#fwtp2

I have a letter to read to you guys from Austin Nichols because he has a new show and he’s shooting in Atlanta. He wanted to come but he couldn’t be here because he’s working.

"To the greatest fans I have ever known, the French… Some of you flew across the world with messages and signs, spent all day in the heat or braved the rain in North Carolina. If you didn’t fly there, you made your presence known, the most excited and passionate fans ever. Many years later and you’ve not disappeared, instead the opposite, you’ve cheered. As we’ve moved into the next chapter, you’ve supported whatever came after. Always there, always fair, always making noise to show us you care. I’ve made many other shows and movies, but I’ve never had a response so groovy. And when you finally feel that love, you never forget it, you hold it high above and embrace it. I’ve been welcomed in Paris with confetti, with Mark and Rob and Colletti. It was the trip of a life time, if they’re using a translator right now, you know that this doesn’t rhyme. I wanted to give you a poem, something meaningful to show you I care, about each and every one of you, I swear. I came to Tree Hill late in the game, it can be intimidating to join such a hot group of dames. But everyone was kind, each person up here today made me feel at home, and you, the fans opened their hearts to me, to Julian, as if I showed up on day 1 as a Raven. I couldn’t be there today because I’m working on something new, and when the time is right I will tell you the details too. But I hope I never lose you, your love, your passion. You will always be my French girls, and I will be your Julian."

Bisous, Austin.

In the last episode what was the most emotional moment that you had to shoot?

"When we were filming the finale there’s this scene where Julian’s filming a movie and he built Brooke’s house on a sound stage. And we filmed a scene where we’re sitting on the front porch of the house on the set, and then we have this whole conversation. We stand up and we go walking through the set that’s Brooke’s house, the high school, Peyton’s bedroom, all these rooms around us. And when we really filmed it… I’m gonna get so emotional… (she starts tearing up and her voice starts to break whilst finishing the story) When we filmed it, they left the cameras running and the whole crew came in behind us and walked through the set. So we have footage of our entire crew walking through the hallway of the high school with me and it was very, very emotional."