David Castañeda Talks Stanley’s Arrival in ‘Umbrella Academy’ Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)
By Anna GarrisonJun. 24 2022, Updated 1:39 p.m. ET
Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix.
Fans of The Umbrella Academy are extremely joyful that Season 3 is after all here. The season has already presented a number of new characters, but enthusiasts are all for Stanley (Javon "Wanna" Walton), who Lila (Ritu Arya) claims is Diego (David Castañeda)'s son.
Is Stanley really Diego's son? And if no longer, where did he come from!? Distractify spoke with David Castañeda about how Stanley's arrival affects Diego's life vastly.
Klaus, Diego, and Stan in 'The Umbrella Academy.'
Is Stanley really Diego's son?
Stanley is offered in Season 3, Episode 1, "Meet the Family," as Diego's son. Lila surprises Diego by turning up in the brand new timeline, however she tells him that she is Diego's mom, and after looking after him for 12 years, she feels it is now Diego's turn. She vanishes into an elevator, leaving Diego to wrap his brain round this surprise. Despite his initial hesitation, Diego and Stan briefly forge a bond.
Like his supposed father, Stanley tends to get in bother. He exhibits pyromania and thievish dispositions, including making a Molotov cocktail that sets fire to the resort. Diego, in true father fashion, comes to a decision to dole out punishment by way of making Stanley blank up the resort rooms he destroyed with Klaus as a babysitter. However, Stanley is not completed inflicting hassle and by chance shoots Klaus with a harpoon gun.
Stan in 'The Umbrella Academy'
Diego and Stanley staff up several times, together with to check out and hide Klaus's frame sooner than he springs again to existence and dealing with off against Sparrow Academy individuals Jayme and Alphonso in a grocery store. Despite Diego's wonder, he seems to be taking fatherhood in stride. But is Stanley really Diego's son?
In Episode 7, "Auf Wiedersehen," fanatics be informed that Stan is not Diego's son after all, but the son of Lila's pal, Trudy. Stanley bonded with Diego because his own family is hardly house, leaving a void in his life for parental affection. Right prior to a triumphant reunion between Diego, Lila, and Stan, he is vaporized via the kugelblitz. It's unclear whether or not his persona will go back in Season 4 in the brand new timeline, but relaxation confident, he made a long-lasting impact!
Lila, Diego, and Five in 'The Umbrella Academy.'
In the similar episode, Lila finds that she delivered Stan to Diego as a take a look at, because she is pregnant with Diego's real kid. Lila confides that she doesn't think she'll be a excellent mom, however seeing Diego with Stan made her rethink short of a family. As for Diego, he is ready to surrender the vigilante existence and start a circle of relatives together with her.
Actor David Castañeda tells 'Distractify' he appreciates how Stanley helped Diego grow.
Distractify spoke with Umbrella Academy famous person David Castañeda about Diego's arc in the collection. Up until now, Diego has been plagued through his self-imposed challenge to are living as much as his father's expectations. David believes that Stanley gives the knife-happy vigilante some much-needed viewpoint.
"[All his issues] goes to the side when Stan gets introduced into his life," David tells Distractify. "Stan, in his own way, helps him deal with his own father's turbulent relationship. [Diego thinks] 'Now that I have a son, what my father thinks of me means nothing,'" he continues, pronouncing Diego understands that being a father is tricky, however that Diego is aware of perfectly neatly how to not be a dad, given how he grew up underneath the abusive parentage of Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore).
David Castañeda and Javon Walton in 'The Umbrella Academy'
"Once you get to be conscious of your own thoughts and be aware of when they rise is the moment you actually start moving away from them," David explains. "So by Diego making that statement, he's already putting himself in a position where he understands of what he's afraid of the most. And even though he's being vulnerable, he's still going to be the father at that point and try to have a different effect on the children that call him father."
In phrases of Diego's long term, David is able for him to enter full-on parenting mode. Despite Diego's having misplaced his powers, David wants him to focus more on having a family and being a excellent dad. If Season 4 will get greenlit, David already is aware of what he needs for his role.
"[I want] to see him do very mundane stuff," David admits. "You know, like trying to change someone's diaper!"
Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy is now available for streaming.
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