Previewing the next episode of MERLIN – ‘His Father’s Son’

The Threat of All-Out War for Camelot Looms on MERLIN

 

Tony Award-Winning Actress Lindsay Duncan Guest Stars

as Arthur Discovers the Perils of Being King in ‘His Father’s Son,’

Airing Friday at 10 p.m. ET/PT Only on Syfy

King Arthur makes his first bold decision with the questionable guidance of Agravaine, leading to the threat of all-out war in “His Father’s Son,” a new episode of MERLIN that airs Friday at 10 p.m. ET/PT (9 p.m. Central), only on Syfy.

Last week, MERLIN attracted its biggest audience ever on Syfy, with more than 2 million viewers.  This week’s episode begins as Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table look on while Arthur’s judgment not only calls into question his leadership, but incurs the wrath of Queen Annis, ruler of the Castle of Fyrien.  In her anger, she succumbs to the promises of Morgana that together they can defeat Arthur and claim Camelot.

It’s a fast and furious return to MERLIN for Morgana, whose lack of physical presence in last week’s episode didn’t diminish her threat.

Katie McGrath has spent four years growing with her role as Morgana, evolving from young ward of the king to the personification of evil in Camelot. Executive producer and series co-creator Johnny Capps has enjoyed watching McGrath spread her wicked wings since she was first cast in the role.

 

Morgana

“Katie has really blossomed as an actress,” Capps says of McGrath, who currently can also be seen in U.S. movie theaters in the Madonna-directed biopic W.E. “Playing the conflicted Morgana was really tough on Katie, but now that Morgana has become a more complex and evil character, it really plays to Katie’s strengths as an actress. And she’s really enjoying it. It’s always good to play a villain, and I think Katie’s really stepped up to the mark. We keep giving her more and more to do, because she’s just playing so brilliantly.”

Several of McGrath’s scenes in “His Father’s Son” are opposite Lindsay Duncan, one of Britain’s most acclaimed stage actresses, who plays Queen Annis in the episode. Duncan earned a Tony Award and a Drama Desk award from her performance in the revival of Private Lives, and has twice been recognized with Lawrence Olivier Theatre Awards – in 1987 for Les Liaisons Dangereuses and in 2002 for Private Lives.  In 2009. Duncan was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).

In “His Father’s Son,” Morgana’s unfettered hatred proves alluring to Queen Annis, who, as the episode begins, suffers at the hands of King Arthur.  And yet, the decision Arthur makes, deadly as it is, proves to be an important step on his path to being an even greater ruler than his father.

“Lindsay Duncan is such an extraordinary English actress – her stage work speaks for itself – and we were lucky to get her,” Capps explains. “We wanted an actress who could give the character a real heady weight of authority, and her performance is absolutely brilliant. This is a character that will definitely be returning.

“Lindsay brings this real gravitas to the episode, so the world has more at stake and feels more real and allows (the viewers) to realize that there are others kings and queens in this fantasy world – and that there are repercussions for people’s actions.”

It also leads to one of the most stunning one-on-one combat scenes yet seen in MERLIN – one that viewers can thrill to themselves when “His Father’s Son” airs Friday, Feb. 3, at 10 p.m. ET/PT (9 p.m. Central), only on Syfy.

All three seasons of MERLIN are now available on DVD and on iTunes.  Be sure to follow the latest news on MERLIN at the Official Merlin page on Facebook.

(Information provided courtesy of J2 Comm and Fremantle Media Enterprises.)

Where We Last Left Off and Wild Speculations on What’s Really Going On in RINGER

When RINGER went on winter hiatus last November, we were already pretty confused about what was really going on; and the intervening two month break has not done much to illuminate the overall mystery since the show has been notoriously close-lipped about spoilers.  So here is what we have been able to piece together and what we hope to find out more about as the series picks up Tuesday night with Episode 11 of this increasingly murky, mystery story.

Bridget / Siobhan

BRIDGET

When former bad-twin Brigit (Sarah Michelle Gellar) takes on the identity of her allegedly good-twin Siobhan, she did it with the best intentions:  to hide in plain sight to cover up (1) Siobhan’s suicide and (2) to escape her own life where she is wanted by the FBI and a murderous mob-boss.  But unbeknownst to her, Siobhan had faked her death in order to force her sister to take her place.  However, like all best laid plans, Siobhan’s plan backfired when Bridget survived an assassination attempt as she was posing as her twin and today is still masquerading as Siobhan and living Siobhan’s life, which has complicated Siobhan’s carefully constructed plans.

Believing her sister is dead and slowly falling for her sister’s husband, Bridget is walking a fine line.  When she quickly dispatched of Henry, Siobhan’s lover, and tried to make amends with Gemma, Siobhan’s best friend and Henry’s wife, Siobhan put a plan in motion to have Gemma kidnapped – her motivations were two-fold (a) to keep Gemma after she found out that Bridget was impersonating her sister, and (b) perhaps to prevent Gemma from making Henry’s life a living-hell after she found out about his affair with Siobhan.

So Bridget may have thought she was stepping into an easier life when she took over her sister’s identity, but it has only made her life much more entangled and thorny than ever before.  Bridget is in love with a man who does not know who she really is; she’s become a surrogate mother to a very trouble teen; her old life is closing in as her sponsor and former-lover Malcolm is now hanging around (his own life hanging in the balance with Bodaway stalking him and Bridget); she told all her secrets to a fake-sponsor, who was a man hired by her sister to keep tabs on her and who kidnapped Gemma; and she sort of framed herself for murder by planting her own fingerprints on evidence from the crime scene of Gemma’s kidnapping.

Bridget’s initial instincts were to run, but the longer she stays, she finds herself stuck in this sticky web of deceit.

Bridget / Siobhan

SIOBHAN

The puppet-master behind all the mysteries, Siobhan (also portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar) is pulling all the strings and had everyone fooled.  For years, she held herself out to be the “good girl” and made Bridget feels like the bad sister.  But with each revelation, we are starting to see a picture of a very mean, nasty, and diabolical woman – that’s who Siobhan really is.  She tricked her own sister into thinking she had committed suicide and laid a trap so that Bridget leapt at the opportunity to take over Siobhan’s identity.  But Siobhan only wanted her sister to take over her life so that she could have her spectacularly killed, thus completing her grand plan to fake her own death.  Fortunately, Bridget’s strong survival instincts saved her.  However, Siobhan is not very happy about her sister taking over her life and messing up her grand plans – particularly when Bridget found out about her secret bank account and cleaned it out, leaving Siobhan broke in Paris.

We really still have no idea why Siobhan wanted to fake her own death or what kind of financial shenanigans she is up to with her husband Andrew’s company.  But we do know that Siobhan — not only wanted the world to think she was dead — she wanted her sister dead.  She also did not really care about her husband or her stepdaughter who she abandoned without a look back, and she also did not care about Henry, her lover, and the father of her child.   Siobhan has shown herself to be a classic sociopath, acting without remorse or regard for others.  If you have any doubts, re-watch the final moments of the last episode in which she coldly killed Charlie and then planted the gun on him, right after he killed Gemma.  Plus, she had no problem tricking Tyler into thinking he was the father of her child, not to mention the fact that she never even bothered to tell Henry (the man that she supposedly really loved) that he had a child.

We may not understand the “why” of what Siobhan is doing, but we certainly have a clear picture of who she really is – she is the true villain in the story.

Andrew

ANDREW

As Siobhan’s hapless husband, Andrew (Ioan Gruffudd) had the great misfortune of marrying a woman he knew nothing about.  He probably regretted it every day since – that is until Bridget came along and took over Siobhan’s life.  Now poor Andrew is duped into believing his evil wife has turned a new leaf and is falling in love with her.  If only he knew the truth!

While there have been small hints of business improprieties by Andrew and his business partner Olivia, and perhaps even a former dalliance, nothing concrete has been revealed yet.  We just know that their investment company is on the verge of collapse and they are hoping for a big deal to bail them out.   It can be speculated that Siobhan is either trying to expose Andrew for some shady business dealings, or to hasten along his financial ruin.

But since Andrew and Bridget’s love story seems to be the only beating heart in this story, we rooting for them to evade Siobhan’s evil plans and life happily ever after — if that’s even possible!

Juliet

JULIET

Andrew also has a daughter Juliet (Zoey Deutch) from a former marriage, and she makings his life a living hell with her wild partying and penchance for trouble.  Just when Andrew thinks he has gotten Juliet back on the path of the straight and narrow, she finds another way to circumvent the road to rehabilitation.  Since Juliet keeps coming home to Andrew, we can only imagine that life with Andrew’s ex-wife Caroline is not very pleasant and that may be one of the reasons Juliet is so self-destructive.

Juliet’s latest attempt to sabotage her own life and take down another in the process is by making the allegation that her teacher raped her.  While it is not yet known if she made it up to punish Mr. Carpenter for rejecting her advances, whether it is true or not, just the allegation is going to act like a bomb in blowing up Juliet, Mr. Carpenter and everyone else’s lives as the truth is sorted out.

Henry

HENRY

As Gemma’s husband and Siobhan’s former lover, Henry (Kristofer Polaha) is a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown.  When Bridget came along and unceremoniously dumped him and became infatuated with Andrew, Henry was heart-broken.  Believing her to be Siobhan, the world no longer made sense to Andrew.  Bridget was not acting anything like Siobhan, but he never suspected that she had replaced Siobhan.  Instead, Henry is like a lost-puppy wondering what happened to his perfect life.

As if being rejected by “Siobhan” was not enough, Henry also had to deal with the horror of having his wife Gemma kidnapped from their home.   While Bridget was quick to figure out a way to turn the spotlight off of Henry as the prime suspect in Gemma’s disappearance, it did nothing to repair the increasingly terrifying world of Henry.  Plus, once Henry finds out that his wife is now dead, he is not likely to handle that well either.  With two young boys to take care of, Henry needs to find a source of strength in his life or he will completely fall apart.

The only silver-lining is that Henry is now a very wealthy man.  He did one smart thing and married a rich woman.  That should ease his financial worries for awhile.  But it may also make him the perfect “mark” for Andrew and Olivia’s schemes to save their company.

Gemma

GEMMA

The minute Gemma (Tara Summers) found out that Bridget was impersonating her sister; we just knew her days were numbered.  Thus, it was no surprise that in the last episode “That’s What You Get For Trying to Kill Me,” that Gemma was caught in the crossfire of the brewing war between Charlie and Siobhan.

Gemma was another poor soul who got caught up in Siobhan’s web.  She thought Siobhan was her best friend.  But she had no idea that Siobhan was her husband’s lover and that they were laughing at her behind her back.  Siobhan may have thrown Gemma a bone and allowed her to oversee the remodel on the new penthouse, but that was just a ruse to keep Gemma distracted and out of Siobhan and Henry’s hair as they continued their illicit affair.

So while Gemma survived the kidnapping and was about to make her great escape, fate had other plans and Gemma took a bullet to the head in the fall finale.  The first confirmed casualty in RINGER and probably not the last, we will remember Gemma as being the woman who simply got in the way.

CHARLIE

Another character marked for death almost as soon as we met him, Charlie (Billy Miller) was an ex-cop turned gun-for-hire who fell into cahoots with Siobhan.  It was Charlie’s job to get close to Bridget, gain her trust and pump her for information so that Siobhan could modifying her plans accordingly.  Charlie was also entrusted with kidnapping Gemma and baby-sitting Malcolm.  But tracking Bridget while watching over Gemma and Malcolm stretched Charlie beyond his capabilities and he tripped himself up.

Once Malcolm and Bridget figured out that Charlie was a fraud and involved with Gemma’s disappearance, the whole world began to collapse around him.  In order to keep up that mess, Siobhan hurried back to New York and quickly dispatched Charlie after he killed Gemma.  In her mind, that was the perfect solution.  No loose-ends that could point back to her.  But now that Siobhan has actual blood on her hands, both the death of Gemma and Charlie, what is to stop her from taking out everyone in her path?

Malcolm

MALCOLM

Another loose-end is Bridget’s sponsor and former lover, Malcolm (Mike Colter).  Bridget had initially thought to run away with Malcolm, but every day she stayed living her sister’s life the more she succumbed to the lure of it, and before she knew it, Bridget had fallen in love with her sister’s husband.  This left Malcolm in a bad spot.  Especially as Bodaway had captured and tortured Malcolm in attempt to track down Bridget and kill her before she could testify against Bodaway.

Once Malcolm was able to escape Bodaway and loose the tail he had put on him, Malcolm met up with Bridget in New York and, with Andrew’s unknowing blessing, stuck around to lie low until something could be figured out.   Alas, out of the frying pan and into the fire for Malcolm as Bridget arranged for Malcolm to stay with Charlie.  Fortunately, Malcolm wised up to Charlie’s lies and was able to alert Bridget and they began tracking him to find out if he had Gemma.  If only they had acted sooner, they may have saved Gemma’s life.  But as it is, Malcolm is very lucky to still have his given how trigger-happy Charlie turned out to be.

Machado

AGENT MACHADO

A constant thorn in Bridget’s side, Agent Machado (Nestor Carbonell) just won’t go away.  Not sure what exactly is going on with the twins, Machado only knows that “Siobhan” will eventually lead him to Bridget.  While he does not yet realize that they are one and the same, Machado’s instincts have kept him close.  Realizing that he is not going away Bridget began to see the sense in having an FBI agent close by just in case she needed his help in dealing with Charlie and keeping him on track with Gemma’s kidnapping.  But how much longer with Machado continue to be her pet-FBI agent? We’re betting not very long.  Especially since Machado just found out that there’s a mole in the FBI who is selling information to Bodaway.

BODAWAY

As the murderous mob-boss hunting Bridget to keep her from testifying against him, Bodaway (Zahn McClarnon) is intent on only tracking her down and killing her too; and having seen first-hand how vicious and ruthless he can be during his interrogation of Malcolm, we shudder to imagine what he might do to Bridget if he does find her.  Bodaway is the “boogieman” waiting to jump out of the shadows.  He knows that Malcolm will lead him to Bridget and with Malcolm having gone straight to her, that surely bodes badly for the future.

MR. CARPENTER

Of all the characters on the show we feel bad for, we feel acutely sorry for Mr. Carpenter (Jason Dohring).  He had the misfortune of catching Juliet’s eye and after trying to delicately rebuff her advances, he is about to find himself stuck in his worst nightmare: falsely accused of rape of a student.  Whether true or not, the allegation alone is a career-killer.  It could also lead to numerous problems in both his professional and personal life.   Prayers were not enough to save Gemma, but we can only hope that Mr. Carpenter’s prayers are heard and that he escapes from this vicious lie soon.

OLIVIA

Andrew’s dubious and ethically-challenged business partner, Olivia (Jaime Murray) is another can-of-worms waiting to be unleashed.  With Siobhan about ready to spring her plan of attack against the company into action, Olivia had better be a good spin-doctor and start making some strong alliances of her own.  Her former reliance on Andrew to have her back is no longer an option now that Andrew has fallen for Bridget and that leaves Olivia vulnerable in Siobhan’s crosshairs.

TYLER

Another victim to Siobhan’s schemes, Tyler (Justin Bruening) met Siobhan in Paris, when she was calling herself Cora.  After quickly seducing him and duping him into supporting her, Siobhan also managed to steal documents out of Tyler’s briefcase related to his job at Andrew’s company.  Just who is Tyler and how does he fit into Siobhan’s plans, we still do no know.  But things got very complicated when Tyler ended up having dinner with Andrew and Bridget (posing as Siobhan) and he thought it was the same woman he had just left in Paris.

Those are the players as we know them so far.  Each has a very precious position on Siobhan’s chessboard and we have seen now quickly she will sacrifice one of her chess pieces to achieve her end-game.

"Ringer"

So who’s upcoming that we, and Siobhan, should keep an eye on?  Let’s meet the new players:

CATHERINE

Andrew’s ex-wife and Juliet’s mother, Catherine (Andrea Roth), has decided that her presence is desperately needed and will be moving back to New York.  Her arrival will certainly spark some more fun and games and perhaps a wrinkle or two in Bridget and Andrew’s budding romance.

SHAYLENE

As the show looks back into Bridget’s past and the circumstances that sent her fleeing from her own life, we will also meet Shaylene (Nikki DeLoach), the stripper that Bodaway murdered – albeit via flashbacks.

GREER

Now that Gemma is out of the picture, Greer (Madchen Amick) a former mutual friend of Siobhan and Gemma’s resurfaces to express her condolences.  Whether she has her sights on Henry or Andrew is anyone’s guess, but when old friends returns, nothing good comes of it.

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That’s the players and what we know so far.  To find out what is really going on and what kinds of trouble the new players stir up, tune in for the return of RINGER on Tuesday, January 31^st at 9:00 p.m. on The CW.

Where to find this article:

http://www.thetvaddict.com/2012/01/31/ringer-redux-where-we-last-left-off-and-wild-speculation-about-whats-really-going-on/

 

Stars Anna Silk and Ksenia Solo Dish on LOST GIRL

It is not every day that you are invited into the supernatural world where a succubus is the hero.  Yet Syfy’s new series LOST GIRL introduces us to Bo, a Fae creature who has to feed off other people’s life force to survive.  It sounds contradictory to cheer for such a creature, but when they are as stunning and as delightful as Anna Silk portrays Bo, you cannot help but be sucked right in along with everyone else.  In a recent conference call with press, Anna Silk and Ksenia Solo shared some of their favorite things about LOST GIRL and their respective characters of Bo and Kenzi.

Perhaps you could talk a little bit about the relationship between your two characters, Bo and Kenzi, and its grown and developed.

ANNA: Well, the relationship is very new to American viewers, obviously.  But even in the first two episodes that you guys have seen already, Bo has spent her life on the run, afraid of her power; and when she meets Kenzi, it’s the first time she’s sort of met someone who’s human who has seen what she can do and who doesn’t run away. Kenzi kind of says, “Okay. I can see what you can do. Fine. Whatever. Like tell me more about it.” So there’s a great scene that I love in the first episode. It was our first day of shooting actually where we sit in a diner and she asks me questions about myself and I’m sort of, revealing a little bit of information, but not too much. And I think that really set the tone for where this relationship was going to go. I mean, it was like sort of an instant sisterhood, and as the series progresses that sisterhood does grow stronger and there’s definitely a family bond between them. They would do anything for each other, which is really nice. As Ksenia said, it’s nice to see two women on TV who really support each other and really, really love and care about each other. So there’s lots of places that it does go, but it’s very fun, particularly in the first season.

KSENIA: And I feel like for myself, I can only dream — like everyone in this world can only dream of having a relationship like this where they would literally die for each other without a second thought. They are there for each other no matter what evil is right in front of them.  They would do, like Anna said, they really would do anything for each other, and it’s such a beautiful, refreshing relationship. It grows and Anna and I are very lucky that we really hit it off from the very first moment. It would really be hard to play this relationship on TV if we really didn’t truly care about each other and get along as well as we do. So, in terms of that, with someone that you have to spend so many hours a day with somebody, it’s basically like Anna and I are in a marriage because we’re just together all the time. So, we’re lucky that shines through and that we have that chemistry in life and on screen. It really makes the Bo/Kenzi relationship shine that much brighter I think.

Can you talk about a favorite moment or just kind of your favorite part about working on the show?

ANNA: I think the favorite part for me about working on the show is just the incredible cast and crew that I get to work with. So that’s kind of a really general answer, but that’s the truth. I mean we have such a dedicated group of people that love the show and love taking an active role in making it better all the time. So that’s a really great thing to get to go to work every day. I’ve never woken up and thought, “Oh, I don’t want to go to work.” I’ve woken up and thought I wanted to sleep another hour, but I’ve never woken up and thought I don’t want to go. And that’s just really so rewarding.

KSENIA: I think for me, a huge kind of fun aspect of it is that Anna and I get to kick some serious butt and that we have so much girl-power on this show that makes me just proud as a woman can be a part of something like that. Because you really don’t see that on TV that often and in film, and really anywhere. So I think it’s that it’s definitely very exciting.

Kenzi and Bo

Is there something that the both of you would like to see happen to your characters that haven’t yet? Either maybe a story line or just something you’d like to know about them?

KSENIA: Sure.  Heading into Season 3 — I got to say it’s fun being the human, but it would definitely be cool to – if Kenzi maybe some kind of power.  Some sort of something. I’m a little jealous that everyone gets to you know wolf-out and succubus, and do all this fun stuff sometimes. I don’t know if that would ever happen, but it would definitely be something cool to see.

ANNA: And for me, for Bo, I think that I would love to see her start to have her power fully realized.  I think she’s always known that she plays a key role in the Fae world and that she’s got a lot of power, but particularly in the first season, she’s really discovering what that is, and it’s sort you know misplaced and misguided power. So we’re going into Season 3 here in Canada — we’ll start shooting in the spring — and I just think that over the course of the series, her power has become more and more fully realized, and I’d love to see it go even further in Season 3. I’d love to see her really, really understand just how powerful she is.

Are audiences going to see more of the backstory of Bo and Kenzi, before they met up in that first episode, such as will we see flashbacks to what were they doing when they were on their own?

ANNA: As Bo and Kenzi get to know each other, a lot of that stuff comes out thorough just their dialog and through what they know about each other. There’s definitely as the series progresses, particularly into Season 2, we definitely see a little bit more about each character’s history. And there might be a little flashbacks, but it definitely comes out more through you know events that happen on the show and the way that we behave because of our history. We learn more about each other, which I think is really cool because there’s a lot that they still don’t know about each other. They’ve had a whole life before they met each other — and each was sort of slightly jaded and a little dangerous. And so there’s a lot of that that comes out over the course of the series.

Does Kenzi sort of get to go off on her own adventures and maybe have her own sub-plots or even her own romantic you know relationship, and is there the promise of that in the future?

KSENIA: Oh, baby, does she ever. Yes. Definitely.  We delve into Kenzi and where she comes from and even some of her family members, and a love interest definitely comes along and sweeps her off her feet. And that’s pretty much all I can say without giving too much away. But, yes, definitely. . . .We see a little bit of Kenzi’s family and not too much in Season 1, but more in Season 2 that’s when we really begin to explore that.

It’s only been two weeks since the show premiered in the U.S., but how have things changed for both of you maybe professionally? Have you noticed any kind of effect since reaching out to this U.S. audience?

ANNA: Yes. I mean, I definitely have.  I have a Twitter account and a Facebook page and all that stuff, and that’s definitely gotten a lot more activity since we premiered in the US. I know the whole cast and crew was excited to have the show introduced to a whole new audience, and a really big audience. And that’s why we are really pleased to be on Syfy, because we know that the audience tends to be really responsive, and they have been very responsive. They’ve really embraced the show so far. I know it’s only been two episodes, but really I’m excited because I know what they have in store. So it’s definitely a really nice feeling.

KSENIA: And I think in a way it hasn’t even sunk in yet because we literally just wrapped. We’ve been on set nonstop, so I think you know as soon as we now get a little chance to kind of breathe and take it all in, that’s when we’ll really see the effects of the Syfy premier.

In these first two episodes, the relationships are already beginning to form, and one of the more interesting relationships in the series is kind of the relationship that Bo and Kenzi have with Rick Howland’s character, Trick. Could maybe like talk a little bit about that and how that’s going to evolve over the seasons?

ANNA: Wow. Bo meets Trick pretty early on in the show. I can’t remember if it’s exactly the same time as Kenzi or not, but Trick certainly plays a key role in our show. Played by Rick Howland, he’s fantastic, and over the course of the first two seasons, and going into the third, he’s definitely a key player in the Fae world and in Bo and Kenzi’s world. I think that Trick and Bo have a special bond, and I think it’s pretty evident. I think we see it in Episode 2 actually, which just aired in the U.S.  I really can’t give away anything about it. But it’s definitely a unique bond that continues to grow for Bo and Trick.

KSENIA: I think for Kenzi, as well, he really is a father-figure.  I feel like as much he is to Bo, he is to Kenzi. He is wise beyond his years and kinder I think than anybody that Bo or Kenzi have ever met. They come from such different lives, but their lives were both dangerous and scary, and they’re kind of these women, who are alone in the world. And Trick is really that father-figure that neither of them has ever had. Like Anna said, Rick Howland is just such a phenomenal actor, and we’re lucky to have him play Trick, because I really can’t imagine anybody else in the world playing that role.

ANNA: I know. And he’s such a protector and such a care-giver to both of us, on set too.

How much of your own personality do you bring into the role of Kenzi? And do you have any input in some of the great comedic lines that you get to say?

KSENIA: Yes.  We have this amazing woman, her name is Michelle Lovretta, who created these characters.  Kenzi — just the role is the first thing that really attracted me to this project, and our writers are really fantastic. We collaborate and we talk about everything, and we really have a say in our characters and who we are and what happens. I’m not a brilliant writer. I wish I was. So I can’t take credit for these incredibly funny lines. But, of course, I am involved and the writers listen, and I think that’s incredibly important. And I have a lot of fun. Kenzi, I look up to her. I respect her. I learn from her all the time because she’s braver than anybody I’ve ever played. Her sense of humor is out of this world and I wish I was as cool as her sometimes. But I definitely have a ball with her because I get to come in to work and I really get to play, and it’s really not that often that you get to do that. You get to just kind of go as outside-the-box as you want — and with her I can really do that, so it’s a joy for me.

Anna, you often play straight man to Kenzi’s sort of wacky nature. Is there a chance in the future we’re going to see a little bit of that in your character?

ANNA: Definitely. I mean particularly towards the end of first season and going into second season.  Bo is pretty new to this world.  The fact that at the beginning of the series she finds out she’s not human. She’s a succubus. She’s part of a Fae underworld. That’s a lot to take in. So she’s pretty young in terms of her life experience, particularly in this world. She’s never really had a relationship before. There’s a lot of growth for Bo, and that’s one of the things that drew me to the role is that I knew that over the course of the series there would be so much room for growth, and that’s definitely something you see. You definitely start to see Bo’s own sense of humor develop. More so in second season, but definitely over the course of the first as well because she’s getting a little bit more comfortable in that world and starting to understand her place in it. So you definitely see her start to enjoy herself a little bit more as well.

KSENIA: And for all the people that don’t have the pleasure of knowing Anna Silk, I can say that she’s actually one of the funniest people I have ever met.

ANNA: Well, thank you Ksenia!

KSENIA: So that will definitely come through and people will definitely enjoy it.

Was there a point where you just kind of had to pinch yourself to realize that not only did you have such a great chemistry, but also had a show that was a popular hit?

ANNA: Yes, definitely. I mean we knew the show was special and unique, but you never know how it’s going to resonate with an audience. And when it started to air and we started to you know be seen globally really, because of the Internet and that kind of thing, the response was huge — and there’s definitely pinch yourself moments. I always say the story — I live in Los Angeles when I’m not in Toronto shooting — and I was in a café, there were celebrities there, and someone recognized me from LOST GIRL. So I thought, “Wow.” Like that’s pretty amazing you know. People are watching the show and that was really, really cool for me.

KSENIA: And I think we’re only now starting to enjoy it in a way, because we really have been working for so long and we’ve been working hard, and consistently.  We just wrapped and we’ve been working non-stop for the last nine months. So I think only now,  when we get this chance to just like relax and breathe are we really seeing the effects of LOST GIRL and feeling all the fan love. Now we can finally just pay a little more attention to it because we’re not you know on set working crazy hours every day.

So what has been the biggest surprise? The thing you just weren’t expecting that struck each of you as you’ve been working on this show for the last couple of years?

KSENIA: I would have to say the fan response. I think when we shot the pilot, like Anna said, we knew we had something special on our hands. But you never know. You really never know. So, I think our fans are really the best. They’re so dedicated to the characters and committed to watching the show every week and following Kenzi and Bo and everybody, and how we grow and the storylines — and we’re really lucky to have the fans that we have. They really love us and we love them in return, and it’s really great.

ANNA: Yes. And I think that the fan response would be what I would say too, and the more specific fan response.  I mean people they love the world that’s been created on LOST GIRL, and the Fae mythology and all of the richness of that world. But they really respond to the relationships on the show. So when fans write to me or ask me things on Twitter or Facebook, or at fan events, they always have really specific things that they’ve geared towards and they’ve gravitated towards.  They love the Bo/Kenzi relationship. They love the love triangle. In particular, the Lauren/Bo relationship, and they have really have embraced the show and have one specific thing that they love more than anything else, and I think that’s really, really cool. We have people lining up for Trick. We have people lining up for K.C. who plays Hale. Everyone’s got their sort of favorites. And that’s really, really nice for us.

Kenzi and Bo

From the very first episode, all the characters are very stylishly dressed. For Ksenia, Kenzi’s character especially seems informed by her edgy sense of dress. Do Kenzi’s clothing items end up in your own closet or some of your closet items end up on your character?

KSENIA:  Anne Dixon is an amazingly talented woman. What’s so cool about our show is that all of the characters really have specially created pieces, which you don’t really see that a lot in television. And, we just have an amazing team. The wardrobe on the show is kind of its own character, and especially for Kenzi. This girl that’s a huge fashionista, but has grown up on the street, and she’s a thief. Most of the stuff that she has she’s stolen and she kind of makes everything her own. She can’t afford what she would dream of wearing, so she picks up everything she can and creates things. And she’s really you know a young designer in her own rite. Anne has definitely made this show look different than any other show, and I think that really speaks for itself.

ANNA: Yes. And I think with Bo and Kenzi too, they don’t exactly have a lot of money, and where they live is not exactly the biggest palace in the world. But its sort of that thing of you don’t need money to have style. They sort of their style evolves, particularly for Bo because she sort of came from one place and sort of finds her way. And Anne Dixon has been incredible with the costuming and making things. For Bo, there’s she’s a sexual creature and there’s some curve enhancing wardrobe, and things that she can move in and fight in, and Anne’s been really incredible with that.

Bo and Kenzi are both outsiders for radically different reasons, but definitely outsiders. How did they make this incredible connection where they tend to want to protect each other. Why do you think that relationship works the way it does?

ANNA: When Kenzi sees what Bo can do and doesn’t run the other way, that’s the first thing that sort of makes Bo say, “Why aren’t you running?”  “Why are you still here and why are you asking me so many questions?” So that right away sort of is this instant connection, and it does grow into a sisterly relationship and a motherly relationship as well. I mean, they really, really love each other. I don’t think either of them had the kind of family that they could express that in necessarily, so it’s really nice to see these two women on TV that are able to do that. And Kenzi gets introduced to this whole Fae world as well kind of at the same time that Bo does, because Bo didn’t realize she was a part of it. So they get to really learn together and grow together.

KSENIA: I think life is really all about timing, and I really think that Bo and Kenzi find each other at a time when they need to, and that friendship stems from this crazy set of circumstances when they meet.  Bo saves Kenzi’s life and Kenzi is forever indebted to Bo. And I feel like they’re both kind of these two warriors that come from two different worlds, that they come together and become this powerhouse. Like Kenzi says in the first episode, “Batman needs his Robin.”

ANNA: And they really complement each other too. Like in terms of what their abilities.  Kenzi’s definitely more street-wise than Bo. Bo’s had to be her own brand of street-wise, but Kenzi sort of has a lot more of the know-how; whereas, Bo has a lot more of the muscle, so they really do complement each other.

KSENIA: Anna’s so right. Like they learn from each other. And areas where Kenzi,  doesn’t know things, Bo comes in, in areas where Bo doesn’t know things, Kenzi comes in. So they’re always complementing each other and  - I’m sorry for all the analogies — but they’re like two puzzle pieces that just fit perfectly together.

How would you say that you’re the most similar to your respective characters?

ANNA: Well, I mean I definitely was drawn to Bo because I think that Bo’s greatest strength and power really comes from her vulnerability, and that’s what I identify with. That feeling of like having to stand up and fight or fight for what you believe in, or do things that might scare you. Even though you’re scared, you do them, and that’s something that I identified with. Because I’m scared a lot of the time, but I move forward and that’s something that I saw in Bo and I definitely learned from Bo because she really does have to sort of push forward and fight for what she believes in. How else are we similar? I don’t know. Ksenia, how am I similar to Bo?

KSENIA: Well, you’re both really sexy, so there is that.

ANNA: Oh, well. Oh, yes. There’s that as well.  [Laughter]

KSENIA: How could you forget?! [Laughter]  I would say Kenzi and I are complete opposites, but as the universal law opposites attract, so I think that’s why it works so well. And like Anna learns from Bo, I learn from Kenzi all the time. Her bravery. Her strength. I look up to that and I always wish that  I could be as brave as her. I think one thing that Kenzi and I definitely both agree on is fashion. I’m a huge, huge, huge fashionista and love fashion and so does Kenzi, so that’s definitely where we bond.

Are we going to see more of Kenzi getting into the action? Are we going to see more of her kind of getting into danger and jumping in?

KSENIA: Yes. When you tell Kenzi to stay and not come into the danger, she won’t listen. So Bo can tell her all she wants to stay back — obviously Bo’s just trying to protect her — but Kenzi will never listen and will always do everything in her power to fight by Bo’s side and face whatever evil comes their way. And even though Kenzi is petrified, the beauty about her is that she’s so brave that she will you know completely ignore her fear and just go full ahead and fight for Bo and with Bo. And so yes, Kenzi will definitely be a part of the action and will be getting into her own trouble very soon.

To see more of the adventures of Bo and Kenzi as they explore the Fae world, be sure to tune in on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. on Syfy.

Where to find this article:

http://www.thetvaddict.com/2012/01/30/anna-silk-ksenia-solo-lost-girl-interview/