To callAdrianne Palickia “comic-book fan” would be an understatement.
“I have a Supergirl tattoo,” says the 37-year-oldFriday Night Lightsalum.
“Anything he did, I wanted to do.
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“It was honestly the scariest thing ever and the best thing ever at the time.
“I walk in one day and it’s Cary Elwes.
And I’m like, ‘I can’t read with him.
Elizabeth Hurley as the villainous Veronica Cale. “[Hurley’s] work ethic is fantastic,” says Palicki. “What a trouper, because Diana gets to kick her ass in the pilot.”.Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
He was the love of my life at one point!’
“It was fun for me to get to play three different characters ultimately,” says Palicki.
What they all still had [in common] was this beautiful vulnerability of isolation.”
Despite her confidence in Kelley’s writing, Palicki still felt an immense amount of pressure.
That made me feel much more comfortable.
I felt like we were all a team and it wasn’t just me pushing for this.”
“I think it was the biggest thing I’ve worked on.”
Adrianne Palicki on working with Elizabeth Hurley
“[Hurley]’s work ethic is fantastic.
What a trouper, because Diana gets to kick her ass in the pilot.”
Unfortunately, Palicki’s dream role was short-lived because NBC passed on the pilot.
“It was devastating when it didn’t go.
It was so big,” says Palicki.
These days she wonders if it was just a matter of it being too early.
She changed my life.”
But perhaps it’s for the best that it didn’t go through?
“I would not have had a life between the stunt rehearsals, being in every scene.
“If anything, that alone was worth it.
That and wearing the costume.”
A version of this story appears in the November issue ofEntertainment Weekly,on newsstands now oravailable here.
