Fate: The Winx Saga’s horse moment came straight from Sky’s actor

Fate: The Winx Saga, Netflix’s live action take on Winx ClubThe popular series of magical girls gets a more modern makeover by. Yes, this means more evil and greater forces but it also means that teen fairies get together with their friends on social media and find beautiful lovers.

“For us, it’s always really important to be able to ground the stories in real human elements,” creator Brian Young, best known for The Vampire Diaries, explains. “And to ground the stories in real emotion so that they still feel they still feel relatable and they still feel like something that everybody can point to be like,This is what I felt. — The monster is gone!.”

A school filled with cute boys featured in the original series. Called Red Fountain, the academy was home to the “specialists” — basically, in-universe knights. The Winx Saga: Fate The knight theme is still there, but the schools have been updated to reflect modern sensibilities. Boys and girls can both train to be specialists or fairies, depending on whether they possess powers. Live-action shows also update the fantasy love interests in order to appeal to a younger audience. This makes it a lot more attractive to them than their cartoon princes.

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A standout example from this season is when fiery fire fairy Bloom (Abigail Cowen) and valiant, yet oh-so perfectly brooding Sky (Danny Griffin) take a brief trip to Sky’s childhood home. They’re looking for some key documents, but while they explore the picturesque countryside, they find a herd of horses. Sky then takes Bloom on a romantic horseback ride while Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams” swells in the background. It’s a shamelessly indulgent teenage dream, with a focus on Sky’s sensitive side and his affection for animals, both of which make him a dreamboat in Bloom’s eyes. Sky shares some of his childhood memories and talks about his struggles. This is a beautiful display of emotional intelligence that’s rare in heroic knight-types. Griffin had asked for the scene in season one.

“Danny [Griffin] is a horse boy!” laughs Young. “Danny loves horses so, so much. Season 1, he approached us, and he was just like. You can write horses for the show.”

As Young recalls, writer Victoria Bata specifically included a line where Bloom makes fun of Sky for being a bit of a horse boy, because of Griffin’s passion for horses. It became imperative to include a big ol’ horse scene for the horse boy.

“By the way,” Young adds. “Horses are not not easy to deal with. But we just knew we had to do it.”

Season 2 The Winx Saga: FateNetflix has it available now