{"id":38449,"date":"2022-06-06T04:32:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T04:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rose-leslie-on-clares-messy-flings-spoilers\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T04:32:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T04:32:23","slug":"rose-leslie-on-clares-messy-flings-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rose-leslie-on-clares-messy-flings-spoilers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Leslie on Clare&#8217;s messy flings (spoilers)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - 'Time Traveler's Wife' trailer: Theo James and Rose Leslie star in HBO romance series\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em><strong>Spoiler alert!  The following contains details about Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;The Time Traveler&#8217;s Wife.&#8221;  Don&#8217;t read until you&#8217;ve seen Episode 4. Warning does not apply to time travelers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">That&#8217;s complicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;The Time Traveler&#8217;s Wife&#8221; Episode 4, troubled Clare (Rose Leslie) commits the ultimate friendship foul, embarking on flings with both of her best friends.  Best friends who happen to be a couple: Gomez (Desmin Borges) and his girlfriend di lui, Charisse (Natasha Lopez), who is also Clare&#8217;s roommate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">We told you.  Complicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Even womanizing Henry (Theo James), Clare&#8217;s cavalier, time-traveling lover wouldn&#8217;t step into this kind of personal dumpster fire.  &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; star Leslie was taken aback when she read the head-swiveling developments of bedding both besties in the script for the HBO series.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It was like, &#8216;Oh, my God, what is going on with this woman?&#8217;  &#8220;says Leslie.  &#8220;It was wild.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the episode, a flustered Clare tells Charisse after their surprise kiss: &#8220;Oh, my God, what was that? It&#8217;s just that you&#8217;re my best friend, and Gomez is my best friend. And I could never betray one of my best friends with another of my best friends. That would just be awful. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Theo James: <\/strong>Explains why time-shifting requires so much nudity in &#8216;Time Traveler&#8217;s Wife&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;Game of Thrones&#8217; stars: <\/strong>Kit Harington and Rose Leslie welcome baby boy<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Throughout the many iterations of &#8220;The Time Traveler&#8217;s Wife,&#8221; Clare has blurred the friend line to varying degrees.  In Audrey Niffenegger&#8217;s 2003 novel, Clare sleeps with BFF Gomez (twice), despite his relationship di lei with her best friend di lei, Charisse, and their eventual marriage di lei.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the 2009 &#8220;Time Traveler&#8217;s Wife&#8221; movie, Ron Livingston&#8217;s Gomez clearly has deep feelings for Clare (Rachel McAdams), even attempting to talk her out of marrying her time-traveling boyfriend Henry (Eric Bana).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In all situations, all four principals &#8211; Clare, Henry, Gomez and Charisse &#8211; somehow remain the best of friends.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:427px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/04\/USAT\/51bb26a8-6a07-440f-96bf-76370bfd40ab-natasha-lopez_1.jpg?width=640&amp;height=427&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Charisse (Natasha Lopez) finds her relationship with Clare takes on a new wrinkle in &quot;The Time Traveler's Wife.&quot;\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the HBO series, this is even more difficult with the Charisse development following quickly on the heels of Clare&#8217;s dalliance with Gomez.  Clare does attempt to stop the wine-induced Charisse kiss.  But we fast-forward to the morning-after scene with Clare looking guilt-stricken and Charisse popping up on the bed next to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Leslie says she and Lopez had several conversations pondering the dynamics.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:427px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/04\/USAT\/a905ff0d-d118-4e66-9070-96682670acbd-desmin-borges_1.jpg?width=640&amp;height=427&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gomez (Desmin Borges) is possessive of his girlfriend, Charisse, in &quot;The Time Traveler's Wife&quot; but loves Clare, who is in love with Henry.\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We were wondering why is it that Clare and Charisse are still quite tight when she&#8217;s not being a great friend to her closest friends,&#8221; says Leslie.  &#8220;We were interested in the fact that there wasn&#8217;t that girlfriend-to-girlfriend conversation, &#8216;I&#8217;ve slept with your man, and now we slept together, too.&#8217;  &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Even with all sides suspicious or aware of the others, &#8220;this friendship group is very stable,&#8221; says Leslie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The answer to how is never fully developed in Season 1 of &#8220;Time Traveler&#8217;s Wife.&#8221;  But there is room for exploration in potential future seasons (HBO has not officially greenlit a new season).  &#8220;Hopefully, fingers crossed, this is something we could explore if we get to go again,&#8221; says Leslie. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:427px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/12\/USAT\/354cb2a7-e588-443c-8c53-1d21e92030a8-rose-leslie-theo-james.jpg?width=640&amp;height=427&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Clare (Rose Leslie) deals with her time voyaging husband Henry (Theo James) in &quot;The Time Traveler's Wife.&quot;\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As for Clare&#8217;s motivations, it&#8217;s something to distract herself with while she&#8217;s missing her &#8220;time-falling&#8221; Henry, the man she wishes to spend her life with.  &#8220;It shows a kind of narrow-mindedness, not thinking of the repercussions, solely wanting escapism,&#8221; says Leslie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Whatever the personal complications, it&#8217;s not as frenetic as the Episode 4 dinner party scene featuring Clare, Charisse, Gomez and two Henrys (time-traveling Henry from 2008, older Henry from 2021), along with Henry&#8217;s girlfriend, Ingrid (Chelsea Frei).<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The rapid-fire dialogue scene was the first shot in the entire series &#8211; with James shooting all his 2008 Henry parts, and then his 2021 Henry parts the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It was a dance with a steep learning curve. But also quite fulfilling,&#8221; says James.  &#8220;I got to play two very different versions of myself as the same character. How often do you get to do that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Leslie had it relatively easy with Clare seated at the table for the entirety of the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I was able to sit back and observe what Theo was having to endure, remembering exactly where his older Henry put the salad bowl or his glass of wine,&#8221; says Leslie.  &#8220;That&#8217;s the first time that I&#8217;ve ever experienced anything like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/10\/26\/USAT\/edad73fd-7e5f-4c23-b09c-82a43a5681b5-best_tv_couples_1.JPG?crop=2999,1687,x0,y152&amp;width=660&amp;height=372&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/10\/26\/USAT\/edad73fd-7e5f-4c23-b09c-82a43a5681b5-best_tv_couples_1.JPG?crop=2999,1687,x0,y152&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spoiler alert! 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