COLLIDER: I loved the first four episodes that I got to see.
ALEX LUDWIG: Thank you so much.
That means the world coming from you, Maggie.
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LUDWIG: Thats such a great question.
For me, it was one of the things that attracted me to the show first and foremost.
I was so grateful when I finally got to work with that amazing dog, Brass, or Lucky.
But it was the experience of a lifetime and a true gift.
What Animals Would Ish and Emma Be?
It was beautiful to watch how it all unfolds in the first episode.
Then Episode 2, you’re so right, that’s where the heartbeat really starts to be felt.
JESSICA FRANCES DUKES: Absolutely.
She’s Mama Bear.
She is Mama Bear, 1,000%.
It’s this enormous force.
But she will slice anything that comes in the way of what she loves.
So, I always saw her as a bear.
I think that’s really accurate.
LUDWIG: Yeah, it’s funny you brought that up.
The animal thing to me is fascinating, and I have incorporated it into my performances.
In this specifically, though, it wasn’t something that I drew from initially.
That’s funny, though.
I’ve never actually thought about that for this character specifically.
Well, there you go.
Jessica, for you in building Emma, where is her thought in bringing children into this world?
DUKES: I dont think she is afraid of anything when it comes to life.
I think that she comes from a big family, her entire family.
She says, My body’s built for this.
She’s the new Eve, you know?
She’s Mother of Nations.
That’s what he calls her in the book.
She’s just such a beautiful, fierce creature, and I just fell in love with playing her.
That’s a great answer.
How familiar were both of you with this book?
An offers coming to you, and you have to do it.
It’ll be the hardest thing you’ve ever done, and the most gratifying.
He promised on all of those levels.
This is so topical today.
But what I loved so much about it was the hopefulness.
DUKES: I had sort of heard of it, but I had never read it.
As we worked on it, I read what we were working on.
So I would read the first part of it.
If we were shooting [Episodes] 1 and 2, I read only to where the book stops.
Then when we got to [Episodes] 3 and 4, I only read that much.
How excited were you to get to go back in time with that series and experience all of that?
But coming off ofEarth Abides, it was such ahugejourney to take on for three months.
And, of course, coming from theater, being in a show with theater legends was epic.
Were you able to take anything that you learned from Ish into that role?
It was pretty ironic.
But no, it’s totally different.
That is the one with monsters, and that’ll be a film.
But it was tremendous.
The cast was incredible.
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