`We always knew that Legion is technically a villain character,` Aubrey Plaza said. She was speaking to journalists on a phone call just ahead of Legion`s Season 3 premiere. We had visited the FX show`s set at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, we`d seen several of the third season`s episodes, and one question hung over it all: Can David Haller be redeemed after what he did in Season 2?`Up until now, we`ve sympathized with his character, and we`ve understood why he does the things that he does,` Plaza continued. `I think that this season is a little bit more about kind of showing the David Haller in the comic books--the character that we`ve been waiting for, in a way.`A show`s protagonist turning into its villain is nothing new in a post-Breaking Bad world. But David`s turn in Legion Season 2 had the uniquely tragic air of a self-fulfilling prophecy; there are dozens of points throughout Legion`s first two seasons where, had things gone differently, David may have never reached this point. Yet here`s where we are at the start of Season 3: David is alienated from his friends, having sexually assaulted the woman he loves, and, we`re led to believe, is going to destroy the world. Is it possible to come back from what he did and avoid that terrible fate?`That`s a good question,` Dan Stevens, who plays David Haller, told journalists during the visit to Paramount Studios. `I mean, again, the nature of Legion, the character, is that he is both the hero [and the] anti-hero figure. And there`s a sort of diabolical sense of mischief through the comic book storylines that you find with him. And that`s what makes him such a treat to play, is that dichotomy. Whether I think he can be redeemed--or should be--is not really for me to say. I think he wants to--he wants to see if he can sort of unpick this unholy mess that he`s created.`That`s where Season 3`s main new character, Switch (Lauren Tsai), comes in. She`s a time traveling mutant who David recruits in the Season 3 premi ...
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