Missing Grimm? The Supernatural Saga's Ladies Give Us The Scoop On Wesen-Tastic New Rewatch Podcast
During Grimm's six-season run on NBC, members of its tight-knit cast often would gather to live-tweet the supernatural drama as it aired. Sometimes the watch-along party included most of the show's ensemble cast. But "sometimes, the girls just did their thing," Bree Turner recalls. "The three of us just did our thing."
Claire Coffee, who along with Turner and Elizabeth "Bitsie" Tulloch made up the supernatural series' female contingent, nods. "We would get together at Bree's condo," she says, chuckling. "We have pictures of this." Tulloch pipes up: "We'd have pizza and adult beverages, and we would live-tweet with everyone."
Now, five years after the show came to a close, Coffee, Tulloch and Turner are getting Grimm's girl gang back together.
The actresses host The Grimmcast, a new podcast in which they'll rewatch every episode of their former show and, per the official synopsis, "share behind-the-scenes stories, show lore and of course talk to special guests along the way. They'll also answer fan questions and highlight stories from the Pacific Northwest," aka Portland, Ore., where Grimm filmed. The podcast launches today.
For those not in the know: Grimm followed a Portland Police Department detective named Nick Burkhardt (played by David Giuntoli) as he learned about, and came to accept, his calling: He was the latest of a mystical line of hunters destined to fight fairytale beasts called wesen, who appeared as humans to everyone other than Nick. Be that as it may, as the show went on, some of Nick's closest friends — including his onetime girlfriend and his eventual baby mama — were wesen. The cast also included Silas Weir Mitchell, Russell Hornsby, Sasha Roiz and Reggie Lee.
TVLine recently chatted with Turner, Tulloch and Coffee to reminisce about wesen, woging and whatever was going on with Giuntoli's hair in Season 1. Keep scrolling to read on for the highlights.
THE FULL FUCHSBAU
Yep, Coffee, Turner and Tulloch are going to touch on all 123 episodes of the show, with a podcast episode devoted to each. "And Bree and I" — both of whom became series regulars during the show's first season — "are realizing there are many that we have not even seen, so we are watching some of these for the first time," Coffee says.
THE GRIMM GANG'S ALL HERE
If there's anyone affiliated with the show whom you're hoping to hear on The Grimmcast, chances are you won't be disappointed. "We're getting everybody, cast and also crew," Coffee says. "Obviously, there's great stories of what went on behind the scenes. But then there's also such great information... a lot of interesting insight into how the show was made." Episode 1 kicks off with Giuntoli in the hot seat.
FAN FEST
Some fans who've left voicemail questions via a link on the podcast's homepage will hear their voices on the broadcast. "It really has that feeling of going to Comic-Con and meeting the fans and hearing their questions and their passion for the show," Turner says. (So if you've got a burning Blutbad Q, now's your time to shine!)
TIME CAPSULE
If you happen to watch along with the ladies, please keep one thing in mind: "It was 11 years ago when the show premiered," Turner reminds everyone. "I mean, we have a f—king hoot looking at some dated stuff, just funny little dated elements of the show that make it really charming to rewatch." "The iPod!" Coffee cries, harkening back to the at-the-time state-of-the-art device dropped by a runner/victim in the first few minutes of the show's pilot. "David's haircut!" Turner adds, laughing.
All kidding aside, "There's really this pure, long-running series long game to all of it," Turner says. "Because of the anchoring of the procedural element to each episode, you don't have to get too deep into the weeds on too many characters' lives... I'm purely fanning out on the show, watching it, which is really fun."
FORGOTTEN GEMS
An early standout from the rewatch? Episode 9, "Game Ogre." "You throw the pot of hot water on the ogre's face," Coffee tells Tulloch. "You saved Nick's life!" Turner cries. "Bree and I were just sitting there, gushing about your performance," Coffee adds. "It really was such an intense and very satisfying episode."
HEXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Given everyone's schedules, and the fact that Tulloch currently stars in The CW's Superman & Lois, "we're being very creative" regarding how the episodes get recorded, Turner says, teasing, "It's not a straightforward podcast. We're being creative with the format, too."
LOVE IN THE TIME OF KACKENKOPF
Tulloch and Giuntoli were an on-screen couple from the series' premiere, but didn't start dating in real life until around the midpoint of Season 3. They married in 2017. Watching the early years of the series, therefore, is in some way revisiting their courtship. "I remember we thought we were being so careful and that nobody knew we were seeing each other," she recalls. "We thought we were so slick about it, and then, like, everyone knew!" She adds that she can understand why the show's Powers That Be might have been wary of two series regulars getting together. "I think they were paranoid that we were going to break up and crash and burn, and then there would be all this drama on set and then you have a situation where it's like the two of us wouldn't talk to each other, wouldn't sit together. Which is totally fair, that happens a lot," she says. So the fledgling couple took things very, very slowly. "We wanted to make sure we were actually, really into each other before going for it," Tulloch says, so the show wouldn't suffer "if it wasn't a real thing."
IT'S A WESEN-FUL LIFE
"I miss every part of it," Coffee says wistfully of her time filming the show. "We talk about this all the time, but the experience on that set was so rare." In addition to the series nostalgia, the podcast also grew out of "longing for that period of time and where we all were in our lives," she says. "It's brought back some great memories. It's been a very joyful experience so far."