We made the show for Disney+ and as we were in the final stages of editing, a decision was made to move the show over to Hulu. Did that move happen after production on Season 1 had wrapped? TVLINE | Of course, the show was originally ordered at Disney+ before it landed at Hulu. All the rich fabric of the teenage experience, but told through a gay lens. If Season 1 is the story of a young person figuring out who they are and what they want, Season 2 can be all the exciting things that happen next: first love, first relationship, first sexual experiences. TVLINE | To that end, might we see a more self-assured Victor in Season 2, now that he’s come out to his parents?
Related News Every TV Show on Peacock, NBCU's Streaming Service And it doesn’t negate the love that is actually there, but it does mean the family has to grow and learn and eventually accept and have pride for their family member. So many people have family members who love them and are warm and care deeply about them, but they completely bungle their reaction to the coming out. And we did not want to represent this homophobia as villainous. To us, it was important to tell a story that honored the difficult experiences that many LGBT youth go through. I’m a member of the LGBTQ community, and I had a relatively lovely experience coming out with my family, but I know so many people who had a more complicated journey. That was a real opportunity for us to tell a story that was different than the film.
One of the benefits of being able to tell this story on television is that we get to see a full journey we get to tell a longer story with more nuance and more problems and people changing. What can you tease about how they might respond in Season 2? TVLINE | We do see, throughout Season 1, that Victor’s parents are more conservative than Simon’s were - but there does seem to be a warmth from Isabel and Armando that suggests they could be more accepting of Victor’s big news than he’s expecting them to be. And it’s reflective of a moment in the film when Jennifer Garner’s character tells Simon, “You get to exhale now.” There’s a feeling of immediate release when Victor says the words, and for us to end on that moment felt triumphant. His journey has largely been within himself, so it felt like the right ending to let that final moment be about him and not the reaction of other people.Ī number of viewers have noted on Twitter that he says the words and then he has this little exhalation. He’s spent the entire season figuring out who he is, and now he has the courage and the confidence to say the words out loud.
A number of people were asking, “Why can’t we see what happens next?” And for us, there is a certain amount of bravery in the action that Victor takes at the end of the season. It encapsulates the feeling of nervousness when you come out and you don’t know what the reaction of the person you’re telling is going to be. What that ending does is it really puts the audience in Victor’s shoes. I’m watching online as the fans react to the finale, and I think it’s this moment of both joy, but also frustration and nervousness, about what happens next for Victor. Why did this feel like the right time for that milestone? TVLINE | First, I’m curious about the decision to end the season with Victor coming out to his family, rather than place that moment a few episodes earlier - or perhaps even hold it until Season 2. On the heels of Love, Victor‘s full-season release earlier this month, TVLine spoke with co-showrunner Brian Tanen, who explained that finale cliffhanger, teased the future appearances of more Love, Simon characters and hinted at how a potential Season 2 - which, unlike Season 1, will not be produced for Disney+ - will “push the envelope” as Victor explores his sexuality. Victor’s coming out capped a first season full of adolescent confusion for the character, as he explored a romance with Creekwood High classmate Mia while harboring admittedly more intense feelings for his peer and coworker Benji.