‘Upload’ director Sarah Boyd on making 2 Nathan’s with Robbie Amell

upload season 3 introduced two different versions of Robbie Amell’s character Nathan – and director Sarah Boyd was up for the challenge.

“I think [it’s] really fun and interesting, the characters are diverse,” Boyd shared exclusively We weekly about filming the third season of the Prime Video series. “You get to see how Nathan’s life changes him when he is downloaded and [when] he goes back to reality and real life things. You also get to see how Nathan’s life changes when Ingrid is a completely different person than him. [a] very different kind of relationship. I love seeing how those two relationships unfold differently.”

Boyd – who directed episodes 8 and 9 of season 3 – noted that Amell had no problems when it came to taking on the added responsibility of portraying two separate Nathans. ‘Robbie was really interested in the differences between the two Nathans. He knows very well what those two Nathans are,” she said, noting that things got tricky when they had to “remind” themselves of story points while shooting “out of order.”

Season 3 of upload premiered in September and reunited viewers with Nathan and Nora (Andy Allo) after Nathan was successfully downloaded into his physical body – and brought back into the real world – at the end of season 2. When he integrated back into reality, a second backup copy of Nathan was uploaded to Lakeview after Horizon was unable to find the original. While ‘original’ Nathan continued his relationship with Nora on Earth, ‘new’ Nathan rekindled his romance with ex-fiancé Ingrid.Allegra Edwards) after it is set to a ‘factory’ setting, which contains no memories of Nora.

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In the season 3 finale, it is revealed that two Nathans exist, causing Horizon to destroy one version of the character. While one Nathan survives, it’s unclear which one – something even Boyd can’t answer.

“I was tasked with deliberately blurring the visual element of Nathan so that it could really be either,” she said Us. “Luckily Nathan looks physically the same, especially from the neck down.”

The director said she was careful to choose a “gray” background for Nathan’s final scene so that wherever he was, he was “placed in a sort of cell” that “could have happened in either location.” She added that if fans “think they have the answer, they could be right or they could be wrong. It will be a 50/50 chance.”

Nora and Ingrid will definitely want to know which of their partners survived, as Ingrid and the ‘new’ Nathan were just engaged, while favorite duo Nora and the ‘original’ Nathan were making plans for a romantic trip to Montreal.

Viewers have been waiting for Nora and Nathan’s happy ending since the series premiered in 2020. It’s the chemistry between Alloh and Amell – and the magic of the writers’ room – that Boyd credits for creating such a popular on-screen relationship.

“I think [Nathan and Nora’s] The sympathy for them is a product of both the writing and who Andy and Robbie are as people and obviously as actors,” she said. “You’re just drawn to the desire to watch them. They are just incredibly attractive. That sounds superficial, but you lean on that couple and that’s both because they have a lot of heart and because you want to root for them through the seasons.

Boyd added that it could be the slow-paced dynamic between the couple that keeps viewers coming back for more.

“[Their love] evolved slowly. There’s not a single scene that made you say, ‘Yes, that’s the scene,'” she explained. “It’s an evolution. So I’m just saying that my work is a little more limited in the sense that I’m just helping them create their best version of the scene.

upload season 3 is now streaming on Prime Video.