V: The New Series Episode 2.10 ” Mother’s Day ” Sneak Peek #04..

This Tuesday at 9/8c, ABC’s V inches ( Slithers?) one step closer to its Season Two Finale, as Anna prepares to flip the switch on the Blue Energy reactor that will, unbekno.wnst to many, seal Earth’s fate.. All the while, imprisoned queen Diana is conspiring with granddaughter Lisa take control of matters and do things her own way..

TVLine spoke with Morena Baccarin about the Visitors’ agenda, the very cool reptilian reveal to come, and the rather deadly season – ender..

TVLine: I’m a fan of the show, but have been having trouble grasping some of the recent science.. The Vs are stealing DNA excerpts from humans to, what, help their own evolution??
Morena Baccarin: Exactly.. It’s very confusing.. [ Laughs ] But yes, we are extracting the best DNA from humans and putting it in a big DNA machine, and we’re going to use that for our future generations to have a stronger evolutionary process..

TVL: And why is the Vs’ evolution threatened??
MB: We had to flee our planet, so basically we’ve been searching for a new home. Earth is the strongest [candidate] of the planets that we found — it’s the one where we’re most viable and able to have our species continue.

TVL: But if y’all adapt, you’re going to want to come down out of your spaceships and live with us.. It could get … crowded..
MB: Uh – huh.. Uh – huh.. You’re onto something!!

TVL: In this week’s episode, Anna readies to fire up the Blue Energy reactor, but apparently the device is not what it seems.. What can you tease about its actual purpose??
MB: Well, the shape of Concordia [ Designed as a docking platform for Visitor ships ] is a big clue.. There are like 529 Concordia cities being built, and there are [ Hundreds of ] ships looming over Earth, but it’s beyond human technology to see them.. We are not coming; we are here..

TVL: Does Anna’s mother, Diana, truly have the humans’ best interests at heart?? Or is she simply angling to be the one to rule them all??
MB: She was a queen, so for sure she wants to be queen again and rule them all.. She also has this ” emotion “ thing that she thinks is a good tool to have.. She would definitely overthrow me, so she’s not getting out of the dungeon as far as I’m concerned..

TVL: Do you think defiant Lisa has reached the point of no return, or might there be a way for Anna to get her back into the fold??
MB: Never underestimate what Anna can do, but Lisa seems to be pretty far in the Fifth Column direction..

TVL: Speaking of which: How fun was the big ol’ slap fight you and Laura Vandervoort got to have a few weeks back??
MB: Pretty great!! It was pretty, pretty great.. We kept cracking up, actually..

TVL: The show has pulled back on the Anna / Chad flirtation thing.. Is that because attraction is a sort of emotion?? Could Anna be attracted to Chad??
MB: She could be, because attraction is also very animal.. But it’s too soon to have that happen.. You need to tease that..

TVL: As an actress playing an emotion – free character, how and where do you find your ” moments “??
MB: It’s very challenging.. I have to be really specific and know what I’m saying and why I’m saying it and know the emotion behind it, so I can choose not to show it.. I know that sounds kind of crazy, but when I have that behind my words you can kind of see it.. You know when she’s pissed; I just can’t show it on the surface..

TVL: So the other week, when Anna warmly greeted that Live Aboarder’s daughter, that was all pretend??
MB: Yes, because she knows that she needs that girl.. She’s a master manipulator, so she’ll do what it takes – even finding out the woman’s name and naming her own daughter that.. But within that, she’s starting to get closer to [ Ryan's ] little girl, Amy – and I think that is genuine..

TVL: V showrunner Scott Rosenbaum tweeted that we are about to get a look at a Visitor in their full, naked, native state.. Have you seen the final FX yet??
MB: I haven’t, but I’m dying to.. I’ve seen photos, but I haven’t seen the [ Full - motion version ]..

TVL: I imagine it looks like an erect lizard.. Or a Sleestak..
MB: They want to make it a conglomeration of all these different species.. There’s something prehistoric about it but there’s also something predatory about it, so it’ll be cool..

TVL: The story is we’re getting three deaths in the March 15 season finale..
MB: Are there three?? [ Thinks for a moment ] Oh my god, yes!! It’s crazy.. Totally nuts.. And it’s really heartbreaking.. I cried when I saw it..

TVL: If the show gets picked up for a third season, will it be strange returning to the set minus those three actors??
MB: For sure..

TVL: What are your plans for the hiatus??
MB: I’m going to Australia for a convention, so that’s go to be exciting.. I’ve never been there.. Other than that, I’m in a waiting period, so I can’t really take on much more than an episode of things here and there [ Such as an upcoming episode of The Mentalist ].. I am just hoping that we’ll be shooting V at the end of the summer!!

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V – Season Two ” Podcast #07..”

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INTERVIEW: Assignment X Talks With Laura Vandervoort..

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WEBSITE: AssignmentX.com

WRITTEN BY: Abbie Bernstein

DIRECT LINK: http://www.assignmentx.com/2011/exclusive-interview-v-and-smallvile-actress-laura-vandervoort-is-used-to-being-alien-ated/

On ABC’s V, the humans may think they have problems with the invading Visitors, but there’s a lot of internal strife going on with the extraterrestrial reptiles as well.. Anna, played by Morena Baccarin, is fighting to hold on to her position as supreme leader, while her mother Diana ( Played by Jane Badler of the original V series ) forms an alliance with Anna’s daughter Lisa, played by Laura Vandervoort ( Pronounced VAN-der-vort )..

Before she was ever cast as Lisa, the Toronto Vandervoort was already familiar to audiences from her role as Kara, aka Supergirl, on the CW’s Smallville.. The actress talks about both roles here..

Assignment X: Has V evolved about the way you expected it to when you first signed on??
Laura Vandervoort: It surprised me.. When I first got the role, she was a guest star, and then a few episodes in, I found out she was the queen’s daughter and since then, it’s really progressed, and this season, I’m really excited to where Lisa’s gone.. She’s more independent, she’s strong, she’s making her own opinions, she’s ready to take on the throne..

AX: And how is it having Jane Badler as Lisa’s grandmother??
LV: It’s great.. It creates a whole new dynamic for the show, because Jane Badler was on the original, so the fans love that.. Having a grandmother to ask questions and get advice from on the show has really been great.. It allows her to have more knowledge..

AX: And she seems to be backing Lisa for the throne …
LV: You’ve got to look at it this way, if Grandma’s still alive, Anna shouldn’t even have the throne..

AX: Aha..
LV: Aha! Everybody wants the throne, so it’s creating some drama.. I don’t even know if [ Lisa ] wants the throne.. I think her dilemma is, if she were to take the throne, she’d want to change the way the Vs look at the human world, make [ The Vs ] nicer [ To humans ], and I think she’s also scared to take the throne, because that means she’s got to be in charge of an entire race, and also, if she doesn’t, that’s the end of the bloodline.. There are no other queens.. I’m the only one.. So if I choose not to take the throne, that will kill off our entire race.. So there’s a lot on my shoulders [ Laughs ]..

AX: Lisa has gotten badly beaten up.. How was that to play??
LV: Oh, that was great.. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I love that episode in particular, because it gave me the chance to show emotion.. Lisa doesn’t show emotion in front of many [ Characters ] on the show, so that was the first time you felt sympathy for her, the audience got to know her, and it was great.. Any time I can do prosthetics and get bruised up and change my look, I’m very happy to do so..

AX: Because they are both extraterrestrials, do you see any parallels between V’s Lisa and Smallville’s Kara ( Aka Supergirl )??
LV: That was one of the things I was concerned about when I first got cast.. ” Oh, I don’t want to play another alien, people are going to think it’s going to be a typecasting situation,” but really, the only similarities are that they both come into a world with little knowledge.. They teach themselves, they learn from other people, and then they become very strong, independent women, but other than that, there aren’t many similarities..

AX: James Marsters, who played Brainiac, said he really enjoyed fighting with you on Smallville …
LV: I loved working with him.. I have my second-degree black belt in karate, so I like to do that stuff.. I like to kick some ass sometimes..

AX: Do you do martial arts recreationally when you’re not working??
LV: Yeah. I started doing martial arts when I was about seven.. I haven’t done it in quite awhile because I’ve just been working, I couldn’t train, but I like to keep it up if I can..

AX: Does having that background keep you from getting hurt when you’re doing scenes that get physical??
LV: Yeah. Well, first of all, I’m so stubborn sometimes, I want to do all my own stunts.. On Smallville, I did most of my own wire work, ninety percent of the time.. I know how to protect myself if I fall, that sort of thing.. I’m feisty, so I like to fight..

AX: Did you have fun teaching Superman to fly??
LV: Yeah, except it didn’t work [ Laughs ].. So we’re going to try again one day, I guess..

AX: Will you be back on Smallville again in this final season??
LV: You know, I already came back once this season for the episode called ” Supergirl,” but I’m not sure if I’ll be returning again.. They left the storyline open, so hopefully..

AX: You did the Riverworld mini – series, playing a relatively normal person – well, you were involved in a sort of bizarre love triangle, but …
LV: I wasn’t an alien..

AX: Do you feel like you have a reputation as a science – fiction leading lady??
LV: I do think when you get into the sci – fi world, the fans are so great, you’ll continue to do sci – fi if you wish to, which is great.. But I always want to mix it up.. I’d love to get into the feature world and away from the sci – fi a little bit, I would love to do a period piece, a Western, an independent, because it’s nice to mix it up..

AX: What else are you involved in??
LV: I did a movie called The Entitled [ In 2010 ] with Ray Liotta and Kevin Zegers and Dustin Milligan, and I was a normal human being [ Laughs ], and I just did a little cameo on a movie, This Means War, with Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy and Chris Pine..

AX: When you’re doing material that’s a little more down to earth, do you miss the heightened reality, or do you feel like you can relax a little more??
LV: The great thing about sci – fi that I love is, you can go over the top, it can be bizarre.. Whereas when I get to play a human being, it’s nice, because I feel like I can relax, I can relax my body structure – because they’re so uptight in sci – fi.. When I’m playing a human being, I can be more natural.. Like I said, I just love to mix it up..