James Roday Talks Shawn’s Growth in ‘Psych: The Movie’ & What Kind of ’90s References to Expect

In case you haven’t heard, Psych is making its long-awaited return to television this December.

While promoting Psych: The Movie at San Diego Comic-Con last week, star James Roday took some time to tell us about the upcoming film.

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We first asked Roday about the references that made Psych famous, and whether or not we could expect more of those in the movie. According to the star, the ever-popular nods and jokes will be there, but they may look a little different.

“A lot of the new [references] are old ones,” Roday told us. “I think the fact that we sprinkled in a couple references from the ’90s shows some evolution on our part. One in particular, which I won’t ruin for you, is musical in nature. You’ve grown accustom to us championing just ’80s music, and in this movie you’re gonna get some ’90s. I’ll leave it at that.”

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Roday also went into the complications of his character, Shawn. We all know that Shawn can be a bit childish at times, and the actor says that the time between the series and the movie has helped the character grow, even if just a little bit.

“I think deceptive growth is the perfect way to describe that character arc. I think he could always be described that way. He always needs to be Shawn, but he also needs to be building a fundamental knowledge of what it means to be a grown up and execute that in his own incremental way. The people that love him get that about him, which is way he’s able to get away with it. But I think it’s always going to be baby steps.”

You can check out the full interview with James Roday in the video above, and be sure to look out for Psych: The Movie this December.

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