Total SciFi Online: Ruth Kearney Interview
At the heart of the Anomaly Research Centre (the ARC) in season four of Primeval sits new character Jess Parker, monitoring the screens that indicate anomaly activity. She’s one of the key members of the new set-up, as actress Ruth Kearney explains to Paul Simpson…
... How does Jess fit into the team?
Ruth Kearney: She is basically filling a new slot that was never anyone’s specific job before. She has taken over as the lady who sits in front of the Anomaly Detector, who is on the ball watching each of the characters when they’re out in the field, checking whether they’re safe and where they’re gone.
When an anomaly comes up, she sends them on the way and then she’s like Mission Control, very important to the team. She keeps them all on their toes, but is watching their backs – and at the same time has her eye on everything else that is going on around her in the ARC.
She’s a very interesting character – there are two sides to her. She’s so efficient and amazing when she’s working, but the minute she turns off the computer, she’s very girly.
I think she really enjoys having Abby back. She treats her and Connor like they were celebrities: she’s in awe of them when they arrive back from the Cretaceous. She’s thrilled to have another girl around. She gets on very well with Matt and Becker, obviously, but she’s a girly girl at heart, so I think she enjoys having that sort of relationship...
Primeval is currently airing on ITV1 on Saturday nights (UK) and on BBC America (US) at 9/8C.
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