JoAnna Garcia Swisher Says the Drama “Doesn’t Let Up” on “Sweet Magnolias” Season 2

In our Q&A sequence, Final Name, we get all the way down to the underside of each final thing with a few of our favourite celebs — from the final time they had been starstruck to the final track they listened to. This week, JoAnna Garcia Swisher takes our name.

A yr after its premiere, “Candy Magnolias” is lastly returning for season two on Feb. 4. The primary installment of the Netflix sequence ends on a serious cliffhanger with Kyle (Logan Allen) and an unknown passenger getting in a automobile accident. And whereas we had been hoping to get some solutions come season two, in line with Swisher, there’s far more drama on the best way.

“It positively doesn’t resolve. I feel that the automobile crash — as a lot because it’s clearly very scary and nobody completely is aware of who’s within the automobile and what the fallout is — I feel the fallout is a lot deeper,” Swisher tells POPSUGAR. “Maddie thinks that she’s going to get to take a deep breath to course of the final yr of her life and the entire private issues that she went by due to it. . . . However then inevitably, in ‘Candy Magnolias’ mysterious methods, she is straight away reminded that a complete new set of issues and dramas can happen. And so it simply would not let up. It simply would not let up.”

“Candy Magnolias” has but to be renewed for a 3rd season, but when it does get picked up, Swisher is all in — and it looks as if Netflix could also be on board as effectively. “I feel that there’s a nice pleasure and willingness to do it. I feel that Netflix has all the time been extremely supportive of the present, and we really feel like they actually find it irresistible,” she explains. “I feel everyone want to see it proceed. Clearly, it has to resonate with followers and achieve success in that method, however we’ve each cause to imagine that we’ll nonetheless get to proceed the story. And I hope that the followers love this season much more than they love the primary.”

As we watch for the return of “Candy Magnolias,” learn the remainder of Swisher’s Final Name interview forward.

What was the final day of filming season two of “Candy Magnolias” like for you?

It was intense. I began the day preventing with Invoice (Chris Klein). The center of my day, I had a margarita night time after which cried as a result of I used to be very weepy as a result of I used to be going to overlook my ladies. After which I resulted in a mini-sized towel after a enjoyable bathe with Cal (Justin Bruening). So I ended the season in a gown thanking our unimaginable crew half bare. It was in every single place.

What was the very last thing you probably did along with your “Candy Magnolias” costars off set?

I simply was in New York with Heather [Headley], Brooke [Elliott], and Sheryl Anderson, our showrunner, filming “E-book Membership” for Netflix with Uzo Aduba. She is phenomenal, and I feel she turned our fourth Magnolia.

Who’s the final “Candy Magnolias” costar you texted?

Brooke. She had a dream with Emmy in it, my oldest daughter, and we laughed about that.

What’s the final present you binge-watched?

I fake to binge-watch on airplanes, and so then I do not get all by it, however I understand how vital binge-watching is whenever you’re on a present, and you are like, you simply need everybody to binge-watch your present. I am at present binging “Yellowstone.”

What’s the final track you listened to?

Oh, we’re obsessive about the “Hire” soundtrack proper now. My youngsters sing on the high of their lungs. They find it irresistible.

What’s the final ebook you learn?

I simply completed a ebook that I completely adore known as “Girls of the Home” by Lauren Edmondson. It is my Blissful Place March ebook membership decide. I simply advocate books each month, and that is my March one. It’d really be my February one as a result of we have not gotten to February but and I simply beneficial it.

What’s the final reward you acquired?

Oh, Nick [Swisher] purchased me silk pillow circumstances as a result of he stated I awakened in the course of the night time the opposite day. I do not keep in mind this, however he stated I checked out him and I stated, “Nick, I want silk pillow circumstances,” and he was like, “OK.” So he known as my sister-in-law and was like, “The place do you get these? Does Jo desire a particular model?” And she or he’s like, “I do not know.” So he bought me silk pillow circumstances.

What’s the final thing you probably did for self-care?

Nicely, my pilates follow has turn out to be my full and utter all the things, however I even have been working in Utah. So I gave myself a sleep-in, watched like one million episodes of “NCIS” that performs on syndicated tv on Sunday, and it was very nice. And my husband was even like, “Are you feeling effectively?” I used to be like, “I really feel nice. I really feel nice. I am unable to imagine that is taking place.” I have been operating and gunning going backwards and forwards to Utah, and he stated, “Proper now your wellness is your relaxation,” so I am attempting to hearken to that.

What’s the final journey you went on?

We went to Sea Island as a household with my brother and his youngsters. And proper earlier than that, I went on an grownup journey to the Bahamas. My youngsters are about to come back go to me on set in Utah, and we will do a full tubing, sleigh experience, the entire thing. We’ll simply actually be vacationers in Park Metropolis.

When was the final time you had been starstruck?

That is going to essentially shock you guys, although, and it is under no circumstances popular culture. However that is the honest-to-God reality as a result of I keep in mind saying this to Nick. So Steve Spurrier, he was once the coach of College of Florida. I met him at a marriage, and I even known as him Mr. Spurrier. Nick was like, “Who’re you?” I used to be like, “I do not know.” We beloved Coach Spurrier. He is the outdated ball coach. My husband’s like, “You are an fool.” However yeah, there you go. It isn’t good. It isn’t good, however that is the reality.

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