LOST GIRL - CANADIAN SCREENWRITER MAGAZINE: SPRING 2013 ISSUE: SHOWRUNNER EMILY ANDRAS INTERVIEW
Balancing the Best of Both Worlds on Lost Girl
BY Diane Wild
“Genre is 100% mainstream,” declares Lost Girl showrunner Emily Andras. “I always joke about that little movie that could, The Avengers. But you still have to find your place in the world and your voice.”
Part of the Lost Girl writing team since season one – allowing for a couple of pregnancies – Andras took over showrunning duties in season three and is currently in the throes of developing season four with her small but mighty writers room, which includes (so far) Alexandra Zarowny, Steve Cochrane and Michael Grass.
Andras does feel the show has had to overcome the “stink eye” provoked by its premise. “The reaction is hilarious. She’s a bisexual succubus who feeds off of sexual energy? So it’s like Red Shoe Diaries but with the CN Tower in the background, right? But it’s such a credit to my writers that I feel like the show is always 25% better than it has any right to be...”
For the complete article, please see the print edition of Canadian Screenwriter.
Lost Girl airs Monday at 10/9C on Syfy. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR THE SEASON FOUR FINALE, 'THOSE WHO WANDER,' AIRING APRIL 22, 2013.
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