At the heart of Ghosts‘ spirited ensemble is Devan Chandler Long’s Thorfinn, an unfiltered, cod-loving, lighting-rod of comedy.
I had the opportunity to speak with Long about his boisterous Viking character, whose loud delivery and extensive knowledge of reality TV have captivated fans. And Long had the best answer when asked if that persona could be exhausting to play.
“It is. I try to tell everyone Rose [McIver] is like a Prius. She has great gas mileage, and she’s good for road trips. She can go forever and doesn’t need any maintenance. But Thorfinn is this big old muscle car that leaks oil in your parking spot,” Long clarified.
“It’s fun to drive him for ten miles, but if there’s traffic, he overheats and makes weird noises. The air conditioning does not work. And ya, it’s cool when you’re playing like eighties classic rock, but also, the seatbelts don’t work, you know? So that’s what I’m dealing with here.”
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While on the topic of Thorfinn’s “loudness” we also discussed the character’s ability to catch the cast off guard and who causes the most breaks on set this season.
“There used to be times in Season 1 when I would get everyone all the time. But now they got me — they know me. They’re prepared for Thorfinn. And so, when you know it’s coming, it’s hard to get people,” Long said.
“Brandon, the actor who plays Isaac — Bran is hilarious. He’s always cracking everyone up all the time. Danny is hilarious, and she loves laughing the most. Once you get Danny to laugh, that’s when you know you win. When Danny does that cry laughter, it’s just so much fun.”
Ghosts‘ dropped quite the bombshell when it revealed Flower and Thorfinn were a romantic item — all be it a complicated one. For Long, exploring Thorfinn’s crush on the emotionally unavailable hippie has been a blast.
“Flower and Thorfinn, they’re just fun together. Sheila [Carrasco], she plays Flower, she’s such a beautiful actress. And the way she approaches everything with a lighthearted spirit is so much fun because Thor is trying to paint with the same colors that she’s painting with. He has to try to get her attention, and he can’t go about doing it the Viking way,” he explained.
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“He’s learning these different tactics on how to communicate with Flower and let her know that he’s interested without getting shut down too much. So it’s just a fun little dance they have.”
Long mentioned that the writers will dictate where the relationship goes but that he may know a little more than we do about those directions. “There’s a story to be told here, that’s for sure. It’s going places.”
“Dumb Deaths” – GHOSTS. Pictured (L-R): Rose McIver as Samantha, Roman Zaragoza as Sasappis, and Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn. Photo: Bertrand Calmeau/CBS ©2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
You cannot discuss Thorfinn’s best Ghosts episodes without acknowledging Sas and Thorfinn’s memorable tv-binge fest.
Long was quick to agree. “That was my favorite episode by far when Sas and Thorfinn got in the whole thing about watching It’s Getting Hot In Here.”
“It hits so close to home for me because I’ve had that argument with my son many times. We had to have a family meeting because I think after you watched three episodes of a show with anyone, especially if it’s from the pilot onward, then that means that’s your show; it’s an unwritten rule between those people,” the actor shared.
“Then my son went ahead and watched two more episodes. I found out, and I was hurt. I had a talk with him and said, ‘Hey, man, what’s the deal here? That’s our show.’ We had to have exactly the conversation Thorfinn and Sasappis had. So when that episode came out, I laughed so hard, and it was so real for me.”
