- The characters, ultimately - Yes, they're superheroes,
but I think behind that, each individual person
is very relatable in their own specific, unique way.
They have flaws, you know, they have problems that all
of us as humans have. Depending on which one you relate
to most, there's things that people draw from,
but I think, ultimately, it's the immersion factor of being
on the journey with these characters and the fun factor.
It ticks so many boxes 'cause it draws
with the music and everything.
It draws on nostalgia and on people's emotions.
And Steve Blackman is a kind of a genius in that way.
He gives us, as actors, you know,
huge amounts of freedom to play with them.
- [Robert] Very sort of super-themes couched in very normal context.
- Because if this wasn't, like, a show about, like, people,
if it was just superheroes
and it wasn't about, like, the relationships -
- Yeah, yeah.
- And the trauma and learning to accept that.
- And family.
- You wouldn't have people getting so attached
to these characters in the show.
- [Tom and Robert] Yeah.
- The heightened reality is just, like, it's all bravado
and it's very fun to see and exciting,
but this show is about people.
- Hi, MTV News!
We are the cast of 'The Umbrella Academy'
and this is our top 5 favorite moments from Season 3.
- My favorite moment of Season 3
is Luther's musical number
after he spent the night with Sloane.
I really enjoyed that.
In fact, all of Luther's bits
are really, really great this season.
- Aw!
- That's sweet.
- There was a moment in Season 3 very dear to my heart,
where Diego and Stanley have
rolled Klaus up
in a rug - - Oh, yeah.
And we're in a corridor and it's a very, very sort of
dark mood.
Like, we just couldn't explain to the rest what happened.
It was an accident, OK?
And they can't quite believe it.
And there's this sort of long, protracted silence of sadness,
and then Klaus comes back to life
in a very unexpected fashion and everyone starts screaming
and roaring and clattering around the elevator.
That was very, very, very fun to watch back
and very fun to shoot on the day.
- It's funny you say that, Rob,
'cause that was the one that I was gonna say.
Well, shooting it because I remember just carrying you
and it was so hot, and you were so hot in it, and I could -
And I felt for you. And every single take,
right before they started, I had to somehow remove the hairs
from the carpet, remember, out of your face.
- [Robert] Yeah.
- But also, still make sure that you still saw you
because it made no sense to have you
in a carpet without seeing your face in it. - [Robert] Yeah.
It was, like, it was the most shed-y carpet of all time.
It was a very, very shaggy carpet.
- One of my favorite moments was in episode 8,
we had a scene in - Right before the bachelor party
where Lila's trying to get me to go to the bachelor party
and I don't want to go.
And I remember how fun on the day it was
and how it kind of played out because when I saw the scene,
actually, it's one of those scenes where, like, you know,
obviously, you guys, I'm sure, can relate to this
where you can shoot something and then when you see it,
it doesn't match, at least how it felt.
- Yeah.
- To me, that was the first time,
one of the first times where the way it felt
is the way it kind of came across.
- [Tom and Robert] Yeah.
- And even at the end, how we were out - We were kind of able to flip
this kind of very, not cheesy,
but almost, like, very lovey-dovey scene about "I love you"
and all these things, but it was kind of handled
with some humor underneath and levity
that at the end Diego had his pants off.
- Of course, it's your favorite scene.
- Of course. [Robert] It's always a good scene.
- [Tom] Great moment.
- That was a good scene.
- My favorite moment would be episode 8,
the wedding episode as a whole,
because we were all together in it.
We got to play drunk a lot.
There was lots of, like, two-handers within it.
It felt like a wedding party.
- Yeah, we were there for, like, several weeks or something.
- Like, a whole week.
It was, like, a week of night shoots.
- It was, like, the most relaxed, lovely
shooting environment ever 'cause everyone was just bonding.
It was meant to be, like, a wedding thing, so.
- Yeah.
- I remember this story,
I think someone told you, Rob, where I think you told me,
where there was a myth or certain fable of a woman there
that was haunting the hallways
because of a man who was getting married,
like, a hundred years ago, in that same place,
ended up killing his mistress,
who came the day of the wedding,
and the mistress would roam around at night.
And it was, like, for, like, 3 days and felt like,
"Oh my god, this place is haunted by this mistress."
- Yeah, I was gonna say,
I remember that just being a really spooky -
- Yeah, place.
- Like, place.
And I think it's because of this myth
that was going around.
- Yeah.
And then someone said, "It was a lie!"
You know, and it was like -
- But, we were already scared by then.
- The smell of death everywhere you.
- Yeah.
- Everywhere you looked, the smell of death in that place.
(Ritu laughing)
- My favorite moment from Season 3 that isn't the ballroom
stuff, as previously mentioned, is I think pretty much,
like, all of the stuff that we did going on
the Amish thing 'cause - - Yeah, that was great.
- You got to shift into a different gear
in terms of, like, the show's very poised and up all the time.
It was lovely to just, like, get a chance to kick back
and sort of have a different vibe for the show.
- Yeah, and, as well, I remember.
- And of course, it gets turned on it it's side.
- We got to go on a field trip out to this beautiful,
idyllic, picturesque farm and, previously, we'd been in studio
with, like, slightly smothered with COVID restrictions.
And so, for me, it was -
- It was quite freeing.
- Yeah, it was, yeah.
And it was the sun starting to be summertime
and there was Amish people around.
- Yes.
- You know, gardening and livestock.
- I love that of stuff of you just running over the thing.
It's perfect.