The actress takes us inside her character’s heartbreaking grief and trauma on the CW extraterrestrial drama.
Warning: This article contains spoilers forRoswell, New Mexicoseason 2, episode 3, “Good Mother.”
For a town inhabited by aliens, a whole bunch of very human, very real and heartbreaking!
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drama sure does go down inRoswell, New Mexico.
How did you approach the character coming into this second season?
So we very quickly realized we were going to be heading right back into the moment straight after.
I was like, “Ooh, boy.”
She’d been married to this sort of psychopath, serial killer who used her body to commit murders.
How do you even begin to digest it?
It’s been razed to the ground."
So she actually, strangely, has been given an opportunity to start again.
I think that’s something that everyone can relate to on some level, finding your authentic self.
Isobel is, of course, a special case because she’s an alien.
So there’s a question of consent.
It’s tricky because all of these things are so shades of gray.
She learns after the fact that this man had been lying about who he was.
He had been manipulating her, using her body, and infiltrating her mind.
That’s a really terrifying thing.
I think that’s a place that many women find themselves.
This is something many women have had to really face.
There’s such a stigma.
It was very bold, and I’m really honored to be a part of it.
It’s an emotionally draining episode for Isobel, for sure.
How was that to shoot?
It was very challenging.
She proposed this whole thing.
You put your human body through it, and you don’t want to hold back.
But it was rough.
Every morning going to work was like walking into a war zone.
You know what’s coming and you’re like, “yo don’t make me go!”
But it’s such a beautiful monologue.
It just rings so true.
I know that part of the human condition, that inability to move forward beyond the loss of someone.
Wow, yeah, pretty heavy stuff.
Will we see them team up going forward?
I think Maria sees it.
She’s got her psychic abilities and she’s like, “What’s going on with you?”
I would have been there for you."
I’m really excited that this season Isobel is going to learn how to play nice with the girls.
Female relationships can be complicated, and they can be so powerful.
First of all, I was a hugeRoswelloriginal fanatic.
I was obsessed with it.
The first time I saw him was at craft services.
I don’t get star-struck, but I was so awkward.
I was like, “It’s you!”
You could tell the poor man has had to deal with this like a lot.
He’s like, “Yes, it’s me.
I know that I’m the hero of your dreams.”
It was embarrassing, but having him around was amazing.
He’s been such a huge champion of the show.
We have a tradition of going out for karaoke on Saturday nights, and he came out one time.
I was just like, “Is this real life?”
I love that so much.
Can you tease anything to come there?
Is Isobel going to throw herself into investigating her past?
That’s definitely a question that she’s got intensely on her mind.
It’s beautifully written and beautifully acted, and I’m really excited for fans to see it.
I think they’re going to love it.
Roswell, New Mexicoairs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.
