Ology’s highly anticipated interview with Degrassi executive producer Stephen Stohn was released today. As expected, Stephen gave us lots of interesting information for Degrassi’s upcoming summer season, including spoilers involving, Eli & Clare, Fiona & Imogen, and the Drew/Katie/Bianca love triangle.
On the subject of Eli and Clare, Stephen explained the process of bringing Eli and Clare’s relationship back to the forefront:
Creatively, what went into bringing Eli and Clare back together?
We always try in Degrassi to be as authentic as possible. You know that. It’s always been a mantra, and life has a way of bringing people together and pulling people apart. At the same time, there’s always been inherent in their characters something that made that relationship special. That’s something that goes on in so many different relationships in real life. Maybe you yourself have had a relationship that was very intense, and for whatever reason broke off… but then maybe you see the person in a new light a few months later after both of you moved on. You may want to try it out, but at the same time, there’s a lot of fear in trying it out.
Read the full interview (with lots of spoilers & information!) right here.