In a recent interview with TV Guide, Ryan Eggold provided readers with a preview of his character, Ryan Matthews.

The actor describes the teacher as "kind of a kid himself," evidently one that doesn't always carry on a professional relationship with his students.

"There is some tension between a student and myself," Eggold said, teasing that the dynamic will be explored in the plot episode. "I'm not sure where they're going to go with it... I do have a love interest, I can't say yet [who]."

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Eggold added that the Ryan Gosling film Half Nelson served as inspiration for the character of Ryan Matthews, which is interesting considering that Gosling depicted a loner, drug-addicted teacher in that movie.

"[Matthews is] definitely his own man and kind of a lone wolf in a sense. He butts heads with the principal a lot, Harry Mills (Rob Estes). He's kind of a loose cannon, and does whatever he feels."

We can't wait to find out what that entails!

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