Warning: This article contains spoilers about Sunday’s episode ofBatwoman, “Initiate Self-Destruct.”
As has been hinted to in the episodes leading up to this one, Black Mask, a.k.a.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Showrunner Caroline Dries told me you auditioned for Ryan last summer.
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What was it like to audition for that role but then get cast as the new Kate Kane?
When we did the screen test with everyone, it started to feel quite real.
Then they were asking me for different things to what I was doing.
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Just redirected me in completely different directions.
I felt like they didn’t really know quite exactly what they wanted.
I was like, “Yeah, right.”
Everyone always says that kind of thing, whatever.
Did you go back and watch season 1 to prepare to play Kate Kane?
What kinds of conversations did you have with Caroline about developing your performance?
I watched both seasons and read pretty much all the scripts.
What was the most significant thing you learned from reading the season 1 scripts?
From the scripts, it was definitely the relationship that Kate has with the other characters, 100 percent.
And the cast was incredible.
So definitely that from the scripts.
And then Caroline is so knowledgeable about Kate.
Like she just knows she is like a book of knowledge, like a fountain.
She’s just amazing.
How did you go about developing your performance for that aspect?
And you had to wear a mask for the entire episode…
It was fine, actually.
They were really great on set because we would take it off in between takes.
But it’s hot.
[Laughs] So I’m glad that it’s off.
And in this episode you had a pretty intense fight scene with Batwoman and Alice.
What was it like shooting that?
Oh my gosh, that was my first day!
Wow, that was a day.
And I was like, “Oh yeah, I’m sure.”
But it wasa lot.
[Laughs] It was great, though.
We were shooting on like a barge.
And I was like, “Oh my gosh!”
It was challenging, but it was really, really fun to do.
What is driving Circe?
Circe has been wronged, and I think misunderstood.
She’s trying to seek justice, and that hasn’t been served yet.
And actually, the opposite happened, I think.
So someone in power used their weight to put her into Arkham.
Black Mask and Circe are now holding Alice captive.
What is Circe’s dynamic with Alice like in the next episode?
They don’t get on as I’m sure it’s possible for you to imagine.
So there’s definitely rivalry and a lot of tension between them.
But Alice is obviously so smart, and I think she can see behind the mask.
I’ll leave it at that.
Caroline told me there are some pretty gruesome torture scenes coming up in next week’s episode.
What was it like shooting those?
Yeah, it was really fun.
From your perspective, how deep is Kate’s real identity buried?
So that actually going to become one of her most powerful weapons.
Batwomanairs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.
