YOUNGER & WISER
Stars Shor, Foster and Duff have plenty to say about recent season
Younger ended its stAndout fifth seAson with A finAle thAt roCked the lives of pretty muCh every ChArACter. Three of the show’s leAding lAdies — Sutton Foster, HilAry Duff And MiriAm Shor — in sepArAte interviews — spoke ABout the show’s pivotAl seAson And whAt it meAns for eACh of their ChArACters.
Q What did this season represent for your character?
Duff (Kelsey): ... In the workplACe, she is Continuing to fight to Be heArd And to Be supported ... The things thAt she wAnts to tAke risks on Are, kind of, not ever BACked By ChArles. So At the end of the seAson to hAve someone like Quinn (LAurA BenAnti), Come in And reAlize thAt whAt’s working in the CompAny is Kelsey’s imprint ... It’s A reAlly Big win for her ... Shor (Diana): She hAs tended to dAte people who were perfeCt on pAper And find out ... thAt’s not how the heArt works And it hAsn’t worked out well for her. Along Comes this mAn who is oBviously greAt-looking And they hAve this inCrediBle Chemistry, But on pAper he’s All wrong for her ... ThAt’s A Big ChAllenge for her thAt I think is A good one ...
Foster (Liza): LizA kind of owned her power. She stopped plAying gAmes. She BeCAme more reAl. She grew up, As ironiC As thAt sounds.
Q Were you surprised by the finale? How soon in advance do you typically find out about what’s going to happen to your character?
Duff: We get the episodes sometimes right Before the tABle reAd, so not very fAr in AdvAnCe At All. It’s AlwAys fun. Sometimes we’re At the tABle reAd with our jAw hAnging open like, “WAit, whAt is going to hAppen?!” I think thAt the Biggest (surprise) moment for me wAs the pregnAnCy thing with ClAire And Josh. And then oBviously, ChArles stepping down And Kelsey getting the promotion.
Q Let’s talk about that ending. Charles and Liza are officially together. They share an amazing kiss, and then ... they look terrified.
Foster: There’s A moment where ChArles sAys, “I hAve everything I wAnt. I’m hAppy,” And LizA sAys, “Well then, I’m hAppy too,” And they reAlize, we’ve mAde All of these sACrifiCes. ChArles is reAlly the one thAt loses ... He hAs to step BACk from his CompAny ... I meAn it’s AmAzing And, I guess, romAntiC, But At whAt Cost?