ABC has launched there first video podcast for V: The New Series, which is hosted by one of the show’s stars, Scott Wolf ( Chad Decker ).. In the inaugural episode, Wolf take us behind the scenes for interviews with V‘s executive producers, production designers and cast.. Learn about the creation of the Visitors’ answer to Phantasm, the Seeker and hear from Wolf and castmate Morena Baccarin.. The podcast also features an exclusive clip from tonight’s episode, ” There Is No Normal Anymore..”

Posted on - 12-11-2009
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ABC‘s V is getting ” Chuck “ – ed.. Chuck Executive Producer, Scott Rosenbaum, has inked a two – year overall deal with the series producer Warner Bros. Television..

As part of the seven – figure pact, Rosenbaum will take over the reins of V, WBTV‘s freshman series for ABC, as executive producer / showrunner when the drama resumes production on the rest of its 13 – episode order..

Original showrunner Scott Peters has been bumped over by Chuck alum Scott Rosenbaum, ABC confirmed..

V, which has enjoyed strong pre – launch fan interest and solid reviews, went on hiatus after shooting the first four episodes, which The V Files has heard wrapped up last Thursday.. They will start airing tonight and end with a cliffhanger before the show, a reimagination of the 1980s mini – series, returns in the spring..

The showrunner shift had been anticipated in Hollywood circles for weeks, since ABC and Warner Bros. TV made the joint decision to halt production on the series in order to get scripts in shape.. According to USA Today, which broke the news of the shuffle, Peters was removed from his post last Thursday..

Thursday, was a response to the show’s production problems, Peters ( The 4400 ) was replaced at the helm of the show by Scott Rosenbaum ( Chuck, The Shield ), though he is expected to stay aboard as an executive producer..

” We had a great pilot, then a couple of great episodes, but we had a disconnect on where we were going from there,” says ABC Entertainment Group chief Stephen McPherson.. Though no stranger to tinkering ( He made extensive changes to the original Grey’s Anatomy pilot ), ” I hadn’t had the experience of that before..” But McPherson accepts ” a little blame for rushing them..”

Rosenbaum, who is still on Chuck, will make the transition to V later this month..

Scott Peters, who ran V for the first episodes, will continue as executive producer alongside Jason Hall, while another Executive Producer / Writer, Jeffery Bell ( Alias ), has also reportedly left V: The New Series..

What’s interesting about some of this is that ABC hosted a big Visit by press people to the set last Monday, but Peters was notably absent; instead, executive producer Steve Pearlman spoke with reporters..

V: The New Series is scheduled to resume production in January 2010..

Rosenbaum, who also worked on FX’s The Shield, is repped by UTA..

Posted on - 04-11-2009
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Q: Is there a different context to the issues of media, technology and religion in this version?
Scott Peters: To me, the main theme that kind of runs through all the stories is about blind devotion, whether it’s blind devotion to your religion or to your partner in life or to your work or to anything really.. So the idea that Father Jack’s big question at the beginning is how can I reconcile the reality of spaceships outside my window with what I know of the bible? So his faith is shaken a little bit.. It’s those sorts of themes that I think run across the board..

Q: How about the idea that the talent tells the journalist what he can’t ask, or having medical technology that cures 63 of our diseases?
SP: It is.. We try to bring new elements to the show that will certainly play for an audience in 2009 / 2010.. You heard universal healthcare get a laugh because it’s so topical in the news right now.. I mean, it’s been in the news for a long time but it’s particularly topical right now.. All of that stuff, the media, obviously the TMZs of the world, there’s such hugely driven celebrity that goes on in our society and I love that Anna tries to basically rig the election before anything can happen..

Jace Hall: Let me add to that which is all great science fiction, at least in my view, has a real opportunity to make a comment or look at the human condition in various ways.. Taking the media as an angle is a really good way to look at our obsession with the cost of what are we willing to do? We’re living in a Facebook / Myspace age so you’re getting characters that Scott and team are writing that are exploiting some of those things, along with medical issues in how we can talk about those elements of the human condition..

Q: Was it intentional to cast popular genre actors?
SP: Honestly, the first thing we look for is the right actor for the right role.. In fact, Father Jack for instance was originally scripted as a much younger, late 20s / early 30’s kind of guy.. As we started going through the casting process, we started to realize that Elizabeth Mitchell was going to be involved, we’re like, ” No, maybe we need to go a little bit more man’s man..” What’s bizarre is that literally, when we just came back from ABC and we had had that discussion, Joel Gretsch called me and just said, ” Hey, what’s happening? What are you doing right now?” Just out of the blue.. And I’m like, ” It’s funny you should call.. What are you doing right now?” So there was no particular design to go out and look for genre actors.. It just so happened that A, folks were available.. B, they were perfect for the roles and C, they happened to be in genre shows in the past.. I think it’s a nice thing.. It’s wonderful for us.. We get 4400 fans and Firefly fans and LOST fans.. We’re hoping to collect all those fan bases and put it in one ginmorous take control of the world fanbase..

Q: What themes of racial relations did you set out to infuse in the script?
SP: There was really no intention to set out any kind of idea of racial relationship.. There was a strange question in the audience..

JH: You mean between Visitor and human as the races?

Q: Is it an intentional theme, the persecution of minorities?
SP: No, in fact it’s not.. The idea is that yes, the Visitors, certainly in the beginning of the pilot are seen as these terrific people come from another planet and they’re bringing all kinds of gifts and everyone’s on board very quickly.. As we all know, I’m not giving anything away, Visitors have a very different agenda about what it is that they need to do and that does not bode well for us.. So really, yes.. In fact, you saw some in the pilot, that there are protests.. Not everybody’s on board.. There are protests about them.. People are thinking wait a minute, everything’s happened a little too fast.. You’ll see that growth throughout the beginning of the series.. You’ll see more and more people dissatisfied and Anna having to try and find a way to quell all that.. In fact, you could look at the Visitors certainly as a new minority that has shown up.. So you can sort of play to some of those themes in terms of when they want to try to do something that we know as, ‘ Oh my God, don’t let them do that,’ they can say, ” Well, we’re bringing gifts.. We’re bringing you all these wonderful things.. Why wouldn’t you?” So there’s play back and forth between people who are protesting and people who are not protesting..

Q: Are you afraid of the reaction from old V fans?
JH: I wouldn’t say that we’re scared of their reaction.. From my perspective, we want to engage them and tell a story that has similar themes but this is a very different show.. As Scott said on the panel, we’re not trying to retread what already was done for a specific time frame and played well during that time.. We’re on a different period now.. Our audience has different expectations so you want to build a show that touches on concepts that were in the original, aliens are here but move it past in a different direction.. Tell new stories to engage not only the original V audience but also new audience and try to widen it out as much as you could..

SP: I think the audience that does remember the show, to me, I would come just out of curiosity to see what’s the new version of this.. Listen, you can’t please everybody all the time.. We can’t force anybody to watch the show.. If they feel like this is not doing the old one honor, they’re not going to watch the show.. The good news for them is that there is still the box set of the old DVDs and they can watch the original as often as they want.. We hope though, before making that decision, they would at least give our show a chance and come and look at it, see what it’s about and give it a few episodes.. If you really hate it then you’re going to turn it off.. And if you don’t, then you’re going to watch it and hopefully become a huge fan..

Q: Also the originals were designed as miniseries.. How do you approach stories from a potential 7 year standpoint?
SP: There’s a pretty in depth plan involved in terms of whether we’re doing 13 episodes or 22 episodes in a season, that we want to try to call them, in our minds they’re sort of chapters.. They sort of have a beginning, middle and end.. We’re looking to put game changers throughout so that when we come back for another season, it changes things up dramatically.. I think that in terms of the miniseries versus series aspect, because we know right away we’re going for the long term in success.. I think the old series may have made a mistake in becoming sort of a war picture, where it was battles every week and a lot of action, running around with guns and trying to take over..

JH: Plausibility has played a pretty big role in the development of this.. You want people to ask plausibly in situations.. When you get into the battle of the week, how plausible is that to sustain and for you as an audience viewer to go, ” Okay, that really could happen..” It’s hard..

Q: Have there been any overtures to original cast members to get them to show up?
SP: You know, I personally love the idea.. I think that there is probably a world where that will occur at some point.. We still need to figure out in what capacity.. There are a lot of decisions that need to be made that are also predicated on factors above our creative needs.. There’s studios and networks and so forth involved but I think personally it’s an awesome idea and I would love to try and cycle in some folks, a tip of the hat to the old audience..

Q: How has 9/11 informed the new V?
SP: You know, 9/11 really informs my storytelling.. 4400 was very similar in that vein.. I think that’s maybe why I gravitated towards V when it came my way because to me, I just remember sitting watching television in tears, having never been to New York in my life and not knowing anybody directly involved in what happened, but everybody was affected by the exact same event in the exact same moment.. Then to see all of these different aspects of all these different stories that people brought to it was incredibly moving to me.. So to me, I love that storytelling.. To have a large ensemble cast, they’re all affected by one spectacular, and I don’t mean that necessarily in a good way, but a huge event that affects everybody’s lives, and then to see how that trickles down to their existence and their realities.. Then in a show like this, what’s really fun is you get these unexpected crosses.. You’ll see characters that are in completely different storylines that will, through a very plausible way, cross each other in an unexpected way.. In fact, we’re discovering these in the writer’s room every day.. We’re like, ” How about if these two cross because this person’s walking this way and they’re kind of at the same event..” So I think that’s going to be a lot of fun to see too..

Q: How many have you written?
SP: We’re in our third episode right now.. I wrote the first one with actually an old mentor of mine, Sam Egan.. We have an awesome writer’s room.. Jeff Bell has come aboard the show and I couldn’t be happier.. He’s a terrific guy, he’s immensely talented and so we’re breaking three.. We’re into sort of talking about four.. The first one’s written, the second one’s being written so we’re moving along..

JH: I’ve been in the writer’s room.. It’s a very diverse group of people, very sharp.. Reading the next episode that came out of there, the hotness, take it from me.. It’s going the way, as an audience viewer, because I’m sort of looking at this as what I’d like to see, it’s really trying to capture the potential, because I think people who see the pilot see the potential for how cool it could be.. We run with it.. They’re really doing it.. Scott and team are really doing it..

SP: What’s really gratifying is when we turned in the first draft to the network and the studio, we got back, ” We always knew this was a series but now we really understand what kind of series this is going to be..” What you were seeing, is it going to be a war picture every week? We told them no, it wouldn’t be every week.. So they were like, ” Well, what’s it going to be..” I think the first episode you realize, after seeing two of them back to back, you start to understand the direction the show’s going..

Q: Will we see more inside the mothership?
SP: Hell yeah.. Yes, yes. What we’re developing is the ability to show you very different aspects of the ship.. We have a terrific piece of technology that basically, none of the ship exists.. It’s all green screen.. It only exists in a computer so say, that hallway where they had their talk, where Chad and Marcus had their talk.. That hallway was constructed in a virtual world, a virtual reality world but the technology gives us the ability to drop the camera anywhere in that map and point it and we see on the screen exactly what it would look like if it were in the real world.. If somebody’s walking across and the camera tracks them, the background will shift as it should in a shot.. It really gives us the opportunity to explore that world, not be like a weather man against a green screen and not be able to interact.. It’s really exciting..

JH: That actually fuels story.. I’ll get back on my sci-fi soapbox which is great sci – fi always has this element of discovery.. What better place to do it than on the ship?

Q: What are your thoughts on the idea of the Visitors recruiting our youth?
SP: It was a little tip of the hat to the original as well but the youth, I think, Jeff has a great saying.. ” Youth often will look at things in very black and white terms.. It’s either great or it’s terrible as it’s good or it’s bad.. As you get older you start to see the shades a little bit more between things..”

Q: In a way they’re right..
SP: Absolutely.. There’s a great argument to be made on both sides.. You see in Tyler and Erika’s scene.. Tyler just thinks his mom doesn’t get it.. He just thinks you’re set in your ways, you don’t want to explore anything, you don’t want to give any new idea a chance.. Why are you criticizing this so easily? Her point is why are you embracing this so quickly? It’s an interesting divide of generations..

Q: What kind of mom will she be? They can’t just fight every week..
SP: No, they’re not.. In fact, one of the great dynamics I think that really helps us is that Erika is accused by her son of never being there because she’s an FBI agent in the counterterrorism division.. So at three o’clock in the morning when the phone rings, she has to go.. If it’s in the middle of the afternoon and they were going to do something.. She’s got to drop it and go.. This has affected him for however many years and it’s coming out in this scene.. Now, in addition to that, she needs to be falling into the leadership roles of leading the resistance so she’s going to be struggling to find ways of keeping her son safe and making sure that everything’s okay with him, but still being pulled in an even bigger direction so it’s going to be a huge struggle for her to try and keep that relationship viable because she can’t really tell her son what’s going on..

Q: What kind of tie – ins do you have planned?
JH: Honestly, my answer is it’s top secret.. But, just understand this that from the very beginning when we were working together, we always considered these other mediums and these other opportunities.. So the story that’s been built, the universe that’s been built is really designed to support all these other things without interfering with each other and there’s an eye towards that.. At some point after the show, everybody understand where it’s going, what we’re doing, you’ll start to see some of these things happening.. I know the studio and the network are very supportive of that.. Also, I make a big point to talk about the online community out there and the stuff that they do in supporting that along with the whole thing.. So try to figure out ways to do some cross integration between what people are doing, what the fans are doing and making that part of the show is something we’ve been thinking about since the very beginning..

SP: And there are great ways for this, as Jace was saying, to directly relate to the show as well as live in its own universe which is I think really cool and exciting because it’s not just a, ” Hey, you should go watch the show “ kind of thing.. I’s a much more complex and sophisticated campaign that’s being planned..

JH: We’re not going to miss a beat on that.. We really want it.. That’s a very important thing at least to me.. It’s just sitting there..

Posted on - 26-10-2009
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The Pittsburgh Post – Gazette have recently conducted an interview with Jane Badler ( Diana from V: The Original ).. During the interview, they spoke about Jane’s music, acting and V.. Badler talks about reaching out to the producers of the new V and what role she might play if she were to show up on V: The New Series..

” When I heard it was picked up as a series, part of me was so aware of the passage of time,” Badler, 55, said in a phone interview during a visit last month with her family in New Jersey.. ” I feel this ownership because I created the role and we all feel like this journey we did together and suddenly you’re not involved, at least not to begin with.. It was sort of a painful feeling..”

” They know there is a huge amount of fans, and I’m not talking about people in my age group but people in their 30s who watch television and would be very cheated not to have at least one or two characters brought back,” Badler said.. ” I’m not saying I’m the one, I just know it’s very important to connect them in some way..”

” I definitely think they’re looking for a different character,” Badler said.. ” I don’t think they’re interested in bringing me back in the same guise.. I think they want more of a surprise element so everyone would go, ‘Whoa!’ I think that’s more interesting to them and having it done so it makes total sense with lots of integrity.. I’m sure I would be a Visitor but if I was going to be part of a storyline maybe I would be a judge or a lawyer but that wouldn’t be who I really am, it would be something twisted..”

Jane recently sat down at a lunch meeting with Executive Producer of V: The New Series, Jace Hall..

Badler sings the praises of  V creator Kenneth Johnson, who’s trying to launch V feature film based on his novel V: The Second Generation..

” There’s no one like him,” Badler said.. ” He created the first [ V miniseries ] and that was the real deal, the multi – dimensional one.. The impact has been extraordinary and no one could have believed that all these years later how it will not die.. So many people were touched and moved by it. I think the series had much less impact on people.. For me it was fun to do because my character has the most fun of everyone: She was evil and bisexual and powerful but really [ The series ] was very lightweight in comparison to the mini – series.. When you look back in history, it’s definitely the miniseries that will hold up..”

For the complete interview head to Post-Gazette.com..

Posted on - 14-10-2009
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ABC has released it’s official description of the V: The New Series ” Pilot “

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SERIES PREMIERE OF “V“..
ARRIVES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 ON ABC..

Elizabeth Mitchell, Scott Wolf, Morena Baccarin, Morris Chestnut, Joel Gretsch Among Stars..

V is a re – imagining of the 1980s’ miniseries about the world’s first encounter with an alien race.. With huge spaceships simultaneously appearing over 29 cities around the world, the Visitors (or V’s) seem to promote a message of peace.. Through their generous offer to share advanced technology, the V’s quickly build a following that may be overlooking a more malevolent agenda.. The premiere of V, from Warner Bros. Television, airs TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 ( 8:00 – 9:00 p.m., ET ), on ABC..

In the premiere episode, ” Pilot,” an image of Anna ( Morena Baccarin ), the leader of the V’s, is projected worldwide as she speaks about everyone joining together and no longer being divided by country or separated by fear.. She wants us all to unite, and is counting on a very important component of human nature – devotion.. At first considered a threat, the V’s quickly become a fascination and a link to things that lay just beyond our reach. For Tyler (Logan Huffman), a teenaged boy, the V’s are his ticket to being a part of something big and something that offers hope.. To Chad ( Scott Wolf ), an egotistical news anchor who wants to further his career, his exclusive interview with Anna begins his desire to dominate the airwaves.. Father Jack ( Joel Gretsch ), a priest with questioning faith, is hesitant to believe in the Visitors’ righteousness and goes outside of the church in search of the truth.. There are other dissidents who believe the Visitors aren’t who they say they are, including Ryan ( Morris Chestnut ), who is faced with a life – altering decision when the V’s show up.. And to FBI Counter Terrorist Agent Erica Evans ( Elizabeth Mitchell ), who discovers, while investigating a terrorist cell, what lurks beneath the alarmingly human exterior of the Visitors, resisting this new world has never been more important – and never has there been more at stake.. This truly is the dawning of a new day..

V stars Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans, Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols, Joel Gretsch as Father Jack, Lourdes Benedicto as Valerie, Logan Huffman as Tyler Evans, Laura Vandervoort as Lisa, with Morena Baccarin as Anna, and Scott Wolf as Chad Decker..

Guest starring in ” Pilot ” are Alan Tudyk as Dale Maddox, Jesse Wheeler as Brandon, Britt Irvin as Haley Gordon, David Richmond – Peck as Georgie, Christopher Shyer as Marcus, Scott Hylands as Father Travis and Stefan Arngrim as Roy..

V is produced by The Scott Peters Company and HDFilms in association with Warner Bros. Television.. Scott Peters ( who wrote the pilot ), Jeffrey Bell, Steve Pearlman and Jace Hall are executive producers.. The pilot was directed by Yves Simoneau.. V is broadcast in 720 Progressive ( 720P ), ABC’s HDTV format, with 5.1 channel sound and Spanish subtitles.. A TV Parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate.. For more information on V, please visit ABC.com..

Posted on - 13-10-2009
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The Cast of V: The New Series: Logan Huffman, Laura Vandervoort, Scott Wolf, Elizabeth Mitchell, Joel Gretsch, Morena Baccarin, Morris Chestnut, and Lourdes Benedicto..

Posted on - 12-10-2009
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An ABC spokeswoman confirmed that while V: The New Series will indeed premiere on the network in November, it will be just four episodes that will run during sweeps, and then not return again until March when the Winter Olympics are over..

In waiting until March to resume V: The New Series it seems that they wanted to avoid the January American Idol juggernaut and the Winter Olympics in February..

News of the show’s unique rollout comes amid rampant speculation that the Warner Bros. TV drama was undergoing a serious overhaul after news broke that it would halt production for a two – week hiatus..

Now, an insider confirms, the hiatus will extend for another four weeks to prepare for the show’s previously announced 3rd November 2009 debut.. The ABC spokeswoman says it was always the network’s intent to the run the science fiction drama, which has a 13 – episode order, in ” pod “ form to treat it more like event programming.. Thus, similar to how they did V: The Mini – Series and V: The Final Battle..

According to our source, only three episodes have been filmed thus far, and ABC hasn’t been satisfied with subsequent scripts.. We’re told that the creative reworking which was being supervised by creator / exec producer Scott Peters during the last few weeks of hiatus didn’t help matters.. Our source tells us that the next episode will lens in October and that production will then shut down until January … which would mean 10 weeks or more of production suspension.. If you know anything at all about television production, that’s a potentially costly, disruptive proposition for a network, since studio space is expensive to rent and crews can move on to other projects..

That could mean ABC is worried about how V: The New Series will perform, and may be looking closely at debut audience numbers to figure it out what to do next.. If the show under performs, ABC will be able to pull the plug quickly without expending too much producing episodes it may never intend to air.. If it at least meets audience expectations, then the network could green light additional episodes that would be ready to shoot about the same time..

When the hiatus was originally announced, back in August, it was just a couple of weeks, and Warner Bros. execs said it was designed to take advantage of the leeway from the show’s already – announced 3rd November 2009 premiere date to ” maximize creative difficulties..”

The real problem was that Warner Bros. and ABC weren’t happy with the scripts that showrunner Jeff Bell was turning in.. ( Bell was showrunner on the final, best season of Angel, so we were excited to see him working on this show ) Bell was being bumped to the ” number 2 spot “ and show re – creator Scott Peters ( The 4400 ) was becoming showrunner..

Posted on - 26-09-2009
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Still looking for that guest star role in V: the New Series? Well they’re looking for a male, in their late 30′s  to play the role of ” Cyrus..” Cyrus was once a fierce, proud soldier, but is now a jittery man in his late 30′s, desperately trying to hold it together.. This will be starting from Episode 3..

Posted on - 18-09-2009
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For those who may not have heard the news or haven’t been following it, there were some legal rumblings in regards to what ABC’s new take on their remake of V was going to be.. The issue was that the Writers Guild of America ( WGA ) couldn’t decide of V was a remake or not..

Warner Bros. had recently taken the stance that V wasn’t a remake, even though the Cast and Crew mentioned that V: The New Series, was indeed a remake / re – imaging of the V: The Original Mini – Series during recent events such as the San Diego Comic – Con.. If, V: The New Series, was deemed to not be a remake,

Kennith Johnson, the Original creator wouldn’t see his name in the credits of this new version or get any royalty payments based on the V: The New Series..

Now, don’t think this had ANYTHING to do with Executive Producer’s, Scott Peters, Jeffery Bell or Jace Hall.. We’ve been informed that the Executive Producer’s had nothing to do with this arbitration; the decision came from the top of Warner Bros..

This stance forced the WGA to go into ” Remake Arbitration..” As it stands, the WGA ruled that the new pilot is indeed a remake..  Now they need to determine the specific credits that the original creator, Kennith Johnson, would be receiving.. So once again, Warner Bros. is trying to screw Kenny over.. Happened 25 years ago and is still continuing..

Filming is still on its two – week creative hiatus.. WBTV wants to ” take advantage of our November premiere to maximize creative opportunities and deliver the audience the best show possible,” a Warners spokesperson said..

People familiar with the decision indicated the hiatus was put in place so that writers would have time to beef up future scripts and bring them in line with the quality of the pilot, which has been getting good buzz from bloggers and critics since a successful screening at Comic – Con last month..

No staffing changes are being made, insiders said, though in situations like this, it’s not unheard of for new writers to be added to the roster.. Short – term shutdowns for first – year series, especially dramas, have become increasingly common in recent years.. With networks often unwilling to give shows second chances if they don’t make a strong impact out of the box, studios want to make sure they do everything possible to ensure scripts are in the best possible shape for filming..

Such pre – emptive moves can also end up saving money since they reduce the likelihood of costly re – shoots..

ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy is widely cited as the best example of a recent series that benefited from a pre – premiere production hiatus..

But even long – time shows have recently found a need to take a break: 20th Century Fox TV halted work on 24 for 18 days last fall.. The result was one of the best – reviewed seasons in the show’s history..

Posted on - 08-09-2009
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Amy Amatangelo, from over at BostonHerald.com, interviewed Elizabeth Mitchell about her new role as ” Erica Evans “ in V: The New Series..

Elizabeth Mitchell didn’t expect to fall in love again.. At least not so soon..

Last spring, LOST executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse told Mitchell that her character, Juliet, would not be a part of the final season of ABC’s Emmy – winning series..

” I was really sad because I really like everyone so much and I love my role,” Mitchell said in an interview earlier this month at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, Calif.. ” I spent three years working very hard to create exactly what I wanted..”

But the Dallas native described herself as ” fairly pragmatic..” She thanked Lindelof and Cuse for her time on the series, packed up her house in Hawaii, found a preschool for her son in Los Angeles and began reading scripts..

” I didn’t expect to like anything,” she said.. ” I was just reading things because people sent them to me and it’s rude not to read them..”

Then she read the script for V, a remake of the 1983 sci – fi miniseries about an alien invasion.. The series premieres on ABC in November..

” V is kind of a gift,” the 39 – year – old said.. ” It was a surprise to me to fall in love with another character.. I read it and it captivated me.. And more importantly, I thought it was an excellent jumping – off place and something I had never done before – playing a straightforward hero..”

Mitchell plays FBI counter – terrorist agent Erica Evans, a mother of a teenage son.. In the pilot, she discovers that the alien Visitors might not be as benevolent as they seem..

” What I’m enjoying about Erica, which is one of the same things I love about Juliet, is that she, every day of her life, believes if she is not fully on, not fully functioning, she is going to let people down and the world will come to an end.. She actively puts herself in the line of fire.. I think it takes a special kind of person to do that, and that, combined with Erica being a mother, is very interesting to me..”

But it turns out Mitchell will be on LOST again..

” They called and something had kind of shifted for them and they asked if I would come back,” she said.. Mitchell readily agreed.. Although she knows how and why Juliet, who was last seen detonating a bomb, will return, she can’t divulge details..

During her time on LOST, Mitchell learned to trust the producers.. When she first heard that Juliet would be romantically linked to Sawyer ( Josh Holloway ) last season, she balked..

” We thought it was so dumb,” she said.. ” But what really happened and what was surprising to me is that Josh and I started bringing out different sides of each other, and we started to feel really safe together.. He’s massively in love with his wife and I’m in love with my husband, so we know what love is.. It made the playing of it really safe, and all of a sudden, there we were and we just caught each other.. I miss the two characters together and I never thought I would say that.. So I was happily wrong about that..”

Source: BostonHerald.com

Posted on - 28-08-2009
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