The Netflix spy thrillers star looks back on her favorite action sequences and that game-changing ending.
Warning: This article contains spoilers aboutIn From The Coldseason 1.
As she tells Chauncey [Cillian O’Sullivan], morphing is painful for her.
Margarita Levieva as Jenny, Alexandra Prokhorova as Gaia.SAMANTHA LÓPEZ/NETFLIX
Some of the most integral and fun to watch scenes ofIn From the Coldare the elaborate action sequences.
Levieva, a trained athlete and dancer, leapt at the chance to perform her own stunts.
“It was absolutely thrilling to get to do a lot of that myself,” she says.
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“It gave me the opportunity to use all of my abilities and challenge myself in big ways.”
Knowing the physicality the role would require, Levieva started preparing even before heading to Spain to train.
While still in quarantine, she started Zoom sessions with a trainer and the stunt team.
Levieva has done stunts before, but working onIn From The Coldfelt different.
“I felt like they were my core family.
They were my protectors,” she explains.
Of all the fights, Levieva’s favorite was her face-off with an operative at a Hammam.
The sprawling battle stretched across two rooms and landed the pair in a pool.
“I’m really grateful.
I got to do so much of it,” she says of that particular sequence.
The actress did have to do some convincing to perform one stunt herself.
“They were like, ‘you’re free to’t do that.
What if she hits you,'” Levieva says.
Equally as impressive as Levieva’s action prowess isseason 1’s finale shocker.
“I found out right before I started filming,” she says of her character’s secret.
“That was a challenge because I gotta find all these layers.
I’m lying, but I’m pretending that I’m not lying.
A potential season 2 would question just how genuine those feelings are.
“Is Jenny using Chauncey to get what she needs?
She believes that she’s attracted to him.
Yes,” Levieva says.
“I always saw the two of them as two animals part of the same pack.
They’re both lone wolves, and they both have a history they carry that drives what they do.
There’s a lot of pain in both of their lives, too,” Levieva says.
