Ashley Scott: I'm reading Episode 12 right now, and it's so exciting! It's so good. So good.
TVGuide.com: I think I've achieved some sort of trifecta here, having
already Q&A'd Ali
Larter (Heroes) and Amy
Smart (Smith) this TV season. Aren't the three of
you pals?
Scott: Yeah! Ali and Amy have been best
friends for years and years, and I've known Amy for years.
TVGuide.com: How cool is it that Jericho defied the critics
who harped, "Who wants to watch a dreary show about the apocalypse?" And here
you are, chugging along.
Scott: We are chugging along, and I am so thankful and happy for that. Really, honestly,
when I get the scripts, I'm so excited. I'm almost bummed that you guys aren't
up to speed with what I know, because it's getting so good. As soon as I read
the pilot I knew it was going to do well.
TVGuide.com: They dealt you a great dad in James
Remar, eh?
Scott: Yeah! We did
this scene last week where he was fantastic. He's got a great story
line.
TVGuide.com: Do we see much of Emily in this week's episode, where
the boys ride out to Rogue River to track down some
meds?
Scott: No, this week is kind of light with
Emily, because it takes place more outside of Jericho. They go out there to see
what the world's like, and it's pretty devastating.
TVGuide.com: But next week, the CBS press release says, "Emily wakes
up on the day she was supposed to be getting married to
Roger."
Scott: Yeah, yeah, that's a good one!
TVGuide.com: All we know thus far is that his plane to Wichita
landed safely. Is he definitely alive...?
Scott: Um, I think Roger comes around. [Laughs] It's kind of a flashback-y,
posttraumatic-stress kind of thing, but eventually... yeah, there is life for
Roger.
TVGuide.com: That's probably best, because I don't think Heather
would give up Jake without a fight.
Scott: That's
right, I think that that relationship will blossom. But you never know! It's
nice right now, though, to have two female characters who aren't at each other's
throats all the time. It's real life: Sometimes two girls fall in love with the
same boy.
TVGuide.com: What's your favorite Jericho story
line?
Scott: Oh, gosh... of course, I love Lennie
James' Hawkins story line. And I'd love to know where Jake came from, what
his story is....
TVGuide.com: I have to say, the kids' story is getting kind of cute,
too.
Scott: The kids are really cute, and
they're getting so good. You know who I really like, though, is Mimi (Alicia
Coppola) and Stanley (Brad
Beyer). They work really well together, and they've written them as this
quirky Moonlighting-type relationship. It's a pleasure to watch them. I
think Alicia is so fantastic.
TVGuide.com: You said that you have Episode 12 in your hands. How
much more will we be learning about Hawkins in the weeks to
come?
Scott: Oh, quite a bit.... It really kind of
exposes it, and you really start wondering who did it, who was involved [in the
nuclear attacks].... That all starts around Episode 9.
TVGuide.com: Will we find out anything more about the death of
Emily's brother, Chris — about how exactly he
died?
Scott: We don't know how or why, but that
starts to get revealed. There are a couple of scenes down the road with my
father kind of explaining it, and how Jake was involved.... It's heavy.
TVGuide.com: If you were separated from the rest of the world,
what could you not do without?
Scott: Besides a
nice bottle of red wine? [Laughs] My husband. I'd like him to be around.
It'd blow, otherwise!
TVGuide.com: I hope you take this the right way, but you played a
great witch in Into
the Blue.
Scott: Thank
you!
TVGuide.com: We were rooting for your character to get eaten by the
sharks.
Scott: Yeah, I was really excited to play
that role. I found Amanda to be very interesting. Plus, it was wonderful to
learn how to scuba dive and to do that every day!
TVGuide.com: That's what Jessica
Alba said at the film's junket, that the shoot was almost
like a vacation.
Scott: It really was — I felt
guilty almost getting paid for it. And now I scuba dive every chance I get.
TVGuide.com: Did your appearance in a few episodes of Dark
Angel factor at all into your doing Into the
Blue with Alba?
Scott: It just so happened
that we were both exploring it together. It was nice to work with someone who
you've already developed a relationship with — especially if you're going to be
hanging out down in the Bahamas!
TVGuide.com: How close did you get to any remotely deadly sea
creature?
Scott: Oh, we were swimming with sharks
every day. We would go out, and they'd throw chum in the water, and whatever
came, that's what we would swim with. Of course, you had the trainers and the
cameramen all [protected] in shark mesh, and we're flailing around in bikinis.
[Laughs]
TVGuide.com: And barely, at
that!
Scott: Yeah, barely at that. It was pretty
gnarly!
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