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Spoilers below forJessica Jonesseason two.
You have a reputation as an actor who works only when you want to.
It wasnt really my world.
And then I watched the first season, which wasnt what I imagined it was going to be.
It was dark superpowered people with superpowered problems.
They were really delightful, collaborative, interesting women.
I have to enjoy what Im doing.
If I dont, then Id be miserable.
Its the busiest time of ones life, and as Eleanor Roosevelt said, its the most fun.
Theres a certain area of wisdom that comes from having lived a life.
She was originally written as somebody who was slightly more of a mom.
We ended up with something completely different than what was written on the page.
You wouldnt look at Alisa and think she knew how to bake a cupcake.
Which is how we ended up with that fabulous wig.
I felt like it had no threat in it, nothing scary about it.
It looks slightly dangerous, slightly ex-hippie, slightly like an older Jessica.
Kind of like Patti Smith, whom I happen to love.
And I wanted a bit of all of that.
Krysten and I had brought a lot more love than was originally in the script.
I also felt,I already killed lots of people in monstrous ways.
They totally rewrote the arc of the character for the last two episodes.
She does kill a whole lot of people.We had lots of conversations about this.
At some point, she normalizes the fact that shes killed people.
The only thing I can relate that to in my imagination was if I was in a war.
So to a certain extent, thats how she justified it to herself.
Is that real, or is it manipulation?Theres a very fine line between manipulating and persuading.
She believes what she says A child always needs their mother.
Shes going to fight to have her kid in her life again.
I think their relationship got skewed.
He really liked her and she really liked him, and it just became an obvious relationship.
When she realizes hes dead, shes absolutely devastated.
Ive seen a few people say that Trish was the real villain ofJessica Jonesseason two.
Do you agree?I play Alisa, so obviously I think Trish is the bad guy.
Do you have to identify with your character like that?You do and you dont.
And yet, Trish has her own demons.
She wants to have powers, which is ultimately selfish.
I think whats nice about the series is the idea that superpowers arent necessarily a great thing.
Its really hard to have a superpower unless you have a really together brain and a really happy life.
Which we know Jessica hasnt had and neither has Alisa.
