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"The latest season of Pretty Little Liars has us jumping ahead five years, and also introduced us to several new relationships\u2026and brand new faces. And as any loyal viewer of the show could tell you, there\u2019s an inevitable cloud of mystery that surrounds any Rosewood newcomer. \n\nThere\u2019s certainly no lack of intrigue when it comes to Rosewood\u2019s newest medical professional, Dr. Elliot Rollins. Our first taste of this character actually dates back to the Season 6A finale, when we caught a glimpse of Alison writing her name as \u201CMrs. Rollins\u201D on the board in her classroom. After that, fans theorized that Ali would end up married, but we weren\u2019t quite sure who this mysterious man would be.\n\nTeen Vogue caught up with actor Huw Collins, who first appeared as the enigmatic and handsome Dr. Elliot Rollins in the 6B premiere this January. Huw is beyond excited to be part of the PLL family \u2014though he was momentarily considered for the role of Jordan, Hanna\u2019s fianc\u00E9, he shares quite a few things in common with his character. He also opened up about his first day on set, the responsibility of keeping so many secrets, Elliot\u2019s relationship with Ali, and, of course, his thoughts on #Emison. \n\nTeen Vogue: How did you land this role on Pretty Little Liars?\n\nHuw Collins: I went in to read for the role, and was a one-page scene. With a show like Pretty Little Liars, they like to keep it fairly secretive, so they don\u2019t give too much away. They asked me to come in for a chemistry-read the next day with Sasha, who plays Alison. We got along really well, really quickly. My manager called me later and said, \u201CThey loved you, they thought you did a really good job.\u201D They wanted me to read again, but for Jordan. But then, at 6pm that night, I got a text from my agent that was like, \u201CActually, forget that, you\u2019re the choice.\u201D Then I started work at 5:30am Monday morning, so it was a very quick turnaround.\n\nLoadingView on Instagram\n\nTV: Do you have anything personally in common with Elliot?\n\nHC: We\u2019re both very hard workers. We\u2019re both professionally driven in life, and we both fight very hard for what we believe in. And he likes wearing sharp suits, so that\u2019s another one. Ironically enough, my father in real life is a doctor. So my father is Dr. Collins, and on the show, I\u2019m Dr. Rollins. But Elliot and I don\u2019t share an accent, that\u2019s for sure.\n\nTV: How was joining a cast where everyone knew each other so well already?\n\nHC: Everyone was very welcoming. It felt like I was part of this great family in next to no time at all. The first day went super quick. I remember leaving the studio and driving home on this huge high. You\u2019re basically just on a big adrenaline kick, you\u2019re relying on your instincts, making sure that you\u2019re very polite to everyone, and you try to remember everyone\u2019s name, and you\u2019re just trying to figure out this world. It was a bit of a whirlwind, but I was very honored to be a part of it. And I still feel like that \u2013 every day I go on set, I\u2019m like, \u201CWow, it\u2019s pretty cool that I\u2019m here.\u201D It\u2019s a nice feeling.\n\nTV: What is it like to work on a show driven by female characters?\n\nHC: They&amp;#39;re all very strong-willed, very talented, beautiful women, and I think it\u2019s cool that they\u2019ve trail-blazed this show. They\u2019ve engaged this whole audience and it\u2019s become a social media phenomenon. It\u2019s really cool that they address issues that don\u2019t really get addressed too much on male-driven shows. And I think that\u2019s why Pretty Little Liars has had such a great following.\n\nTV Is it hard to keep secrets about upcoming plot twists in the episodes ahead?\n\nHC: Quite hard, yes. [Laughs] I know so many secrets I could tell you, but I just can\u2019t. But I like to flirt with the line. I think it\u2019s fun to be intentionally ambiguous to keep people guessing. The show relies on secrecy and they don\u2019t even tell us everything for that reason, because if we all knew everything, it might get out. \n\nWe don\u2019t even know all of the storylines for our own character. I remember asking a question about my character when I first joined the show, and they were like, \u201CNo, we can\u2019t tell you.\u201D They really keep it under wraps. But I think it\u2019s a good thing \u2013 it adds another layer of mystery. Marlene King definitely has a very good idea of where she wants the show to go, and I think she always has.\n\nLoadingView on Instagram\n\nTV: How would you describe the fan reaction to Eliot?\n\nHC: Obviously the #Emison fans are the most vocal, particularly about my character standing in the way of Emily and Alison being together. Coming in and being part of this new wave of characters has been a good thing, but of course, there are relationships that mean a lot to people. I used to watch Friends and if someone came along and went out with Rachel, I\u2019d be like, \u201CWhat the heck! She belongs with Ross!\u201D So I get how you become enamored by these relationships. \n\nI know a lot of people think Elliot is creepy, but I guess that\u2019s part of the mystery element. But I don\u2019t think he\u2019s acted in a way that\u2019s creepy. He might give you a shifty look here and there, but who doesn\u2019t on Pretty Little Liars? That\u2019s part of the game!\n\nTV: Does Elliot know about Ali\u2019s relationship with Emily, and if so, how do you think he feels about it?\n\nHC: Being a psychiatrist, he\u2019s good at reading people; he\u2019s good at reading situations and understanding subtext. I\u2019ve had two or three scenes with Emily, and that\u2019s the most out of anyone else besides Alison, and I think that\u2019s intentional. I think he\u2019s aware of an undercurrent of something that\u2019s been more than a friendship. But I don\u2019t think he\u2019s worried about it. And the reason I don\u2019t think he\u2019s worried is because Ali is getting married to him. She has a genuine love for him. \n\nGranted, in life, you can love more than one person. I think Alison absolutely loves Emily, but I think Elliot believes that love is in a friendship sense. And the reason I\u2019m like, \u201CElliot is saying this,\u201D is because I don\u2019t want it to seem like I\u2019m coming onto the show and thinking that whatever happened before doesn\u2019t matter. It does matter. It has importance, and I understand its importance. \n\nLoadingView on Instagram\n\nTV: Do you think viewers should trust Elliot?\n\nHC: Speaking for his actions, yes, I\u2019d say so. So far, he\u2019s a trustworthy guy. I think he\u2019s been very respectful of Alison. There\u2019s been lot of taboos around their relationship. They\u2019ve have had to suppress any romantic feelings for each other for a long time, because it would have disrupted Charlotte\u2019s progression as his patient. Now they\u2019re allowed to express it, so that\u2019s why you\u2019re seeing an acceleration of their relationship. Once Elliot saw that Alison was in pain from not being able to be herself around him in public, and not being able to express those feelings, he changed his mind and decided, \u201CYou know what, this is what I want.\u201D And that happens in life. Sometimes the difference between two people breaking up or getting married is, like, paper thin. \n\nRelated: 6 Theories About Who Killed [Spoiler] on \u200BPretty Little Liars\u200B\n\nCheck this out:\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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