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heartlandians · 10 months

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Amber Marshall on Her ‘Heartland’ Family, Overcoming Loss & Amy Finding Love Again

Viewers of the beloved drama Heartland have grown up with Amber Marshall. The actress, 35, has portrayed Amy Fleming for more than 15 years, over 250 episodes and counting with season 17 now in production. The series, based on the bestselling books, follows the Bartlett-Fleming family and is set in the picturesque backdrop along the rolling foothills of the Rockies in the fictional town of Hudson, Alberta.

Amy enjoys the ranch life surrounded by horses she has cared for and open space. Though the rural setting has been anything but easy living. Much like Amy, Marshall and the rest of the cast have dealt with their own share of loss. One of the show’s stars, Robert Cormier, who played her love interest in Finn Cotter, died last September after a fall.

Despite being the longest-running television drama in Canadian TV history, the show continues to build on its existing audience beyond the Great White North. Among the Top 5 Most Streamed Shows in the U.S., the series recently premiered season 16 stateside exclusively on UP Faith & Family. Marshall took a break from filming season 17 to reflect on Heartland’s longevity and generational connection, as well as tease what’s to come.

What’s the vibe on set for season 17?

Amber Marshall: We really have become quite the family because we have been together for so many years. I think back to that whole idea when you are in high school and your peers become your family. That has happened on set over the years. The funny connection between it is we are actually playing a family on TV. We genuinely care about each other. I just absolutely love the longevity of the show because it makes the character have so much more realism and history with other characters.

How do you look at Amy’s evolution?

It’s a rare opportunity that an actor gets to play a character for this long. To be able to grow as a person simultaneously with my character’s growth has been cool. It’s interesting to see how the writers look at what is going on in my own life and then will mirror a lot of the stories because I’m going through a lot of the same things at the same time as my character is. I remember when our showrunner at the time Heather Conkie was at my own personal wedding taking notes. I said, “Oh, we’re bound to see this on the screen in a year or so.” Sure enough, very similar stories took place. That’s also the best way I can prepare for my role because I am going through these things in my own life. When it comes on screen I can say, “Wow, I’ve been there and experienced this. I know exactly how I handled it emotionally and can bring that into my character.

Amy’s daughter Lyndy (played by Ruby and Emmanuella Spencer) is really starting to come into her own this season. You’re definitely seeing a lot of the traits and horse-whisperer abilities in her as Mom.

There are two twin girls who play the role of Lyndy, and they were cast on the show when they were six months old. They have literally grown up on the show, and now they are going to be seven this summer. I really do feel they are my family. I’ve spent so much time with these girls. I’ve watched every stage they’ve had and watched them learn and develop. That to me has been really rewarding. Not just as an actor, but as a mother figure to these kids. I think again that brings so much realism into the show. They bring such realism to the show.

The show was dealt a devastating blow with Robert’s passing. Your character was so intertwined with his character Finn as seen in season 16. Fans wanted to see these two end up together long-term. You talk about being family on set. How has it been moving forward?

To add to all of that, fans were so excited to see Amy start to fall in love again. To live those moments onscreen and have such a connection with Robert and his character Finn. We spent multiple days having all kinds of different story arc talks. We thought, “Okay, this is going to take us through the rest of the season and beyond.” He and I would talk about it all the time. He was such a great guy and so open and very honest to work with. The conversations were easy. It is so fun to be around him.

When we found out the news, it was devastating. It was one of those moments that served as a reminder that you never know when you’re going to lose someone around you. We all took a step back and used it as a moment to look at our lives and who we love and care about and make sure they know that. You never know. There is no certainty in life. That was kind of an eye-opener for everyone on set. In a way, I do believe it did bring us all closer together because you can’t take anything for granted.

Season 16 is currently airing here in the U.S. via Up Faith & Family. What do you like most about Amy’s journey?

I believe that season 16 allowed Amy the opportunity to move forward with her life. After the death of her husband Ty [Borden] (Graham Wardle), there were a few seasons we wanted to spend honoring his legacy and their relationship and connection. Fans who have been long-time viewers of the show know how strong that connection was and how important the relationship was for the Heartland series. I think it’s respectful to the characters and the fans to show the grieving process and go through the stories of now a single mom who had to put her daughter before everyone else. But in a way those times were really taxing because for myself playing a grieving widow was hard on me. Every day you’re coming in upset and trying to get into very dark places. Season 16 was finally where it became, no, Amy is allowed to move forward. She is allowed to be happy. She was given that time for her to grieve and for fans to grieve with her. Now it’s about her moving forward and opening up her heart again

There are theories that Sam [Langstone] (Shawn Roberts) is the new love interest. What can you tease about the future for him and Amy?

I think it’s always important when you have a female character who has been through love and loss to have characters that are always kind of there. When there is always that potential of asking, “Is there going to be something that happens?” You never know. That’s what keeps stories interesting when you don’t know the exact path the character is going to take. Sometimes there are certain things, even our own lives that we are just neighbors or friends or whatever we might see them as. Then a life situation might turn the corner where might actually view them differently. One of my friends. She is a widow and lost her husband. She always joked about her neighbor. Four years later she ended up married her neighbor. You never know what is going to happen.

How much longer do you see yourself playing Amy?

I love this character. Not even the character, but this lifestyle. Heartland has one of the nicest environments that I have been in when it comes to a film set. We primarily film outdoors in beautiful locations. Every day I show up to work it’s breathtaking. Yes, there are bad days when it’s snowing and minus 30 and we have to forget about that. Today it’s a hot, beautiful summer day, and we get to hang out with a great group of people and a bunch of horses all day. We’re at the ranch today. I don’t know if I could ever find a better job than this. It fits my life so perfectly. I live in Alberta. I love Alberta. I don’t want to be anywhere else. I will ride this horse as long as it’s here.

What do you attribute the show’s success and longevity to?

I think fans are really looking for a nice, wholesome, family show that they can sit down together and watch and not be worried about the content. Not have to explain things to their kids. That’s one of the biggest things I hear as far as feedback that people. That Heartland has actually brought their family closer together. The more I hear about it and hear kids will watch the show and call their grandparents to talk about it. That is their common thread. It’s something we can all enjoy and sit and talk about. In such a fast-paced world, where so many people are separated by devices and technology. Everybody is very disconnected, but they can still get together to sit and watch our show together.

Heartland, Season 16 is now streaming exclusively on UP Faith & Family

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#heartland #amber marshall #interview #season 16 #season 17 #tv insider #robert cormier #sam langston #lyndy borden #lyndy twins #UP FF

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confessions-heartland · 7 months

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"I thought Sam was a friend. I think he's the one screwing over Jack and Tim, not this Pryce guy"

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tvshowpilot · 2 years

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Want to know what happened on the newest Heartland episode? Then check out my recap of Heartland season 16 episode 3!

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heartlandtfln · 1 year

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“Sam: The only time I take the high road is if marijuana is involved.“

#heartland #sam langston #shawn roberts #source: unknown

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repulsiveapollo · 2 years

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If I made you leave, I’d be at peace.

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sidewalkstv · 2 years

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Review: Jurassic World Dominion

The dinos are back ... one last time? Our JP reviews "Jurassic World Dominion," the sixth installment in the "Jurassic Park" franchise and the final film in the "Jurassic World" trilogy. #JurassicWorldDominion #JurassicWorld #moviereview

The dinos are back … one last time? Our JP reviews “Jurassic World Dominion,” the sixth installment in the “Jurassic Park” franchise and the final film in the “Jurassic World” trilogy. Jurassic World Dominion(Universal) Directed by Colin TrevorrowScreenplay by Emily Carmichael, Colin TrevorrowStory by Derek Connolly, Colin TrevorrowBased on Characters by Michael CrichtonProduced by Frank…

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#Bryce Dallas Howard #Chris Pratt #Jeff Goldblum #JP Langston #Jurassic World #Jurassic World Dominion #Laura Dern #movie review #review #Sam Neill

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everymanpdf · 4 months

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reading list

#up next after I finish the acid house and then I found The Writings of John Lennon #the latter of which is very silly and short so it will be soon. and I found Langston Hughes Simple’s Uncle Sam also.#I love you winter break I love you having time to read books

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pixelnrd · 1 month

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devlin surviving longer than langston feels so sinister considering what happened to sybil 😭 didn’t one of his ancestors impregnate pearl too?

The Devlin's are a weed in this Decades Challenge. There are so, so many of them and they keep popping up. The fault is mostly because of Helen Arnold and Albert Devlin...

Helen Arnold was a descendant of the Langston family. She was Agnes Scott (nee Langston)'s grandchild. Agnes married Albert Devlin who was...

The nephew of Leon Devlin (father of Primrose and Marigold). Leon had a brother named Timothy, who had three children of his own including Albert. Albert Devlin had 6 children - one out of wedlock, and 5 with his wife Helen. His siblings also had many children.

What you can't see is how many descendants have flowed on from this branch of the tree - especially because there were so many sons, so the name Devlin kept on carrying.

David Devlin was the great-grandchild of Helen and Albert. He was Pearl Dreyfus's boyfriend and he left her when she fell pregnant with their son Buddy. David went on to marry after this and had 5 sons. Only one of them produced a descendant, and all of them died of accidental causes in their youth.

Buddy's only son, Sam, married another Devlin 🤦🏼‍♀️

Nevertheless, there are still so many Devlin's hanging out as a result of their prolofic breeding. I can't keep track of them anymore.

I hope you enjoyed this essay on Langston Legacy lore.

#asks #answers

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quickhacked · 4 months

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Mikhail and Vitali were inseparable; when they weren’t studying or getting into fights, they would hang out at Mikhail’s place to smoke and get drunk on cheap rum and vodka, to then pass out in each other’s arms and sleep most of the next day away. They promised each other— no matter what would happen— they would never leave each other’s side. Yet after starting university and college respectively, they did not see each other for a little over six years, leaving them both heartbroken and wondering what went wrong.

by lucas expedidor // catch me if you can; eden // clementine von radics, from 'courtney love prays to oregon' // sam sax, cruising: a broken tiara // 'ceramic home' by heavensghost; quote from john murillo // 'something's changed' by laiikastears // i don't want to watch the world end with someone else; clinton kane // fortesa latifi, from 'the truth about grief' // audre lorde, the evening news // frank o'hara, biotherm (for bill berkson) // heading home; ruben // 'preface to a dream' by alessandra casini // tokyo; caroline kole // langston hughes, poem // haruki murakami, norwegian wood // julie buntin, marlena // by lute // by aleksandr popov // anyway; noah kahan // christa wolf, cassandra: a novel and four essays

#cp2077 #edit:mikhail #edit:vitali #nuclearocs #nuclearedits #happy birthday to my two boys :^) yes they share the same birthday what about it. it's essential to their whole. thing #whatever it is. they're like soulmates but also they are NOT dating. i need you to understand that. because it makes everything funnier #you guys remember when i first introduced them here and people thought they were together. good times honestly #but yeah no vitali is officially dating vincent and mikhail is just their eternal third wheel. their relationship can't be defined #they also reunite of course but i LOVE emphasizing their grief. they didn't know they'd ever see each other again #and they've known each other since around age 12. imagine spending almost every day with someone who CHOSE you #and then suddenly not seeing them or talking to them for YEARS. what do you do with that grief. that pain #sure they've found each other back but what do you do with that. where do you put it. it makes me insane!!!#they both were so lonely in their own way. vitali getting lost in vices and crowds but ending up all by himself at the end of the day #and mikhail drowning himself in studying and pushing himself far over his limits just to distract himself from the hole in his chest #night city in my head is much more massive than what it feels like in game. like yeah it feels big but not. BIG big #and i think mikhail and vitali's story and them losing contact while only a district apart really emphasizes how like #how HUGE this city is not only in terms of actual land it covers but also just. how overwhelming it is. how it can swallow you whole #anyway if you've read all of this hi. wanna make out

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rabbitrah · 9 months

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What are your favorite poems from when you were a kid, or that you think 10-11 year olds would enjoy?

I don't have much time outside the regular curriculum to teach poetry, but my rough plan is to try and pull out a poem every now and then, maybe with snacks as well, and have it be more of a fun, low-risk "poetry tasting" at the beginning or end of a lesson.

I'm interested in genuinely good English or Spanish language poetry without much archaic language. Whether it's sad, happy, serious, dark, funny, whatever is fine. Hopefully I can have a nice balance.

Top choices right now:

Invitation by Shel Silverstein

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

This Bus Stop Was A Coral Reef, Once by Megan Arkenberg

The Orange by Wendy Cope

Poet to a Bigot by Langston Hughes

Cause I Ain't Got a Pencil by Joshua T. Dickerson

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

I am Considering

Two-Headed Calf Poem by Laura Gilpin

The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service (I was obsessed with this one as a kid.)

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div-divington · 4 months

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things Remedy could definitely sell in their Official Merch Store that would undoubtedly make them A Sum of Money (a very serious and extremely cost-friendly non-exhaustive list):

- Black mug with the Federal Bureau of Control's seal on it (either the simple, clean, modern all-white version or the full coloured version)

- plushies of The Former. they're cute and i like them.

- mini-fridge that looks like AI10-KE (the Arctic Queen)

- literally just normal stationary with FBC imagery attached. Lemme buy Pope's clipboard.

- Oceanview Motel & Casino keychain

- Inverted Black Pyramid keychain

- Replica posters for all the fun little posters in the Oldest House (Do as you're told! Don't eat the Mold!)

- Get a real actual wizard to curse a buncha rubber duckies so they actually follow buyers around and quack at them (may not be profitable depending on wizard rates)

- The hairclip Jesse gets when she finishes the base game

- just. That poster Ahti has on his office door. Of himself.

- Tiny Little Hotline

- hoodie with Bureau seal on it

- small high-detail statues of Jesse and other characters (Emily, Arish, Langston, Marshall, idk) in action poses (or just dynamic poses)

- a vinyl record featuring literally nothing but Langston's freestyle poetry/rap from AWE on loop (on both sides) (cover art should be a low-res PNG of Langston with 2013 MLG sunglasses Photoshopped poorly onto him and "Langston's Greatest Hits" written in hot pink Comic sans font)

There are also a buncha Alan Wake options too:

- Life-sized cutout of Alan complete with book-holding shelf

- book sleeves so you can dress any unrelated book up as a litany of Alan's literary wonders

- Oh Deer Diner mug

- More of those thermoses (I will eradicate the scalpers that bought them all within literally seconds of them being made available)

- all the Manuscript pages from all the Alan Wake games (including the tiny amount we hear him narrate in AWE) in either an FBC "CLASSIFIED" folder or a dirty envelope

- real gun

- any and all posters from any and all AW games. Like the ones advertising Tom Zane's movies, or the ones telling you to celebrate Deerfest or the ones telling you to visit Coffee World

- plushie of Mayor Setter :)

- plushie of the Coffee World mascot (make it do the terrifying laugh when you squeeze its hand too)

- Barry Wheeler desk statue where the headlamp and Christmas lights light up

- "Not The Worst Mom" mug (PLEASE)

- deer masks

- anatomically accurate Taken-Nightingale statue with removable heart (show me the terror)

- just a framed print out of Alex Casey giving us the Look he always does

- Dr. Hartman's "The Creator's Dilemma" book sleeve so we can bask in his smug smile

- official Alan Wake branded flashlights

- Saga's sweater/sweaters?

- for $3000 Sam Lake just personally shows up at your house and sends you to the Dark Place

feel free to add more

#yet to play Quantum Break or any Max Payne game so #no suggestions for them tragically #remedy games #remedy entertainment #control game #control 2019 #alan wake #alan wake 2 #sam lake #hire me remedy #i have so many great ideas

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heartlandians · 6 months

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Heartland - 16x03 - On the Ropes

#heartland #stills #season 16 #16x03 #sam langston #shawn roberts #amy fleming #amber marshall #amy x sam #riding #horse #hawk #shadow #cowboy hat

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confessions-heartland · 1 year

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“I think Sam and Amy would be a good match“

#heartland #amy fleming #amy fleming borden #amber marshall #sam langston #shawn roberts #amy/sam #confessions #heartland confessions

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jackexmachina · 2 years

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I loved my friend. — Langston Hughes

image description: scenes from “Torn and Frayed,” “All Along the Watchtower,” “Lost and Found,” “Inherit the Earth,” and “Carry On” interspersed with lines from the above poem by Langston Hughes.

8x10: Sam sits wistfully on a bench watching a couple walk past, they are holding hands and huddled under an umbrella. As another person crosses in front of him, Castiel appears sitting next to him on the bench looking pensive. Sam jumps in his seat when he notices Castiel, who pauses for a moment before saying, “Watching humanity... it never gets old, does it?”

text: [I loved my friend.]

12x23: Castiel comes through the portal to another world, breathing heavily, and Sam smiles in relief saying, “Cas!” Castiel turns to him before he is suddenly stabbed through the heart, then his eyes and mouth pour out a bright white light. Sam is shocked, and then looks terrified to see Lucifer standing behind Castiel as his body falls to the ground.

text: [He went away from me. / There’s nothing more to say.]

13x01: Sam stands with Jack in front of the pyre for Castiel and Kelly. Sam looks near tears, saying, “You hope they’re somewhere without... sadness. Or pain.” Jack takes this in, looking confused and concerned. Sam turns to him, nodding as he says, “You hope they’re somewhere better. You say goodbye.”

text: [The poem ends, / Soft as it began,—]

15x19: Dean stands in front of Sam and Jack in an empty street with several abandoned vehicles. He tells them, “Cas is gone.” Jack looks down slightly, shaking his head looking upset and lost. Sam looks away from Dean and then to Jack with short breaths, then says, “This can’t be happening.” He turns around, pulling his phone from his pockets and walking away.

text: [I loved my friend.]

15x20: At a pie festival, Sam watches a couple with two kids walk by holding hands. After, he tells Dean, “I’m not ‘Sad Sam.’” Dean raises his eyebrows, skeptically, and Sam hesitates. He explains, “I’m just... I’m thinking about Cas. Jack. If they could be here.” Dean nods and looks off as he finishes speaking.

#sastiel #sam and cas #sam winchester #castiel #jack kline #dean winchester #torn and frayed #all along the watchtower #8x10 #12x23 #13x01 #15x19 #15x20 #*mine

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heartlandtfln · 1 year

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“(989): I need a new best friend. Someone who drinks like a fish, hooks up enough to raise eyebrows, and isn't afraid to admit that masturbation is the second best way to spend time. Someone like me! Help me put up posters.“

#heartland #caleb odell #kerry james #sam langston #shawn roberts #caleb/sam #source: texts from last night

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repulsiveapollo · 1 year

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