sure to follow the NATWP Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram accounts, as well as keep an eye on our podcast page. You can also read the day one recap and the day two recap.
All photos are copyright of Tiffany Chien.