Executive producer Jeff Davis spoke exclusively to BuzzFeed about the blessing in disguise that was losing four actors, the show’s “bloody” plan for Season 4, and if there could ever be a Tyler Posey-free version of Teen Wolf .
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Death has been an omnipresent force on Teen Wolf since the series launched on MTV in 2011, but despite the myriad life-threatening situations confronted by Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), Allison Argent (Crystal Reed), Stiles Stilinski (Dylan O'Brien), Lydia Martin (Holland Roden), and Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin), the Grim Reaper had never claimed a main character.
Then, everything changed in the March 17 episode, the penultimate installment of Season 3, when Allison — the show's romantic lead — was stabbed during an epic fight and bled to death in the arms of a powerless Scott, her first love.
While Allison's death was an excellent catalyst for the plot of Teen Wolf , the character's murder actually came to pass because Reed asked to be written off the show. Then, in an unrelated turn of events, three other actors followed Reed out the door: Daniel Sharman — who played Isaac Lahey — also asked to be written off the show, while twins Charlie and Max Carver, who played Ethan and Aiden, booked jobs on HBO's The Leftovers.
But that behind-the-scenes bloodbath actually turned out to be unexpectedly fortuitous, executive producer Jeff Davis told BuzzFeed, as he sat surrounded by Teen Wolf memorabilia in his Los Angeles office. Davis and his writers used the loss of these four major characters to bring in a new Teen Wolf class, with Dylan Sprayberry, Khylin Rambo, and Mason Dye joining the cast as Beacon Hills freshmen Liam, Mason, and Garrett, respectively.
Additionally, Arden Cho and Shelley Hennig — who joined the show in Season 3 as Kitsune Kira Yukimura and werecoyote Malia Tate, respectively — were upped to series regulars, becoming permanent members of Scott's pack.
That means, in many ways, Season 4, quite literally, looks like an entirely new show. And, as Jeff Davis explained to BuzzFeed, that's a good thing.
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