What do people need to know about Julia as a character, going
into the show?
The main thing about Julia is that, unlike everyone else, she hasn’t lived in Chester’s Mill for long. She’s only been there for six months. So she moves from Chicago to this small town, which is quite a change, and I don’t think that she intends to stay for all that long. This is sort of a stopover for her and now she’s stuck; now she’s trapped there without the person she went there with, which is her husband, who’s from there ... But she’s also the editor of the newspaper and she sort of is the newspaper. It’s a small town so she’s the editor, the journalist, the photographer, and so immediately has to jump in to covering all these stories ... Everything that’s going on, she has to be there. She has to photograph it. She has to interview people. She has to know what’s going on. She’s the “I want answers” person. .
What can you preview about her relationship with Barbie (Mike Vogel), since it seems like their paths cross fairly early on?
Well, I think they gravitate towards each other initially because neither of them is from there. Both of them are outsiders -- him more than her -- but certainly, that’s something they have in common immediately. Energetically, it kind of differentiates them. Everyone else, they’ve all lived together, grown up together. They’re going to stay there. Neither Barbie nor I feel that way about this place. So we’re unique in that nobody wants to be trapped, but they’re at least trapped at home and we’re not. And so that gives us something immediately in common ... There is a strong chemistry there and a strong curiosity about one another, you know, "Who are you and why are you here?"
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The main thing about Julia is that, unlike everyone else, she hasn’t lived in Chester’s Mill for long. She’s only been there for six months. So she moves from Chicago to this small town, which is quite a change, and I don’t think that she intends to stay for all that long. This is sort of a stopover for her and now she’s stuck; now she’s trapped there without the person she went there with, which is her husband, who’s from there ... But she’s also the editor of the newspaper and she sort of is the newspaper. It’s a small town so she’s the editor, the journalist, the photographer, and so immediately has to jump in to covering all these stories ... Everything that’s going on, she has to be there. She has to photograph it. She has to interview people. She has to know what’s going on. She’s the “I want answers” person. .
What can you preview about her relationship with Barbie (Mike Vogel), since it seems like their paths cross fairly early on?
Well, I think they gravitate towards each other initially because neither of them is from there. Both of them are outsiders -- him more than her -- but certainly, that’s something they have in common immediately. Energetically, it kind of differentiates them. Everyone else, they’ve all lived together, grown up together. They’re going to stay there. Neither Barbie nor I feel that way about this place. So we’re unique in that nobody wants to be trapped, but they’re at least trapped at home and we’re not. And so that gives us something immediately in common ... There is a strong chemistry there and a strong curiosity about one another, you know, "Who are you and why are you here?"
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