"Icy Adventures of Sabrina" in Casting The Devilish Ending, Season 2

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In the season finale of "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina", Kiernan Shipka's main character completely embraced her witch half and dedicated her soul to the devil, further complicating her already unusual relationship with death. "Without spoiling anything in season 2, there is a lot of mourning for her mortality," Shipka said.

It's a bittersweet look for the character, which has been reinvented by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" of Archie Comics. The new incarnation had been touched by death from the beginning; Sabrina Spellman never knew her parents, who died in an accident while she was a child. In addition, she lives in a house that also serves as a morgue run by her witty aunts and cousin.

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"There is a very deadly grip that Roberto brings to the death of the elements of the series and which addresses a very human point of view," said Shipka. "It's interesting to play a character who does not really grow up with that kind of experience. At the same time, Sabrina mourns the loss of her parents from the beginning. It is a constant in his mind and in his daily life. There is a loss that is always present. "

As the offspring of mortal and witch, Sabrina has always been destined to make her own way. Although she initially challenged her clan by refusing to sign the Dark Lord's book at the beginning of the show, her resolve collapsed when an infernal plague threatened to kill all Greendale's firstborns, including her friends. . As a result, her already powerful witch powers have been amplified and her lifespan has been prolonged as witches age more slowly than mortals.

Kiernan Shipka and Ross Lynch, "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"

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Of course, the disadvantage is that Sabrina must obey Satan's will, if he chooses to appeal to her. She also sacrifices something other than other witches and wizards: the deadly half of herself. She no longer feels the urgency of short-lived people, but she will also have to go to the Academy of Unseen Arts, leaving behind her deadly boyfriend Harvey (Ross Lynch) and her friends.

Sabrina did not make her fatal decision alone. She was encouraged by her teacher, Mrs. Wardwell (Michelle Gomez), who revealed her true identity to an unlucky mortal: "I am the mother of demons, the dawn of misfortune, the concubine of Satan. I am Lilith, dear boy, first wife of Adam, saved from despair by a fallen angel. I call Ms. Satan in her honor. If Sabrina were to choose darkness, she would eventually get a crown and a throne from the Dark Lord, but her actions also have a feminist and disruptive bias. "Women learn to fear power. Own it, "she told Sabrina.

Gomez said, "There is a resonance of" bringing down patriarchy ". Ms. Satan therefore defends the empowerment of women and actually encourages Sabrina to be the most powerful version of herself. What does it mean for the modern woman today with the choices we have?

Accepting to serve the devil could it be a stealthy way of removing the patriarchy from within? Madame Satan certainly does not lack ambition, and Aunt Zelda (Miranda Otto) of Sabrina also makes a crucial decision in the final. Among Sabrina's two aunts, Zelda has always been a dedicated member of the Church of Night and even had good relationships – a liaison, in fact – with the high priest, Father Blackwood (Richard Coyle). However, when she serves as a midwife to Lady Blackwood, who dies in childbirth, she claims that only one twin, a son, has survived.

She lied. A girl was born first, but Zelda stole her "to protect the baby … It's a girl born before her brother and the high priest, I'm afraid he would have done it."

Miranda Otto, "The Icing Adventures of Sabrina"

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Otto said, "I think she has her own very private doubts about certain things and how certain things are going. I see her a bit like a politician. She is in the game, she plays long game and she fiercely protects Sabrina. She really feels that as a half witch, if she does not belong to the coven, she is in a very dangerous position.

"For her, the only position to take is to be in the Church and do what you can. Even if Zelda scolds Sabrina and is tough with her, I think she really admires her strength, tenacity and rebelliousness. There is a part of her that sees Sabrina one day running the church one way or another. "

Season 2, already in Vancouver, seems to be ripe for the revolution. Shipka hinted at Sabrina's fate: "The other day I was in rehearsal for a second season scene. I ended up going to bed, I see a group of people watching me and, at the rehearsal, I said to myself, "Here's a snapshot of" Rosemary's Baby. "Oh my god, so that goes on.

Additional report by Jamie Rhigetti.

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