But she’s concerned viewers will harbor resentment toward Maddie: “For the character…
I hope what she says [about her absence] is enough.”
On tonight’s episode (alsoaCriminal Mindsmini-reunion with Hewitt and A.J.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This episode was quite acting exercise for you.
So it was just really important to do, and I was really excited to get to do it.
But it was definitely daunting.
I felt a huge responsibility to show the real truth about what happens.
What was the fan reaction to Maddie’s time away from the show?
How could she stay away for six months?"
And I think in Boston she’s really trying not to do that.
Cook] is in distress?
Like,that’s going to be their first moment to see each other?
I think that’s who she is.
That is the first responder way.
I think it’s really cool, and it’s just who they are.
Then we get the quieter scene on the bench where Maddie gets to explain why she left … And I was like, “I have to save this, this has to actually go on camera.
I don’t know why I’m crying right now.”
But I really felt like it had been a long time.
What does the future hold for Maddie as a mom?
And that was also important for me, given my own real-life story that’s going on.
And what about her future with Chimney?
I would say it’s complicated at best.
But obviously there’s only so much story you could tell before just the season’s over.
We won’t leave people hanging too long, I promise.
