JamesG
01-27-2016, 06:07 PM
Memories from the Set: Gina Torres on "Hannibal"
Working with one's spouse — like Torres did when she took on the role of Bella, the terminally ill wife of Jack Crawford (played by Torres' real-life husband Laurence Fishburne) — "is not an easy thing," she says.
"People often mistake that for peeking through the window in our lives, and that's not of interest to us."
But a conversation with series creator Bryan Fuller, with whom she'd worked on "Pushing Daisies", sealed the deal. "He crafted the most beautiful woman and arc for me to play… somebody who doesn't have all the answers, who is struggling, who is vulnerable."
Plus, she points out, her diseased character was probably the only person on whom the drama's titular cannibal wouldn't want to nibble. "If anybody is safe on that," she jokes, "it's Bella."
http://tvline.com/gallery/gina-torres-photos-firefly-alias-angel-suits/#!12/gina-torres-hannibal/
Working with one's spouse — like Torres did when she took on the role of Bella, the terminally ill wife of Jack Crawford (played by Torres' real-life husband Laurence Fishburne) — "is not an easy thing," she says.
"People often mistake that for peeking through the window in our lives, and that's not of interest to us."
But a conversation with series creator Bryan Fuller, with whom she'd worked on "Pushing Daisies", sealed the deal. "He crafted the most beautiful woman and arc for me to play… somebody who doesn't have all the answers, who is struggling, who is vulnerable."
Plus, she points out, her diseased character was probably the only person on whom the drama's titular cannibal wouldn't want to nibble. "If anybody is safe on that," she jokes, "it's Bella."
http://tvline.com/gallery/gina-torres-photos-firefly-alias-angel-suits/#!12/gina-torres-hannibal/