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Thefirst season ofEvilended on CBS with Katja Herberss ever-skeptical psychologist Kristen Bouchard burning her hand on a crucifix.
But in playing it, I wanted to leave space for that [other interpretation].
If you are evil, do you know that youre evil?
She doesnt regret killing this person.
I guess you could interpret that as being pretty evil.
So its open to interpretation, whatever you might think watching it.
But there is doubt, and shes not in a great mental place, Id argue.
What are the scariest moments to film on your end?
That could feel like a real neurosis: What if Im losing my mind?
I was like, Wait, wasnt it going to end that way?
And then, no, clearly not.
But it didnt matter.
Its a nice dialogue in that way, without talking to each other.
Whats it like to play off of him?Its like chess.
I went into those scenes just thinking, Well, I could kill you.
It unleashes a whole different side of her.
Shes also more in touch with her sexuality.
Theres a difference in her costumes and makeup too.
Shes wearing more of it this season.I wore almost no makeup in the first season.
And I guess a way to do that is to look attractive?
So I added a little something-something.
Then there is a question about female empowerment.
Because of the obstacles women face to be taken seriously, is there always a conceit within that empowerment?
Kristen has a whole bevy of daughters to take care of.
Whats it like to film those family scenes with all the child actors?I really love it.
What you see onscreen is an actual loving relationship.
They get along very well with each other, and theyre great improvisers.
I hope a lot of mothers can relate and not write her off.
He literally said, Im going to kill your children.
I think Kristen would do it again, if in the same situation.
Evils got a lot of moving parts.
It shoots in New York.
You have a lot of guest actors.
On a basic level, we werent allowed to have a lot of extras in the scenes.
Some of the things we had to downscale.
The crew was always masked, and that felt distant at times.
You dont see a little chuckle from the guy holding the boom or whatever.
But once we got used to what it was, there wasnt too much of a difference.
Id look at the call sheet and be like,What, hes coming?
We heard when we were around the 11th episode that it was going to happen.
I think our show is more fit for streaming.
We dont have to worry about it being exactly 43 minutes and having exact commercial blocks.
And also, I can say fuck!
A lot of the situations Kristen finds herself in do warrant a fuck.
We were in Santa Fe, in the desert, and that just made for a big connection.
Im still in touch with all those people I had tacos with John Hickey just the other day.
So I went to America and tried it, andManhattanwas my fourth audition.
I was like,Wow, whats the fuss?
Hollywood is so easy.
The pandemic isnt going to hit [on the show], which I think is a great choice.
I dont think we want to see anyone wearing masks.
Were all so tired of it.
But I do like that the show is in the moment before and that danger is there.
Theres the plagues in the Bible.
Its all [meshes her hands together].
Theres so much of the show that does reference specific biblical passages or occult literature.
I stay away from him a little bit, because it just sounds so bonkers to me.
And he goes, Yeah, this is exactly how it goes.
Youre like, What the hell?
Some people take mushrooms and vomit in a field, and its like that.
You destroy yourself and at the end of it youre all clean.
I can understand it from that therapeutic way of looking at it.
Theres one thats actually by a Dutch psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, calledThe Body Keeps the Score.
Its been used for Kristen this year.
She might think that shes entirely fine and did the right thing after killing LeRoux, but is she?
Her mind might think that shes totally fine, but her bodys going to tell her that shes not.
You cant unlive the experience of bludgeoning someone with an ice ax.
Clearly thats going to cause some problems!
