A few weeks ago Stephen Colletti dished to MTV News about the Utah-set "One Tree Hill" season finale. Yesterday, star James Lafferty spilled some more details about the shoot to TVGuide.com in advance of the show's return to The CW last night.
"Those snow days were so much fun," he said. "It was literally like being a kid again. Working in that much snow all day, having that much fun, having such a blast building snow men and throwing snow balls around and having Jackson [Brundage] around —l his energy is so infectious you're a kid right along with him. You wrap a day, take all your snow clothes off, put on your regular clothes, get in the van to go back to your hotel, and then it just hits you how exhausted you are."
But, as Stephen told us, the field trip to Utah wasn't all for fun. The gang traveled there for the premiere of Julian's film at a Sundance-like film festival, and James said some important stuff goes down in Park City. "There are actually a lot of big decisions that are made in that town, and after the characters come back to Tree Hill, a lot of big things will happen."
That is, those things will happen if "One Tree Hill" gets renewed for an eighth season. "It was weird because we left here and didn't take all of our crew to Utah," he said. "So we had a little impromptu wrap for Wilmington when we left, in which we said goodbye to a lot of people possibly for good. It's tough, but it's really hard for it to be sad. We're lucky to still be here and so grateful for it."
In the meantime, James said there's a lot to look forward to in the final four episodes of the season. "Fans are really going to enjoy seeing characters make some very important decisions — everybody from Brooke and Julian to Nathan and Haley. There are a lot of things that are going to actually happen. The characters have been in limbo for a long time throughout all the seasons, but there's going to be some really gratifying moments for those fans that have hung in there."
Are you excited for the last four episodes of "One Tree Hill" to begin airing tonight? Do you hope the show gets renewed for an eighth season?
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