Interview met Emily Bett Rickards over haar rol als Felicity Smoak

RDJ134 6 november 2014 om 18:07 uur

De Amerikaanse TV serie Arrow weet zich goed staande te houden tussen alle superhelden shows en zicht zelfs zeer goed te onderscheiden. Naast de actie is er uiteraard ook nog een eye catcher in de vorm van Felicity Smoak een vrouwelijke hacker die onderdeel is van het Arrow team en ook te bewonderen is als love interest in The Flash. De rol van Felicity wordt gespeeld door de actrice Emily Bett Rickards, en deze vertelde in dit interview over haar karakter en de beide TV shows.




Collider: How cool is it to get an episode that's not only named after your character, but where you also get to learn both about her backstory and her present, with her mother showing up?

EMILY BETT RICKARDS:
It's a gift. Honestly, it was like being presented with a golden ticket. I don't even know how to explain it. It's like the Pandora's box that you know is going to be great. It's the utopian Pandora's box. I feel really lucky and fortunate. I've been wanting to know more about it. I can't get to know more about her, all the time, and I'm craving to know more about her, all the time. It's hard until you actually get a shot on paper. It's nice to have her closer to me.

Who in the cast had the funniest reaction to seeing goth Felicity?

RICKARDS:
This is great. I was dressed as goth Felicity, and we had a sexual harassment seminar with the cast and crew from Arrow and The Flash. There were hundreds of people. I had just gotten off set and was stepping in late, and no one knew it was me. We had to sign a paper and I was like, "No, I was definitely there!" I was trying to say hi to some of my friends on The Flash, who do hair and make-up and who I don't get to see all the time, and they didn't know it was me. Nobody knew it was me. That was really fun. It was fun to be in that sort of disguise. The wig was really itchy, really heavy and really hot. I have such appreciation now for actors who have to do that, all of the time. As much fun as it is to transform and have it take you over, it was definitely uncomfortable. It's like wearing heels on your head.

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