Carrie Preston (Arlene Fowler) is not stranger to the SciFi world since she’s on our favorite show True Blood, Person of Interest. She is also on The Good Wife and directing her own movies. Even though she is busy she was able to take some time to talk with SciFi Mafia on the future of her characters and career. So what does she have to say about the characters she’s played so far?
“I’m pretty fortunate that I get to play more characters than just a straight leading woman. I get to really flex my muscles in all different kinds of roles. It’s just very interesting in my career right now, that the three roles that are most visible are completely different. For a while it was a challenge because a lot of people in the industry didn’t realize I was the same person paling different parts. The red hair was something that really helped.”
So what does she look for when she is looking at characters she might be playing?
“I’m always drawn to whatever the best writing is. I will say that I do like being able to work in both comedy and drama, even both within a character, Arlene being an example. At first she was designed to be comedic and in some ways a representation of the narrow-minded south, and then as we’ve been gong on for the last five years, the writers have giving her some quite dramatic moments.”
So since she is talking about True Blood does she have anything to say about season 6?
“I have heard nothing, I’m not even sure when our start date is. Whoever wrote the episode is with us all day long on the set. They are ver approachable. All the writers in particular on True Blood are really great people and a lot of them have been there sine Day 1 so they’re part of the family. I really trust the writers. If I have questions I’ll ask them. Not throwing around ideas, but I really trust them to take the stories where they need to go, because clearly they’re doing something right, we’ve been on for five years.”
So would she like to do a regular season of 22 episodes for True Blood or keep the 12 episodes a season?
“What’s wonderful about True Blood – we do 12 episodes but it does take us almost 7 months. Networks take around 9 months. It’s still a great chunk of time, but because the cast is so large, none of us work every day, so because I’m also a producer and a director [on other projects], it really has been a wonderful way for me to keep those careers very much in play while I’m still shooting the show, so I’ve been very grateful for that. I don’t know how much longer True Blood is going to last but I’ll take it for as long as I can get it because of that. It really is a wonderful opportunity to be the multi-hyphenate that I am.”
So as we have said before the end of last season Alan Ball, the creator of the show, left the series at the end of last season. Mark Hadis took over for Alan Ball. So what did she have to say about this?
“I really like Mark a lot. He was our newest writer but he fit right in and I think he’s gonna be wonderful. I’m really curious to see how it impacts the show if at all, or if the show had enough of a momentum that he will just continue to steer it in the same direction that Alan took it.”
It’s always interesting to read on what the actresses and actors have to say about the behind the scenes and makings of the show. To read more of the interview go here.
Source: ScifiMafia.com – “Exclusive: Carrie Preston Talks To ScifiMafia.com About True Blood, Person of Interest and More”
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