Katia Winter says Sleepy Hollow Season 2 has “been a little manic”

Jeff Pfeiffer

11 years ago

Some Sleepy Hollow fans have, to a degree, been disappointed by the direction Season 2 has been going, especially regarding the relationship between Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and his wife, Katrina (Katia Winter), with some fans preferring to see something happen between Ichabod and his modern-day partner Abbie (Nichole Beharie) rather than wait for Ichabod to help Katrina get acclimated to the 21st century, which has come complete with courting each other anew via modern dating rituals.

Don’t worry, fans; Katia Winter has heard your concerns and, to some extent, shares them, but thinks it all should work out by season’s end.

“It’s been a little manic this season, to be honest,” Winter told me in an interview last week, which took place the day after filming wrapped on Sleepy Hollow Season 2. “I’ve heard the fans are really divided, and I totally get the Ichabod/Abbie chemistry, and they’re so fun and good together as partners. And I also understand the criticisms they have with Katrina, my character. But it is what it is. I do the best with the material. I can’t really change the storylines, even though at times I’d like to. I think there’s been some frustrations from my end and the fans with my character in the beginning half of this season. But I’m hoping that it’s rectified toward the end.

“It’s been a tricky character to figure out and to write for, because she wasn’t really established in Season 1 as much, and she’s grown into Season 2. So I feel quite confident that by the end of this season it’s going to be all sorted (laughs). You can’t please everyone, that’s for sure, but I have read some of the fans’ reaction, and I actually agree with a lot of what they say. And I think the writers on the show have listened, as well, to what they’ve been saying. So that’s good.”

Winter sounded more pleased with where the second half of Season 2 (which began airing Jan. 19) is headed.

“Especially toward the end of the season, which I’ve been most excited about, [Katrina] finally finds her ground and stands her ground for the first time, because it’s been a little bit uncertain, I would say. There’s a really amazing moment, I think in episode 15 and 17, where she just kind of chooses her own path. So that’s what I’ve enjoyed the most, actually.”

And Katrina getting accustomed to the new century, and getting reacquainted with her husband, will continue to be a storyline.

“There’s going to be nice moments,” Winter said. “They’re going to go on a date, for example, the modern day time. Which was quite fun, They’re bonding over weird things that are going on in the modern day. The way people interact, public affection — people weren’t really kissing in public and stuff like that back in the day. Little funny moments like that, they explore together. Obviously, there’s stuff that always seems to come between them. But there are definitely some really good moments between Katrina and Ichabod this year.”

And will there be a next year? When discussing the vibe on the set about whether cast and crew think there will be a Sleepy Hollow Season 3, she sounded optimistic.

“I think so,” she said. “It hasn’t been officially announced. They’re discussing changes for Season 3 and all that, so I think once they have a plan for Season 3 they’re going to announce it. But we literally just wrapped yesterday, so I think now they’re starting to focus on Season 3.”

Helping her confidence in the new season, perhaps, is how the writers have become open to suggestions from her on her character.

“They have been [open] lately, which is nice,” said Winter. “I don’t really speak up that much, but I have started to, which is good (laughs) and I’ve been pleasantly surprised that they’ve actually listened to my input. It’s been good.”

Sleepy Hollow airs Mondays at 9pm ET/PT on FOX.

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