After eight years of watching Bethany Joy Galeotti's "One Tree Hill" character grow from a chatterbox high-school student to a misguided one-hit-wonder to a capable, strong wife and mother, we were thrilled to learn that she has no intention of walking away from the show before its final episode.Galeotti, who is in the middle of directing an episode of "One Tree Hill," took some time out of her Saturday morning to chat with us about what's coming up for Haley and Nathan in the final season. She also gave us the dish on her music career and the highly anticipated musical "Life Unexpected" crossover, which airs at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, October 12. Galeotti performs one of her songs from Everly, her collaboration with friend Amber Sweeney.
Zap2it: You must be so busy right now! Can you tell us a little bit about the episode that you're directing?
Galeotti: It's a Thanksgiving episode. I'm having a great time. It's got some really nice, heartwarming moments. It's a nice kind of back to our roots "One Tree Hill" episode with that family feeling of the whole gang coming together.
It seems that you guys have been going back to your roots a lot this season, between the return of the theme song and the more intimate tone of the show.
I really feel that way, too. This is the first season actually that I've watched every episode, and I've really been feeling that we're going back to the way the show felt at the beginning. I was flipping channels recently, and we rerun on SOAPNet, and I saw "One Tree Hill" coming up, and I thought oh, I'll go look at it. It was one of the old episodes from the first season, and it's really nice to see that yeah, we're really going back to where we started from. It's kind of a tribute to the fans, the people who have stuck with us for all these years.
You guys are on Season 8, and "Life Unexpected" is sort of still finding its place on The CW. Can you tell me a bit about how you got involved in the crossover?
I just heard this summer that Life Unexpected was hoping to do a crossover episode, and they asked if I'd be interested. It's always fun to go work on a new set and meet some new people, so I said sure. They worked out my schedule on Tree Hill so that I could leave, and we got up there and started filming! Kate [Voegele] and I had a great time up in Vancouver. They've got a really nice crew up there. We were very welcomed, right away.
I loved the song that Haley sang.
It's a song called "Stars" and I co-wrote it with Amber. We submitted a few songs, and that was the one that "Life Unexpected" chose. They felt it was the best one for the episode. It was very fitting, I think. It's a song about finding your identity in the midst of a lot of strong personalities and in the face of expectations about who you're supposed to be and what everyone else is telling you you're supposed to be.
Did you do much work with Ben Lee and Sara McLachlan?
I got to meet Ben and have drinks with him, and he's a really, really sweet guy. Sarah was there later than I was, unfortunately, I wrapped many hours before she got there, but I wish I'd met her. Everyone was raving about how down to earth and personable she is, and what a great talent she is.
I know you're performing on "Life Unexpected," but will we see any more of Haley's music on "One Tree Hill"?
I'm not sure. They're focusing a little bit more on the producing side for her this year, so I don't know. We haven't talked about it yet, but it depends on whether we get the back nine picked up, too.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens to Haley and Nathan now that he's retired from the NBA.
I don't know anything yet! I'm very curious to find that out myself. We haven't delved too far into their relationship since the retirement, but I'd imagine it'll be a different dynamic at home. It's kind of the first time since they were in high school that they're both at home at the same time. It'll be interesting.
Mark Schwahn recently confirmed that he's working on getting Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton to come back to Tree Hill. Are you looking forward to it?
Oh, sure, that'll be fun. I'd love to see everyone come back. They're all great people who are really cool to work with and a lot of fun. They definitely bring a new dynamic for all of the actors on the show.
What are your hopes for Haley this season?
I think that after 8 years we've sort of run the gamut. It's nice now, I've just been enjoying sharing the time with the other actors, seeing Haley's family and her life with Nathan. It's our last season so we're all just really excited to be doing good work and to see how everything ends up rounding out. We're kind of past the point now of future hopes and goals. It's more like let's see how everything runs its course. We all love what they do in the writer's room, they all put their brains together and deliver great stuff, so it's always nice to see what's next.
Do you have any plans to get back in the recording studio or on the road with Everly?
We definitely do. It's something probably for the next six months or so, getting in the studio and recording. We've got to figure out a schedule where we can get into the studio and record at the same time. My schedule is a little less flexible than hers, so it's always about figuring out when Amber can get out here.
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