Did you bother to take any cues from the previous Ruby, Katie Cassidy? Or did you figure the character would simply be who you make her to be? It’s funny, because when I auditioned for Supernatural it was for ‘a love interest.’ I didn’t know I was going to be playing Ruby until I got the job. I was handed DVDs of what Katie did, and at first it was a little funky trying to step into what she did. I was conflicted over where Ruby is now versus where she’s come from…. “Something is different about Ruby. Is it simply a new actress playing her, or something more?” If you look at Katie’s last episode, you see that while Ruby’s not responsible for Dean going to hell, she does have some guilt about it. I wanted to use some of that, though not as a sympathy card. After all, if people don’t like her, they don’t like her. She is a demon. But I wanted to address questions like, “Why are the boys hanging out with her? What do they need her for at this point?” It’s not like she is kicking ass; she’s asking Sam to kick ass for her, so it’s kind of a mutual exchange. I almost feel like, deep down, she’s really in love with Sam. One of the lines in [last week’s episode] is, “I used to be human, and I still remember what it feels like.” Maybe she was being manipulative, sure, but maybe there’s also truth to it. "Why do you think that is?" Probably because you now can see where she’s come from. I didn’t walk in going, “I’m going to kick everyone’s ass and be tough,” so it was a total 180 from [how she was] last season. It’s difficult to watch your favorite show and have a character suddenly be different, so I can totally see how people would be angry. Now they’ve been able to see what happened in the last six months. Did you always feel that “I Know What You Did Last Summer” would be a big step in shedding light on Ruby’s mindset? Yeah, I was really excited for that episode. [Supernatural creator] Eric [Kripke] and I had a big discussion about it, to not have the attitude but show how she’s coming from a lonely, desperate place. She has no one. All she has is Sam. She can’t even go back to hell, because she f—ked them over.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:03:50 +0000
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