I Consider Myself A 'local' Actor In

Well, I Don't Know Anything About Television. I'd Never Done It Before. Initially, It Was Quite Daunting To Take On So Much Challenge And So Much Time With It. I Think It Is A Great Outlet For An Actress Because You Really Have 13 Hours To Bring A Character To Life, Which Is So Much More Than With Film, And You Have The Luxury Of Time To Tell A Story And To Really Color A Character.

Orlando's A Really Cool Guy. They Hired Him For 'lord Of The Rings' Out Of Drama School. He's Very New At This Still And Doesn't Have A Lot Of Experience. So We Were In This Together And We've Tried To Help Each Other Out. We Felt Very Equal Which Was Good.

I Don't Want To Let My Life As A Woman Pass Me By. There's A Time To Work, There's A Time To Be Young And Crazy, And There Should Be A Time To Enjoy Motherhood. I'm Actually Looking Forward To That.

I Dreamt Of Becoming A Ballet Dancer. I Studied With The Royal Academy Of London For 11 Years, And That Did Not Pan Out, But My Love For Being On Stage Was Born There. And Then, I Actually Went To Drama School In Paris, France. That's Where It First Started.

What I Really Tried To Do With Helen Was Make Her Show This Sad Side Of Her. She Was Married Off At 16, Was So Young And Living In This Castle That Can't Leave Because Of How She Looks, And Married To A Man She Hates And Three Times Her Age.