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Why Alex’s Final Reunion in 1923 Hurt So Much — Julia Schlaepfer Says Playing Joy Was the Hardest Part
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Why Alex’s Final Reunion in 1923 Hurt So Much More Than “Just a Sad Scene”

The last reunion between Spencer and Alex in 1923 looks, at first glance, like the kind of moment that should play almost automatically. Two lovers finally find each other after a season of separation, suffering, and near-impossible odds.


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The audience is ready to cry before either of them even speaks. But that is exactly what made the scene so difficult to perform. According to Julia Schlaepfer, the real challenge was not simply tapping into sadness. It was figuring out how Alex could possibly play reunion at all after a season in which, as Schlaepfer put it, the character had not had “an ounce of joy.

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