Calahan Skogman Reflects on Matthias & Nina’s Love Story, Season 3 Wishes

Calahan Skogman is still just as upset as you are about Shadow and Bone‘s cancellation. The Netflix fantasy series was axed after two seasons before fans could fully explore Matthias (Skogman) and Nina’s (Danielle Galligan) relationship from Leigh Bardugo’s novels. When Skogman spoke with Swooon about his debut novel, Blue Graffiti, he also opened up about not getting to complete Matthias’ arc onscreen.

“We were just at the beginning,” Skogman said. “That’s the thing that hurts the most is that I think that Danielle and I had something incredibly special. I’m really, really proud of Season 1 and Season 2 for what Danielle and I did because the truth of the matter is we were working with very, very little, and we didn’t have much time to tell that story, to imbue it with nuance and feeling.”