I had to give an answer whether I liked [the script] and was interested quite quickly. I remember I was in Los Angeles and I had a really crazy day of meetings; I had about an hour and a half, and I thought I could just get a little power nap in and then get on to my next meeting. And then I was like, “No, Nathalie, be responsible and read that thing that has a really short turnaround.” So I sat in a chair and just blasted through it, and it just made me laugh so much.
Have you ever been through anything like the action-star school featured in the show for your own training? With every project you do that has an action element, you absolutely have to do some kind of training and you have to get an idea of what is physically going to be required of you. We always have fantastic stunt coordinators and stunt performers who train us and teach us what it is we’re going to have to do.
This show has had quite a journey — from Quibi to really being nowhere to now being on Roku. What was that limbo period like? It was such a shame that it didn’t work out, but it was very well received on Quibi. You do jobs all the time [that] sometimes don’t even come out or they go straight to DVD and they never get a theater release. That unpredictability of the business — it’s part of it in a way. I was sad that Quibi didn’t survive, but I was like, “If people really liked it, they’ll find a way for people to see it in some capacity, wherever that may be.” And it turned out to be Roku, which is fantastic.