Overview

• In a new IPPEN.MEDIA interview, Thaler says memories of her late co-star surface at nearly every farm location shoot and leave her feeling emotional.
• She describes their relationship as like real siblings, recalling affectionate bickering that grew from years of working together.
• Producers decided not to depict Korbinian Hofer’s death on screen and instead wrote the character as moving to Husum to handle the situation respectfully.
• Hannesschläger disclosed an incurable neuroendocrine tumor in October 2019 that had spread to his liver and died on 20 January 2020 at age 57 in a Munich hospice.
• Thaler remembers being surprised to be cast as his sister, says she attended his funeral, and continues in her role of over two decades as the series marks 25 years.