Megan Follows Previews Her 'Exciting' Directorial Debut, Laments the Loss of Her On-Screen Son 

Megan Follows trades her crown for a clapboard on Friday’s winter finale of

(The CW, 8/7c), an experience the first-time director admits she wanted since Day 1.

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“I started pestering them pretty much right away, saying, ‘I want to do this. I want to do this,\'” Follows tells TVLine. “They were very supportive and said I needed to shadow the other directors, so I learned a tremendous amount that way. I was also directing a play at the same time. I wanted to show them that I was serious.”

And what an episode they gave her: Mary finds herself drawn to Gideon, Elizabeth and Greer face separate-but-equal heartbreaks, Catherine (Follows’ character) continues her dangerous dance with Narcisse and Rose “finds herself in the fight of her life on her wedding night.”

Follows had a particularly “exciting” time exploring that last part, both as an actress and a director.

“It’s a tricky situation that Claude is put into, so you’ll see Catherine supporting her through it,” she teases. “She becomes a pawn, and you realize the lack of power young women had at that time. I loved working with Rose on that.”

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And while we had the newbie director’s ear, we couldn’t resist asking about the death of King Francis, and how Toby Regbo’s absence affected the on-set climate.

“Toby was an amazing player, and we were all really sad, although it was time for the story — he knew that,” Follows concedes. “What’s fantastic about our show is that we’ve really embraced change and grown; there are so many stories to tell.”

‘s big winter finale? Drop ’em in a comment below.

Reign is probably the most improved returning show. I mean it couldn’t go lower than S2B, but you never know.

The show really reinvented itself after Francis death and used it as a catalyst for many good stories. I will miss the show on my rotate plate. But hey at least I will have something to watch during summer.

And there were so many better stories they could have told during S2 when Francis was still alive instead of using rape to set up another boring love triangle and waste the season on it. Happy for Megan getting to direct though even if I’m not watching anymore.

I love Reign! Can’t wait for it to return!! I’ll be locked in front of The tv saturday- I’m having Big expectations about This episode with Megan Follows as director.. And I’m sure that I won’t be disapointed 👍🏻😃

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