Torchwood: Miracle Day - Hollywood Reporter: Eve Myle's Interview Part 3

Source: The Hollywood Reporter [follow link for complete interview]



TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY - THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Eve Myles: 'There Was A Lot of Retraining for Gwen'

7/8/2011
by Jethro Nededog

When Torchwood: Miracle Day premieres on Starz Friday at 10 p.m., fans of the franchise will have a few things to celebrate. First, that the series is back at all as the co-production between BBC and the pay channel has pretty much made a return possible. Then, fans will have John Barrowman and Eve Myles reprising their roles as Torchwood’s Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper, respectively.

Miracle Day is what brings the final two Torchwood members back into action. Earth is experiencing a strange phenomenon as no one dies. It’s considered a blessing at first, but becomes a global crisis very quickly.

THR spoke to Myles about where we’ll find Gwen in the Season 4 premiere, what it was like to welcome several new cast members to the fold, and if there’s anything new to learn about her character...



... THR: Have you learned anything new about your character in Miracle Day?

Myles: "Oh, yes. There’s one scene that Gwen and Jack have. They’re in a car together, and they can’t escape. And they drive through the night. And for me this year, out of all the fabulous, big, action scenes that I get to do -- I do all my own stunts -- even though all that’s kind of wonderful and big, kind of Hollywood blockbuster kind of things that we got to do, my favorite scenes this year were the scenes with John Barrowman in the car, because it’s all character scenes. And Gwen talks about things that you would never expect Gwen to talk about or admit to. And it’s very, very character-driven. It will surprise people. And then Jack retaliates with what he thinks, and they just lay it all out on the table, and it’s fascinating. So, you learn an awful lot about these characters as did John and I about the characters, also."

THR: How far into the series does this scene in the car happen?

Myles: "It’s kind of in the middle of the series. But you’ve also got -- I can’t talk for John -- but there was a lot of retraining for Gwen this year, because she’s a mum and she can’t just jump into the fire straightaway. She’s got to kind of test the fire before she jumps into it. And that’s really difficult for somebody like Gwen Cooper, who just throws herself at everything 100 percent. Sometimes with dire effect, but at least she’s got the balls to do it..."