I Worked So Hard On That Role [of Debra In Dexter]. And I Barely Worked On Rita. But I Read For Casting - Both Parts - And They Said, "that's Great, We're Going To Bring You In For Producers." So I Read For Some Producers - Both Parts - And They Said, "that's Great, We're Going To Bring You In To Meet The Creator." And I Went In, And As Soon As I Walked In The Room, He Looked At Me And He Said, "oh My God, You're Our Rita!" And I Said, "no! I'm Deb! I'm A Total Deb!" "no, You're Rita!".

-Julie Benz

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I Worked So Hard On That Role

Julie Benz

I Worked So Hard On That Role [of Debra In Dexter]. And I Barely Worked On Rita. But I Read For Casting - Both Parts - And They Said, "that's Great, We're Going To Bring You In For Producers." So I Read For Some Producers - Both Parts - And They Said, "that's Great, We're Going To Bring You In To Meet The Creator." And I Went In, And As Soon As I Walked In The Room, He Looked At Me And He Said, "oh My God, You're Our Rita!" And I Said, "no! I'm Deb! I'm A Total Deb!" "no, You're Rita!".

Topic

Casting

Rooms

Roles

When I First Auditioned For Dexter... Well, I Was Sent The Script, And I Read It And Loved It, And I Knew Right Away That It Was Going To Be A Hit Because It's The Type Of Programming That I Like To Watch. It's That Very Morally Ambiguous Thing Where You Find Yourself Rooting For Someone Who's Really An Awful Person, But... Is He Doing Good? You're Constantly Calling Into Question Your Own Moral Code. I Love That As An Audience Member.

Finding Yourself

Calling

Awful