The show Wednesday has been the buzz lately, and people have wanted to know more about the characters and their real lives outside the screen. Tyler Galpin, one of the main focuses of the series, seems to be having all eyes on him, especially after people know about his role in the show. This article does have spoilers for Wednesday, so read with caution.
Since this is the only adaptation where Jericho and Nevermore academy is seen, Tyler’s presence was not seen in any other movies or series. In the show, he is shown to be a calm yet confused barista who ends up befriending Wednesday while he is at the Weathervane Café. As the plot moves forward, Tyler’s true identity slowly comes to light.
Tyler is the only child of Sheriff Donovan Galpin, and their relationship seems to be complicated and messy. The reason could be the fact that Donovan always hid the truth of how Francoise Galpin (Tyler’s mom) died. It traumatizes Tyler, and he is later shown to be taking therapy sessions.
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Wednesday was first seen on Netflix on November 23, 2022. Although many were excited to see The Addams Family being brought back to life, the actual story of the first season remained fairly hidden and was only revealed after its release. That’s when viewers were greeted by characters like Enid , Tyler, and Xavier, who all played vital and interesting roles in the show.
Hunter Doohan: The Actor Behind Tyler
This Arkansas Born actor is the face behind Tyler Galpin. In real life, Tyler is 28 years old and just got married earlier this year in June. His husband is Fielder Jewett, a producer. Hunter had always wanted to be an actor, and when he was finally old enough, he took up a job at a casting company in Los Angeles.
His breakthrough was after he started starring in TV series. This includes roles on the show Truth Be Told and Your Honor. Wednesday’s Tyler Galpin is the third major role he received. Doohan has talked about The Addams Family being one of his favorite shows growing up.
Tyler Galpin, Portrayed by Hunter Doohan (Credits: Netflix)
Hunter’s role and acting have been appreciated by many, but people also feel he was too old to be cast alongside Jenna, who is almost a decade younger than him. Nonetheless, his youthful features hid the fact, and most viewers would assume he was about 21 or 22.
How Old Is Tyler From Wednesday?
Although the series never talks about his age, we can easily guess the range by using clues the show provides throughout the episodes. We see that Tyler works at a café named Weathervane. He is only able to work there as a part-time employee. He also can drive but is old enough to be grounded by his father.
In a particular scene, we see Xavier mentioning Tyler, implying that both of them could be around the same age. Based on the clues, we can assume his age to be about 17-19 years old. His father prevents him from meeting Wednesday ( Jenna Ortega ), which could mean his actual age could be at the farther end of the range.
Wednesday: Tyler’s Significance
Tyler plays a major role in the show but cannot be tagged as the main antagonist. Before Wednesday even knew about him, He was taking therapy sessions to get over the sadness from his mother’s death. This was also the reason he had a terrible relationship with his father, Donovan.
Donovan Galpin, Tyler’s Father (Credits: Netflix)
Somewhere along the way, Tyler gets involved with Marilyn Thornhill. Marilyn had been feeding Tyler all sorts of cocktails to bring out Tyler’s hidden form, which was that of a Hyde . She makes him kill various people to further her plans, and though he doesn’t like it at first, his monster instinct kicks in, and he starts enjoying the job.
Over the 8 episodes, Tyler kills approximately 6 people and injures a few others. He also frames Xavier to hide his true identity. Wednesday and Tyler develop a romantic relationship , but it doesn’t last for long and remains only as a kiss, as Wednesday finds out that he was Hyde all along.
There’s a vast number of detective dramas available online. But, the BBC series’ Strike’ has its own charisma. The series has been thrilling us season by season. The British show has five seasons. Its latest episode aired on 19th Dec 2022. The crime drama is based on J.K. Rowling’s Cormoran novel series. Rowling wrote these novels with a pseudonym, Robert Galbraith.
Actor Tom Burke has played the role of a private detective, Cormoran Strike. The investigator takes up complicated cases and solves them with his partner Robin Ellacott. However, he wasn’t a detective since the beginning. He has served as an army officer and lost his left leg in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. Since then, he has had to rely on his prosthetic leg.
Tom Burke pulled up the role so seamlessly that it left the viewers baffled. ‘Is tom really an amputee?’ ‘Did Tom lose his leg for real?’ Queries like these started surpassing the internet. Not only the viewers but his co-stars, too, got confused. Holliday Grainger (Robin Ellacott) told RadioTimes that Tom had embraced the character in a way that she sometimes forgets that he has two legs. The actor exclaimed that she gets brainwashed and tries to help him in between the scenes as though he is disabled.
‘Strike’ is indeed an example of great filmmaking. But how the creators filmed the scenes so flawlessly?
Strike – Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger (Credits- jkrowling.com)
Cormoran’s Missing Leg Scenes – How Were They Filmed?
The series director, Michael Keillor, unveiled the secret of missing leg scenes. Michael worked on the first season, The Cuckoo’s calling. It showed Cormoran’s character as precisely as mentioned in the novel, even though the actor did not have any such disability.
Keillor took inspiration from the movie ‘Rust & Bone.’ The movie shows Marion Cotillard losing both her legs in an accident. Keillor studied the use of green screen technology for this scene and then went ahead to use trick photography.
He also said that he doesn’t want to disclose everything as every director has a different way of doing things. He summed up by saying that we removed the leg digitally and then replaced the stump. But do you think it was all technology?
Strike Missing Leg Scenes- The Secret Revealed
The team also had a body double of Tom having the same injury as the detective. The ‘too-close shots’ were filmed with the body double. The director opened up and said that they focused on keeping a balance. They didn’t want to show too much of leg scenes. But, at the same time, they didn’t want to shy away from it as it is pretty common to see soldiers having these kinds of difficulties.
Tom Burke’s effort was no less. Even when the leg scenes were not shot, he used to walk like a person with an amputated leg. This created the perfect impression for the audience. For Tom, it was a mix of imitation and technology.
Burke’s had the utmost dedication to show Cormoran Strike the right way. He used to sit up with the movement director Toby Sedgwick. He also talked to Barney Gillespie, who had the same ailment as the detective. The actor used to ask all questions related to Coromoran’s condition.
Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott (Credits- The Telegraph)
The third season of the series, Career of Evil, had a scene where the detective was running on his prosthetic limbs. Tom imagined the pain the character must be experiencing and depicted his discomfort skilfully.
Strike- Lethal White director Sue Tally realized that it has got easier to shoot the missing leg scenes. He credited the technology and Tom’s body double Mark for the same.
Strike Season 6 – When to Expect the Next Season?
The BBC series is one of the most popular crime dramas. Its first two seasons hit the floors in 2017. After the third part in 2018, it took two years to bring the fourth season. The fifth season was also released after two years in mid-December 2022.
The global pandemic and the packed-up schedules of the actors delayed the TV thriller. But, it did not affect the popularity of the show. The fandom for Strike is unmatchable.
However, there is no official announcement from BBC for another season. But there’s also good news. J.K. Rowling published the sixth novel of the Strike series in August 2022. So, if the TV version follows the same plot, we can have another season in 2023.
We might also see a romance brimming between the lead characters. At the end of the fifth season of Troubled Blood, the things between the two were left on an interesting note. It will be amazing to watch how the business partners take it up in the next season.
