It seems like no matter where watch we are watching we seem to always seem to see Carrie Preston (Arelene Fowler) on the show. She has been in the hit CBS shows “The Good Wife”, and “Persons of Interest”. We can’t forget that she will be starting the sixth season of “True Blood” soon.
With all of this going on she was able to take some time out of her day to answer some questions from HitFlix.com.
With being a regular on a show that tapes in Los Angeles and then being on two shows that tape in New York City how is she able to determine her availability when “The Good Wife” and “Person of Interest” needs her character?
“Yes, I know. It’s a bit of a logistical challenge. But I, luckily, have a lot of good representation who help me out with all of that stuff. I live in New York. That’s our main home and sort of our home base and that’s where “Person of Interest” shoots and where my husband is most of the time. “True Blood” shoots usually seven months out of the year, so I have five months where I can do other things. Contractually, I’m not allowed to be shooting any of the other stuff while I’m actually in production on “True Blood,” so it has to fit into those five months and luckily the other shows have been able to work around that and I’m very grateful for that. I don’t think I would have been able to do it otherwise.”
So when she is on the set of “Person of Interest” or “The Good Wife” does she ever hear the producers want more of her character in the show?
“I have not heard that. Both of those characters seem to be needed a little less than you would need if you’re a series regular. Know what I mean? Elsbeth is very much a nice spice to add, but I don’t know how it would work with her in a long run, but I would love to do it. I would love to do all of them full time if I could.”
So with Grace on “Person of Interest” how much did she actually feel like she knew about that character and how much did she know when it came time to play her?
“There’s not that much on the page with her. All I heard when I got the offer was, “Do you want to play Michael’s love interest?” So I was, “Of course!” Michael was excited, but what I didn’t know was that she was a past love interest. I thought it was going to be somebody who he meets in the course of his present life, so that was a surprise. Then, really, we were not told that much beyond what was on the page and that was pretty clear. They rather seamlessly put the exposition in there with how they meet and you see it on screen and her past and what she’s done and she talks about it a little bit. And then we basically were able to show up and play what they handed us, which was very sweet and strong stuff.”
How would she describe the different energy between her husband Micheal and Mr. Finch?
“Mr. Finch is much more reserved and he has a keen sense of observation and also is very technologically savvy, which my husband is not. At all. Which is very adorable. If people knew that he is not even really able to turn the computer on, much less build a machine, they would be very amused by that. So it’s a quieter energy, I would say, and a little bit more formidable in a way, than Michael. Both of them are very gentlemanly, but I would say that Mr. Finch keeps a lot more to himself than Michael does.”
You can read the rest of the interview here.
Source: HitFlix.com – “Interview: Carrie Preston talks ‘Person of Interest’, ‘True Blood’, Emmy hopes and more”
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