IGN: Friday Night Lights: Aimee Teegarden Talks Season 4

August 27, 2009 – For three years, the wonderful Friday Night Lights has fought against the odds and remained on TV, even as the acclaimed series has never been able to break out in the ratings. Last year’s deal with DirecTV that brought the series back for Season 3 was not only continued this year, but incredibly, the show got a two-year pickup in the process – with both Season 4 and Season 5 ordered.

With a couple of months left until the debut of Season 4 on DirecTV, I recently spoke to one of Friday Night Lights’ stars, Aimee Teegarden. After chatting for a bit about our mutual love of Disneyland, we spoke about the future of FNL and what she hoped was in store for her character, Julie Taylor, and Julie’s beloved-by-the-fans romance with Matt Saracen, played by Zach Gilford – especially in the face of Gilford no longer being a series regular and only returning for part of the season.

IGN TV: When do you start shooting?

Aimee Teegarden: We start shooting on September 2nd.

IGN: This season seems to mark a lot of big changes for the show.

Teegarden: A lot of big changes. We’re losing some cast members and that’s always tough. And then the whole East Dillon and West Dillon thing going on… It should be really interesting. I feel like there’s going to be a lot of good storyline coming from it, so I’m really excited to see that.

IGN: I’m glad that Zach [Gilford] will be back, at least in some capacity. What do you think the future holds for Matt and Julie?

Teegarden: I don’t know. It doesn’t seem very good when Julie’s coming back for a full season and Matt’s only coming back for seven episodes! That’s already a pre-determined [ominously] “dun dun dun!” But you never know. I think Julie and Matt’s relationship is something that’s so sweet and honest, that I don’t really think you find on TV these days. Just the honesty between two kids in love. So I hope things end really well for Matt and Julie. I think the fans would be a lot happier.

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