Ruby was a good demon before it was cool.
But when Cassidy left the show, Genevieve Padalecki then Genevieve Cortese took over the role in season 4.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did your return come about?
And so I feel like it’s always been out there.
I’m trying to schedule when you’re coming up to Vancouver."
And I said, “What?
What are you talking about?”
He’s like, “What do you mean?
Aren’t you confirmed?”
I was like, “Dang it.
Of course I’ll do it.”
There was a communication breakdown in our family.
[Laughs] Jared knew I really wanted to be a part of it.
It’s part of my family.
So for me, it’s always been a no brainer.
Did you do anything to get back into character, like watch old episodes?
It’s been so long since you’ve played Ruby.
We’ve had three kids since I’ve worked and so much life has happened.
What I did is I actually read old episodes.
I read the old scripts that I had and I built upon that.
I don’t do well looking at something and watching a performance.
It’s difficult for me because then I feel like I’m mimicking it.
[Laughs] But it was fun.
At what point did you realize you were going to get to film with Danneel?
That didn’t come around until close to filming and I was super excited.
It was just a few weeks before.
I think Jared had said something like, “Oh, I think it’s with Danneel.”
But you’ll definitely see some of the old Ruby.
They’re all just figuring out their own schemes and their own paths.
I think they’re similar in some ways.
And that has nothing to do with the time period at all.
It’s just more of where we are today in our current 2020.
And it definitely made me feel confident in Ruby and feel like I was channeling her again.
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