Episode 4 marks a turning point for the titular young hero.
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromNaomiseason 1 episode 4, “Enigma.”
Kaci Walfall’s Naomi McDuffie had a number of firsts inNaomi’s latest episode.
Kaci Walfall as Naomi McDuffie on The CW’s ‘Naomi’.The CW
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How does Naomi finding out she’s from Earth-29 affect her moving forward?
So it’s really nice when Akira tells her [that].
Even though she doesn’t know who she is, it helps Naomi in a way.
Alexander Wraith as Dee and Kaci Walfall as Naomi McDuffie on ‘Naomi’.The CW
How does she handle Akira’s warning about Zumbado?
Naomi has a very strong point of view on Zumbado.
And that’s a strong, strong point of view.
Daniel Puig as Nathan and Kaci Walfall as Naomi McDuffie on The CW’s ‘Naomi’.The CW
So I think when Akira says, “Are you working for him?”
she’s like, “Absolutely not.”
Where does that dynamic go from here?
And they’re like, “We have no idea who he is.”
And then they have this conversation at the table and it really introduces them together.
I think that it’s an interesting dynamic.
They’re definitely not the best of friends as we can see at this table.
Obviously Greg has a military background.
Does he take any part in her training?
I mean, not really.
I think especially in this episode.
And I think in this episode you see that she is the people pleaser.
She’s going to do what other people want her to do to make them happy.
And it may not be [in] her best interests for herself.
Was the escape room sequence as much fun to shoot as it was to watch?
So it was almost like we were playing the escape room.
But it was a lot of fun.
Have you guys done anything similar as a group off set?
The boys, a.k.a.
Aidan [Gemme], Daniel and Will [Meyers], rock climb all the time.
Mary-Charles [Jones] hasn’t gone yet, but that was super duper fun.
We’ve hung out on the weekends [before].
Everyone is good people.
So, I’m grateful to be surrounded by them.
Naomi has her first superhero fight in this episode.
What was it like shooting that scene and did you do anything special to prepare?
He says, “Control your emotions, control your powers.”
She can’t control her emotions.
It goes down to the thing of like, she’s a 16-year-old girl.
So, her having this encounter with this guy is scary.
And sometimes there can be sort of a time crunch.
So, I do a lot of preparation, a lot of script work.
I go to drama school, so I’m always based in that.
But you know, it’s all about just feeling.
How does this fight with the bounty hunter affect her moving forward?
It really does affect her because she had no idea that Dee was going to come.
So I think she thought she was going to die.
And that was very scary.
She doesn’t know enough yet and she’s never been encountered like that.
We see Naomi, especially in the pilot, living this great, happy life.
None of it is her choice.
I will definitely tell you, it does affect her brain and her confidence a lot after that encounter.
Is it a matter of her truly realizing how high the stakes are?
I think in episode 4, yes and no.
It’s more about uncovering who she is and every episode of discovering new powers.
Naomi has three love interests, but this episode ends with her appearing to pick Nathan.
How did you feel about that development?
Naomi and Lourdes are little flirtatious in episode 3.
And I think that’s especially what she needs when everyone’s looking to her for this power.
So I think that, in the field is Naomi reclaiming her power in a sense.
What can you tease about what’s coming down the pike?
Although Naomi has this great superhero power, she generally just wants to have a normal life.
And I think that, these friendships and these relationships allow for normal life.
She loves them as friends.
Naomireturns Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 9 p.m. on The CW.
