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When did you know you wanted to be an actress?

I didn’t have an epiphany moment of wanting to become an actress. Growing up, I was constantly entertaining my family and friends. I had thought about acting some but, growing up in KS it seemed unattainable. After graduating high school, I moved to Orange County CA with my mum and other family. She suggested that I try acting classes. So, I moved to Los Angeles and started taking classes at Playhouse West. Once I studied for a while I realised that the craft of acting brought me joy and I wanted to keep pursuing it. I’ve been pursuing it ever since.

Where did you go from there? What was your first project?

My first job was a guest star on a pilot called “The Beast” playing an anorexic movie star. The show was never picked up. My first job that aired was a guest star on a show called “The Fugitive” playing a Parkinsons patient.

You moved to LA and have lived there since. Was it an intimidating place to start with? What are your feelings about it now?

When I first moved to LA I was in awe by the mix of culture and foods. I didn’t drive on the freeway for months. I grew up around highways. I just jumped in and learned the ropes. I love Los Angeles. The weather is beautiful. Most people here are creating something and dreaming. It’s contagious and inspiring.

Was it intimidating working alongside the likes of Ryam Gosling and Rachel McAdams in The Notebook? What did you take away from the experience?

I felt like I was in a bubble working on The Notebook. I had no idea what I was a part of while shooting. I’m so grateful to have been a part of a movie that is still adored to this day. It was my first movie so I was really confused by everything being so much bigger than TV. Working with Ryan Gosling and Nick Cassavetes is the complete opposite of intimidating. Ryan is very down to earth, cool, and hilarious! We laughed a lot! I’m looking forward to the day that I work with him again.

What do you enjoy most about your role as Terry Marek in The Killing? Were you a fan of the original series before being cast? Why?

I really enjoy the role of Terry Marek. She’s such a selfless, vulnerable character willing to hide behind humour for the sake of others. I’m a big fan of Forbrydelsen. I watched the show before I started shooting The Killing and I was completely captivated by the performances. Also, the music that they used towards the end of the episodes when the montage starts was my favourite. It was exciting to have Sofie Grabol make an appearance on The Killing. She’s incredible as Sarah Lund.

Words: Jack Mills

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How privileged do you feel to have landed this role so early in your career?

I’ve benefited so much. Going to drama school [Brennan studied at London’s prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama], the focus wasn’t on camera technique, so when I was coming into this I was a novice one hundred per cent. The hardest idea is leaving what has become kind of a family for me – especially because I’m from New York and I’m very far away from my actual family. I value it every day. If you want to complain about something, as one does, I do try to pinch myself and say “you have literally no right to complain at the moment, you’re doing exactly what you’ve wanted to do your whole life and you’re getting paid for it, so shut your mouth.”

Doug Carter is in many respects your brainchild. How do you think the character has evolved through the years?

Originally, the character was actually Irish and that got switched around, because he was supposed to be coming over with Brendan and that’s how Brendan would have known him. The character of Doug has evolved from someone who has a lot more barriers on the surface. He was someone who bragged, always used to hook up with the ladies, made terrible decisions and was self-obsessed. That’s why he would do things such as dealing drugs – to give him a purpose and a place to be. I think Doug has actually started to settle down; make real connections with people.

So you feel he has more integrity now?

Yes, and he’s less willing to make bad decisions, though the decision that he made this week was probably one of his worst – but I don’t think bad judgments are as intentional as it used to be with him.

What do you like about playing Doug?

I like that he’s a good character – he’s still a good guy. He does make bad choices though and I think in a lot of ways the audience can relate to him with that. Doug’s probably a bit more cowardly than I am – if I have an issue or difficulty with someone I do like to approach them directly for a one-on-one conversation. I think Doug is someone who avoids that; he’s a bit of shoegazer. That would be something that I hope Doug will pull himself out of. With his ex-girlfriend, that’s always something that’s been lingering around and it got so bad he eventually tried to kill himself. He’s an avoider.

How do you see the character evolving further?

I think the business is almost a physical representation of what Ste and Doug want, which is a bit more responsibility, validation and purpose. I just hope for Doug’s sake, things go along that route and he eventually does realise that his life has value and that he can hold his head up high even though he made mistakes. I think it’s important to see someone go through the idea of finding purpose within themselves as opposed to finding it in someone or something else. I’d like to see Doug a bit happier, a bit more settled.

What kind of parts are you interested in exploring next?

Part of me would like to play someone with an accent. I focused a lot on it in drama school, because we did loads of non-American shows. I’d like to prove that I’m capable of playing something other than American. I don’t know, someone who’s maybe not so mainstream-normal, you know what I mean? I play characters that are very grounded in reality, whereas I’d like to play someone who’s maybe borderline sociopathic [laughs], something like that.

Words: Jack Mills

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What made you decide to film parts of the new series in the US?

I wasn’t going to be able to get away with playing some of the more well-known characters in the UK. It would have been very difficult; I can’t really walk around as Brian Badonde now without someone spotting me in the street and shrieking. In America we still had complete anonymity, which was great – we could operate pretty covertly and get some really ambitious hits under our belt.

What locations did you choose for it?

We went out there for two months, we went all over, we started in Los Angeles then went to San Fransisco, then Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, back to LA, back to San Francisco back to Pittsburgh, New York then home. I took 11 flights in total. I really wanted to film the second series in the States, the whole canvas of it is interacting with and winding up these American people. When choosing locations, ultimately it’s all about what the character is going to do – it would have been great to film a hit at the Statue of Liberty, but what are you going to do there? So instead we went to a baseball game, which is very American. Terry Tibbs does his own Jerry Springer style show.

Tell us about the new characters.

We filmed the original characters Brian, Terry Tibbs and Dufrais in America but all the new characters we filmed in the UK. There are a couple of new ones, there’s Augustus the African scammer – he now has a twin sister called Augustine who is quite highly sexed. There’s another character called Ray Fakadakis who is Greek. He’s an ex-con who now works as a career adviser to art history students, he’s a really friendly happy man.

Journeying to your past – tell us your first, and worst, acting jobs

I was still at drama school when I did my first job, playing opposite Ross Kemp in a two part drama as an assassin. Initially I tended to get roles like this, when you come out of drama school it’s like “right who’s he going to play”, oh yeah you can play a terrorist. I don’t categorise jobs as best or worst, I’m equally thankful for all of my roles.

Do you feel you often get typecast because of your Iranian nationality?

You would have to ask a casting director that. I loved playing those types of roles though, I felt sorry for all the white actors in my class who had slightly more competition. Ultimately, you are going to be typecast when you come out of drama school, which is something you should embrace because that’s what is going to pay the bills. I could still be doing the same roles now but I decided to grab my own career and make my own break.

Words: Anna Reynolds

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I have to say the last few weeks have been pretty hectic, my eyelids keep wobbling begging me let them sleep. But as they say, the show must go on and last weekend I found myself bang in the middle of Latitude, with my eyes wide open. I’d describe it as the more whimsical, well-read & clever sister in the festival family tree. I walked the tightrope of artsy bliss and delirium (plus some coherent presentation for Sky Arts and hosting a Q&A with cast of “Misfits” in the Bafta tent). The lake, the woods, the poetry, the theatre. Do you surrender? Course I do..

Afternoon tea was served with some woodland nymph’s!

Loved The Cribs set on the Saturday afternoon. Both anarchic & tongue in cheek. Was good to see a set that packed a punch of pink punk.

I’m good friends with Ryan & his girlfriend. They have a pet rabbit called Fluffy. We joke that Fluffy has the most extreme of altar egos. Fluffy is wild & probably picked the wig. Was also glad to see that my pink hues complimented Ryan’s new tresses.

This is the Sky Arts studio where they were filiming the bulk of the coverage presented by Zoe Ball and Shaun Keaveney. It perfectly captured the festival, often studios and sets make me cringe but not this one..

I gave Kate Tempest the brief of ‘pensive’ for this snap. She was just about to wax lyrical live on telly. So ‘pensive’ seemed apropiate.

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In the eve, I filmed a tour of a ‘Winter’s ball’ & this was the setting, right in the forest. Latitude is unique in how much attention to visual detail goes into the secret and theatrical performance areas. That, you don’t get anywhere else.

Some astonishing contemporary dance in the middle of the night. Another example of what makes Latitude so spontaneous.

Brigitte Aprodite practicing before her poetry tent extravaganza in that dressing room, I mean camper, of hers.

And an insight into my friend Bri’s (granny rather than trendy) camper squished with a weekend’s worth of treasure.

This tee made me smile.

On the Sunday I was honoured to be asked by BAFTA to interview the cast of E4’s “Misfits” – they are an almighty cracking bunch of individuals – who created a lot of excitement with people responding to them like they were a band! Here we are sipping emergency berrocca in wine glasses before the Q&A.

In truth, I was bricking it to interview them live onstage in front of a jammed tent full of over six hundred people, but it was fun! Oh and check this lovely one – Joey [Joseph Gilgun] or Woody (as most know him) from ‘This is England’ who is new to the group & will be in series 3 of Misfits and plays the part of Rudy.

Until next time!

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