December 7, 2009 10:29 pm
The following is excerpts from an interview with Bridget and Craig from Cleveland’s CW Affiliate blog. Thank you to Seventh for finding this!
Seeker Stars Agree Their Roles Are Second Skin
Posted Monday December 7, 2009
Legend of the Seeker has amassed such a loyal following, it’s almost as if fans have been happily zapped by the ‘Mother Confessor.’ The series became so popular that it was awarded a full second season after only a handful of episodes—and the charming lead actors receive rock star-type receptions. Craig Horner (Richard Cypher-Rahl) and Bridget Regan (Kahlan Amnell) spoke with WBNX during a recent publicity tour. Here are some excerpts from the interview:
There are new evil forces terrorizing the Midlands…
CH: “Yes, at the end of the first season we defeated Darken Rahl, which was our main goal—but in doing that, we’ve now embraced Wizard’s Second Rule, which is ‘the greatest harm can come from the best intentions.’ So even though we’ve rid the world of Darken Rahl, so to speak, we’ve torn the veil to the Underworld…”
BR: “There are these creatures we’ve never seen and people that we’ve killed who are coming back to get us. So now we’re out to defeat The Keeper (of the Underworld), who is Baddie Number One.”
CH: “And we’re also happy about (Rahl’s life-after-death), because we love Craig Parker. He’s got a lot of good energy, he’s great.”
On translating heroes from best-selling novels to television…
CH: “We had about six weeks in New Zealand before we ever started shooting the series, and we didn’t have a script, so all Bridget and I could really do was read the book, Wizard’s First Rule. That’s the best kind of research you can do, you really get a feeling for the characters. There’s a lot of ‘Kahlan’ in Bridget and a lot of ‘Richard’ in Craig, and I think that’s why we got the roles.”
BR: “I like that the fans are really passionate about these characters. It almost ‘heightens’ the whole thing for us. We really want to do the characters justice and want The Sword of Truth fans to picture us as their Kahlan and Richard.”
Growth of the characters in Season Two…
BR: “I’ve never played a character this long, and when I did another part between seasons it was totally jarring. I’d been playing Kahlan for nine months, and then to go do something else was like turning old rusty wheels. But I love the role of Kahlan; it’s a joy to play someone you feel like you know so well, it’s just like a ‘second skin.’”
CH: “Definitely. The writers are even starting to kind of write specifically for us; they’re really watching our personalities come thru on-screen and writing that way.”
Taking Legend of the Seeker to a new level…
BR: “Both of us felt the show become really ‘great’ last season during Episode 8, which was called ‘Denna.’ We enjoyed that one a lot. It was almost verbatim from the book, so it was nice to go back and read that section and get inspired by it.”
CH: “And yes, Denna (Jessica Marais) comes back this season…bigger and badder.”
BR: “We also find out that Richard has more powers than he knew he had, which is huge.”
The interview can be found here: http://www.wbnx.com/blog/category/legend-of-the-seeker/
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By Sara, December 7, 2009 @ 11:04 pm
Awesome! Thanks for posting!
By John, December 8, 2009 @ 2:21 am
Denna coming back? Awesome!
By Dennis, December 8, 2009 @ 10:41 am
Me loves Denna. Sah-weet! Denna vs Cara… ohhh yeahh!! LOTS rules!
By GenghisDon, December 8, 2009 @ 1:52 pm
Thanks for the interview, I’m intrigued by Denna’s return too!
By Cleric, December 8, 2009 @ 8:15 pm
Excellent news about Denna; also very interesting to read that the writers are adjusting their approach and keying on Craig’s and Bridget’s personalities and mannerisms.
By the way, as an item of trivia, I learned recently that “marais” is French for “marsh.” A historian friend of mine told me that “Marais” is/was a fairly common name in South Africa. How did people of French extraction get there? French Huguenot (persecuted Protestant religious minority) origins. Not difficult to picture some of the family emigrating Down Under at some point.
Very curious about Richard’s upcoming new powers. Thanks for the interview.
By iamlegend(oftheseeker), December 9, 2009 @ 2:37 am
YAY! Denna VS. Cara! I’m really excited.
By flip, December 9, 2009 @ 9:51 am
Jessica Marias (Denna) on a LOTS interview recently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biZ9t4y6V-U
By GenghisDon, December 11, 2009 @ 2:35 am
Thanks flip