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Morena Baccarin, star of ABC's newest drama, V, chatted exclusively with Popeater about her role, her hair and aliens. The Brazilian-born actress was very enthusiastic about playing Anna, a powerful leader who promises good things to the people of earth, but has other plans in store. Anna is a lizard. Tah Dah!
"I want people to be drawn to her and to follow her in spite of themselves, but have this intuition that something is terribly wrong."
Baccarin felt that people will always be drawn to a show that explores the possibility of "visitors," and this made her want to be a part of the drama.
"I think the idea of an alien invasion is something that we will forever be fascinated by. It's very vulnerable and it's something that plays at all of our vulnerabilities and fears as humans. So I think that in itself is an amazing subject matter. And the way the show is made, I think, is so intriguing. The original was obviously relevant at the time. In the eighties. And it was a social commentary at that time. And ours definitely taps into the fear we have now, that we can't trust our neighbors. So I think that the show becomes very relevant and hits close to home, and people worry, and gravitate towards that."
Finally, the hair. Baccarin chopped it off for the series and, quite frankly, I think she looks like Alice Cullen. Quite pixie-ish. In fact, the first time I saw an ad for V, I thought ABC borrowed Alice. Oooh, can the writers do a script change and make the visitors vampires? Please?
Gallery Info: Morena Baccarin and the other stars of V at the Summer TCA tour in August.
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Michelle S says:
I can't get past her crooked mouth! It completely distracts me from her acting.