STARGATE UNIVERSE - CHEVRON ONE: The Fantastic Journey: An Interview with Jennifer Spence
August 15, 2011
by Jennifer Griffin
With Echoes co creators Mark Savela and Ken Kabatoff busily putting the final touches to their alien invasion pilot this week, we sat down to speak to its star, Jennifer Spence about acting, aliens and the appeal of playing the underdog.
“Well, the thing that really appeals to me about her is that she’s very much an underdog to begin with, when we first meet her in the show,” Jennifer tells me, describing her character Sonya in Echoes.
“It’s just wonderful. It’s like so many things in life where you see somebody come out of their shell or excel as a human being. It’s always a journey that we go through as human beings. We don’t always start off as a certain type of person. We often wind up as a different sort of person to how we started out.
“So I really liked that she starts out as an underdog and is forced to undertake this leadership position and lead these people through to survival. It’s a fantastic journey for her. That just really appealed to me – to be able to play that transformation of a character. That transformation is fascinating, and what we live for as actors...”
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