Its finallyRosario Dawsons time to take the lead.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What intrigued you aboutBriarpatch?ROSARIO DAWSON:Ive never done anything like this.
Did you read Ross Thomas book that the series is based on?
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Im so impressionable, and would have adapted the male characteristics into a woman.
Ill say, yes, we stay true to certain aspects of the book, very clearly.
When we did the first screening, it was really exciting to see people get that.
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Like, Oh, she comes off like a Humphrey Bogart character.
What did you enjoy about exploring that relationship and dynamic?I mean, Jay Ferguson is fing incredible.
What a brilliant actor.
And I was just excited for him.
Hes such an amazing actor.
It was great to see him do his thing.
[Fear the Walking Deadalum]Kim Dickensas well.
We gave her so many monologues in this, because she just fing kills monologues.
And shes like, Well, normally Im like, The zombies are coming!
[Laughs] Im like, Well, youve been vastly underutilized because you could kill a monologue.
And it just kind of kept feeling like that.
Alan [Cumming] was saying what a remarkable experience this was.
So there was just something very delicious about all these different characters that we dont normally get to play.
Id be very surprised if anyone who hasnt read the book is able to figure out where its going.
He was, like, teary.
And I was, like, What the f is the ending?
[Laughs] But I didnt want to know.
It goes really, really deep; it definitely hits some nerves.
I think after that it would probably be over.
But it really works as what it is as well.
I would love to play Allegra again.
My heart would flutter every time, those big eyes and those eyelashes; theyre just such remarkable creatures.
That was one of Andys adds thats not in the book.
When we were first putting out a teaser, they said, you could say theres 10 epic episodes.
Im like, Im not a teenager, I dont say epic.
Like, are we really the animals?
When you watch this, thatll be an interesting question to ask.
Briarpatchpremieres Thursday on USA.
