Television Christina Ricci tried - and failed - to fit Hollywood’s mold. But I don’t think it’s ever extended beyond just listening or watching and being interested. I engaged in multiple conversations about the ins and outs of that case in a detailed way. Like everyone, I feel like “Serial” and the Adnan Syed case really captured my imagination just like everyone else in that it was this case of constantly oscillating between believing and disbelieving the narrative, whether he was guilty or innocent. It’s funny thinking about it now, but it’s been a part of my life forever. As a kid, when your notion of safety is broken by the idea of something that could happen to you, it’s such an arresting moment. I loved the show, but it also scared the s- out of me, because occasionally there would be cases about kidnapping. That theme song is burned in my memory, both as an attractant and as a detriment. When I was even a kid in the ’80s, “Unsolved Mysteries” was such a huge thing. It’s kind of hard to avoid, we’re a little inundated. And with the proliferation of true-crime docs - I remember seeing the West Memphis Three documentaries, and now it sort of permeates our culture. I still own a Time-Life book on serial killers and their psychology. I remember even as a teenager being fascinated by the psychology of serial killers. I’ve watched a lot of documentaries, listen to a lot of podcasts since before that became a thing. ![]() I wouldn’t consider myself an armchair detective by any means, but I’m certainly an enthusiast about true crime. The one we used was very sort of 1970s-style. He’s getting a real opportunity with Misty to get out on the field and follow a case and really dive into something that previously I don’t know that he’s really done. That is a part of the character that I relish the most. So there’s a lot of enthusiasm expressed at just being able to exercise the skills that he doesn’t get to exercise often. He’s extremely knowledgeable, but I think it’s as yet fully untested. But my feeling is that he’s not had a lot of experience on the field. I don’t know that that’s explicit within the storytelling. He’s wealthy from having won a court case because he was walking underneath some scaffolding that fell apart, and he got hit in the head and ultimately survived and sued for I think $5 or $6 million and won.Īs an audience, as we meet him, I think we have a sense that he is maybe more experienced on the field than he really is. So that’s something that they shared, and that wasn’t something that they had talked to me about. He’s obsessed with musicals, which Misty is as well. They gave me what felt, at the time, was a relatively comprehensive overview of the character and his arc, but there were plenty of surprises as we were shooting - just about his backstory, his financial situation, interests that he has that didn’t come up in that first meeting. And that was thrilling because I love Christina, and Misty is one of my favorite characters in the show. He was described as a citizen detective that is an enthusiast on this message board about crime and solving crime and that the two of them would kind of go on this investigative journey together. In that way, he’s quite a good counterpoint to her eccentricities, because they kind of complement each other. They pitched this character who is eccentric and odd in a similar way to Misty, but he sort of managed to figure out a way to be more in the world and functional than Misty is. It’s the only time in my life that I’ve ever watched a season of a show as a fan and then been asked to participate in a subsequent season. ![]() I’m friends with Melanie and will watch anything that she does, and I fell in love with the series. And I was thrilled because I had seen the first season. I was informed that Ashley and Bart had written a character that they wanted to talk to me about. ![]() What was the pitch from co-creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson ? Tell me how the role of Walter found its way to you.
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