SKARSGARD: Yeah. And I think for Roman, it’s like I said, he has this darkness inside him. I think he has a part of him that maybe he doesn’t realize, that subconsciously he’s drawn to this murder thing. It’s maybe even instinctual – he wants to get close to that, but also he wants to be good and do good for himself, and if you have this inner conflict, it’s very easy to solve it if you put it into physical form – solving a murder is very good [as a distraction from the inner conflict]. So he [thinks], “If I do something really good, like if I help people, people are dying, that’s bad, I need to save these people,” that’s kind of a way of him battling the darkness and the thing that he fights inside him. I think that’s why it’s so extremely important for Roman to solve this. And this becomes his life quest, because it’s his own way of saving himself.

LIBOIRON: I think maybe even subconsciously. Very early on, we were constantly asking Brian McGreevy questions about the two characters and I think he summed it up very well between the two. He explained it in that Roman Godfrey so desperately wants to be strong and brave, and Peter’s almost exhausted from being the strong and brave one, so they balance each other’s exhaustion out, and they help each other out through their inner strife.

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LIBOIRON: Yeah, exactly. Like Peter helps Roman feel there’s good in him, and Roman helps Peter simply to be not alone [laughs].

SKARSGARD: But it’s also a really weird relationship. It’s really interesting, their chemistry. They’re best friends – they become friends and they never had anyone to talk to in this way, ever. They were loners, because they’re so different from everyone else, and now they’ve found someone in school that’s different, maybe not in the same way, but definitely different from everyone else. So they kind of find each other and need each other’s company in a way. It’s pretty sad and throughout the show, it’s kind of going back and forth with that relationship. [laughs] It’s a complicated relationship. (c)

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