Luke Newton spoke to Folks for a similar characteristic, and he made certain to notice that, as a result of Colin and Penelope are shut mates who ultimately understand their emotions for one another — although Penelope has lengthy harbored emotions for Colin, he solely takes discover of her throughout Season 3 after she undergoes a basic rom-com makeover — so all the expertise can be light, candy, and type.
“Finally, the objective was for it to appear actually genuine to these two characters,” Newton mentioned of the primary kiss that Colin and Penelope share in Season 3 Episode 2, “How Shiny the Moon,” the place Penelope shyly asks Colin to kiss her and awakens sudden emotions inside him.
“We simply needed to honor that as a result of individuals have quite a lot of love for his or her relationship, and we needed to maintain it actually true to that,” Newton continued, revealing that quite a lot of discussions went on about precisely how Penelope and Colin would work together intimately. “So we’d have discussions about how their first encounter can be and what the intimacy can be like, and if it will be, and we talked to the intimacy coordinator of even the depth of the scene and if it was fairly…how light they might be with one another when it is the beginning of one thing and the place we will take it from there.”