For actress Annette O'Toole, who has played the character for six seasons now, Hope's complicated persona is what makes her such a joy to portray.
In Season 6, which premieres Dec. 19 on Netflix, Hope is in the thick of pulling the town together for Jack (Martin Henderson) and Mel's (Alexandra Breckenridge) wedding. Pulling off the ceremony of the century will open some old wounds for Hope, though, and should give fans a better insight into why she is the way she is.
"In this season, we find out about an ex-husband of hers and what that relationship was like. You see how that probably affected her," O'Toole revealed. "She married him very, very young, and he was so domineering that now she may go overboard with being in control of things. She has to be in control because she wasn't in control for so long."
"Tim and I work on scenes together because there's not a lot of time to do it on set. We usually go over things. We either get together or we do it over the phone and make sure we know where we're coming from and where we're going, and how this might reverberate in the future. That's really fun," she explained.
"We care a lot about making these people as real as possible. When things come up that we feel like, 'Oh, that's not quite right' because we know the history—Tim and I have our own character histories and then together as a couple because we've done it for seven seasons," the actress detailed. "Some of these writers haven't been on it that long, so they haven't delved into each character the same way we do as the people playing them. Every once in a while we may have to go in and have a chat about is this the right decision, but nothing more than that. It's just kind of a suggestion because we want to make it feel real, and we seldom want to change things drastically."
"It's kind of amazing. I've been doing this for a long time. I've done some things that were successful, but nothing like this," O'Toole said. "This is kind of a global phenomenon that nobody saw coming. It's lovely. It's really wonderful."
That's high praise coming from O'Toole, who got her first on-screen role in 1967, playing Tina in an episode of My Three Sons. She's been a working actor for almost 60 years, but she still finds joy in the work so she has no plans of stopping any time soon.
"Nobody can teach you how to do this. Think about the times you got advice and you're like, 'Yeah sure. Just leave me alone.' I think Young Annette did okay. It has always been about the work and trying to be better for me, trying and working really hard to enjoy what I do," the actress countered. "I have such a wonderful job. I love the people I work with for the most part. I've had a couple of lemons in there, but they shall remain nameless. It's such a joyful life and career."
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