Created by Jeff Davis, the mastermind behind MTV’s Teen Wolf, the Wolf Pack pilot opens with a massive California fire raging on. Traffic and a busload of high school students get trapped by the blaze, but when they make a run for safety, rampaging animals trample them, and something feral and unseen bites Everett and Blake. The pair survives but soon begins to experience various side effects and a link to one another. These two, however, are not alone.
There are also twins, Luna (Chloe Rose Robertson) and Harlan (Tyler Lawrence Gray), whose father is a park ranger. The siblings were born werewolves and somehow share a history with the beast at large. Together with Everett and Blake, they reluctantly form their own pack to support each other and investigate the monster behind it all. Robertson and Gray recently spoke with CBR about family friction and forming their own pack.
CBR: Chloe, how do Luna and Harlan balance normal life with being werewolves?
Chloe Rose Robertson: I think Luna is a lot more wanting to lean into who she is. She wants to meet a pack just like hers, and she always has, ever since she was a young girl, a young cub. There is a deep frustration there towards her brother for constantly putting her down and putting the idea down. He himself is shutting it down even further because he doesn’t necessarily want to deal with it head-on. I think our father did a great job raising us, teaching us that we have to keep it down for the safety of others, but also that who we are is not wrong. I think that was really cool, but our dynamic is definitely night and day, in that way.
Tyler, what was your reaction when you read that steamy scene in Episode 2?
Tyler Lawrence Gray: Well, we actually all were reading it at the same time. They started going crazy in this group chat. I was like, ‘‘Wait. What? I haven’t gotten to it yet.’’ They were like, ‘‘Oh my god, Tyler. Oh my god.’’ Then I read it, and I was like, ‘‘Okay. Okay, we are going there.’’ Jeff Davis is a really creative guy. I understand the point he is trying to get across. It really speaks for my character, for who he is. It is very relatable, too. There are plenty of people out there that choose that sort of lifestyle and do those kinds of things. I think it balances well with Luna’s character, who hasn’t had some of those really spicy, steamy scenes, but I am embodying Harlan. I am ready to do whatever I need to do in order to get his story across.
Chloe: Also, I think Jeff is amazing in that way because the scene itself is so cool. It’s not just about the sex. It’s the in-betweens and showing of the senses being heightened and what happens and the sexual arousal that can come from being a wolf and being a real animal.
Tyler: No, you are totally right. It’s very artistic and tasteful.
In what ways does the wolf pack dynamic kind of change once Everett and Blake enter the picture?
Chloe: I think already there is a disconnect between us because, like I have said before, Luna is a little more confident in who she is than maybe Harlan might be when it comes to the animal inside. When Everett and Blake enter the picture, the dynamic changes completely. It starts to excite Luna a lot that they are willing to talk to us about this. She’s never been able to talk to anybody about this ever, besides her father. I think for her, this is an opportunity, but things might change as the season goes on. Who knows?
Tyler: Yeah, I guess it’s seen as a good thing. What you already see from the pilot... Blake’s skin clears up. Everett is already sort of liking it. Even though there are certain things that all of them are scared of from this happening because it’s very sudden and very scary, I think that they all see there could be a benefit to it.
Wolf Pack premieres Jan. 26 on Paramount+.