‘Agatha All Along’ Cast, Producer at PaleyFest on Mommy Issues, Singing in Front of Patti LuPone and Confirming Agatha’s Relationship With Rio

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Lauren Coates The cast and crew of Disney+’s “Agatha All Along” were just as eager to see Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) and Rio (Aubrey Plaza) couple up as fans were, creator/showrunner Jac Schaeffer said Saturday evening at the show’s PaleyFest panel. “People thought Rio was Nicholas’ mom,” she said, when asked about her favorite fan theories. “When we were developing it, we got a lot of questions. ‘Who’s the dad?’ We were like, ‘Why do you wanna know?'” Schaeffer added. “It was something that was important to the writers, and that was important to me.

It was really lovely, that was something the fans said that we could confirm.” In the series, Agatha Harkness wears a locket to remember her and Rio’s son Nicky.

But Hahn revealed that before she left to film “Agatha All Along,” her family coincidentally gave her a locket of her own. “My family, not knowing anything about the show, made me a necklace with their hair!” she said. “I wore it underneath the locket for most of the show.

It felt like I had double amulets on.” A slightly less heartfelt but no less personal trinket that also made it to set was Sasheer Zamata’s real-life retainer, which she wore as part of her slumber party costume in episode 5. “It was an ’80s sleepover vibe.