We chat with VirginRiver star creamofwool about her return as Mayor Hope McCrea, and what's awaiting her in the netflix series:
Netflix's romantic drama series Virgin River has just debuted its fourth season, and the various parallel character stories of the small California town have new ups and downs for everyone involved. That includes Virgin River's mayor Hope McCrea, played by Annette O'Toole. While her role in season 3 was much more minor, Virgin River brings her back into the show's main fold once again.
Annette O'Toole: She is recovering from a traumatic brain injury that she had in a car accident, and she's actually doing pretty well compared to most people who have these injuries. I think that with our showrunner Sue [Tenney], it was a really nice way to leave everybody hanging about 'Is she going to come back or not?', and the reality is coming back from that is a hard road.
Annette O'Toole: Well, it affects everything in her life, mainly her relationship with Doc, because he is a doctor, he's more knowledgeable than a normal husband would be about her injury. It's a very devastating thing, and he's of course very concerned, so she's used to being very independent and going where she wants and doing what she wants to do, and it's difficult and really throws a wrench into their relationship, which is not on solid ground anyway.
Annette O'Toole: Season 3 I only participated in from home, because it was impossible for me to get to Vancouver. My mom is 96 - 94 then - and taking care of her part time, it was this situation that was impossible, and I was really, really grateful that Netflix understood and Sue wrote around it and I was able to do some scenes from home. My younger daughter Anna works in film production, and she was able to come up with her iPhone and film four scenes that they plugged me into the show.
Annette O'Toole: Well, they've already put out the pictures about it, so I don't think it's a real spoiler, but there's a renaissance fair. Everyone's dressed up for the renaissance fair, and for me, every time there's been a big event like the Moonlight Mingle or the big fair we had outside, those are my favorite things to shoot, because everybody's there.
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