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JamesG · 09-30-2015, 09:54 PM

Memories from the Set: Kim Raver on "24"

Auditioning for creator Joel Surnow ("Kiefer Sutherland was, I think, literally in the Amazon shooting some movie," Raver recalls), the woman who would be Audrey Raines remembers feeling "huge tension, because it had all come together really fast," within 24 hours after she parted ways with "Third Watch".

That tension dissipated when immediately thereafter, "Joel said, 'You're Audrey. Let me introduce you to everyone.' I was like, 'Oh my God, I just got the role of a lifetime!'"

In keeping with the Fox drama's twisty nature, Raver's chemistry with Sutherland proved so palpable in the first scene they filmed, the writers threw at the relative strangers, on the fly, "this crazy, beautiful love scene," she shares. "Kiefer and I shook hands, and he was like, 'OK, here we go!'"

Though that impetuous interlude was ultimately chopped, Raver affirms of her arrival on the hit drama, "It really was like stepping onto a moving bullet train."

As for her dynamic with her leading man, "I had intrinsic trust with Kiefer, and that's why, for me, those characters evolved to what they did," she posits.

"If you think about what he and I had to do in that span -- love scenes, scenes where he was choking me up against a wall, scenes where some other guy was about to kill me and I had a knife -- it was very intense but every step of the way he was so incredibly present."

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Memories from the Set: Kim Raver on "24: Live Another Day"

"Who gets to revive a show that you kind of put away in your mind, to never come back again?" Such was a delighted Raver's thought when she was invited to be a part of the Fox fave's 2014 limited-series return.

"To be able to reaccess that story and, on top of it all, be in London…. I mean, I moved my family, and my kids were going to school there. We had so many dinners with Kiefer, and we were privately let into a lot of the tourist attractions…," the actress shares.

Plus, Audrey was given quite an exit – an almost heroic one, "doing her thing," Raver notes.

"It was emotional and fantastic all in one — because it's 24, you know?"

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09-30-2015, 09:54 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,041	Kim Raver Looks Back on "24", "Live Another Day" Memories from the Set: Kim Raver on "24" Auditioning for creator Joel Surnow ("Kiefer Sutherland was, I think, literally in the Amazon shooting some movie," Raver recalls), the woman who would be Audrey Raines remembers feeling "huge tension, because it had all come together really fast," within 24 hours after she parted ways with "Third Watch". That tension dissipated when immediately thereafter, "Joel said, 'You're Audrey. Let me introduce you to everyone.' I was like, 'Oh my God, I just got the role of a lifetime!'" In keeping with the Fox drama's twisty nature, Raver's chemistry with Sutherland proved so palpable in the first scene they filmed, the writers threw at the relative strangers, on the fly, "this crazy, beautiful love scene," she shares. "Kiefer and I shook hands, and he was like, 'OK, here we go!'" Though that impetuous interlude was ultimately chopped, Raver affirms of her arrival on the hit drama, "It really was like stepping onto a moving bullet train." As for her dynamic with her leading man, "I had intrinsic trust with Kiefer, and that's why, for me, those characters evolved to what they did," she posits. "If you think about what he and I had to do in that span -- love scenes, scenes where he was choking me up against a wall, scenes where some other guy was about to kill me and I had a knife -- it was very intense but every step of the way he was so incredibly present." http://tvline.com/gallery/kim-raver-.../#!4/raver-24/ *Memories from the Set: Kim Raver on "24: Live Another Day"* "Who gets to revive a show that you kind of put away in your mind, to never come back again?" Such was a delighted Raver's thought when she was invited to be a part of the Fox fave's 2014 limited-series return. "To be able to reaccess that story and, on top of it all, be in London…. I mean, I moved my family, and my kids were going to school there. We had so many dinners with Kiefer, and we were privately let into a lot of the tourist attractions…," the actress shares. Plus, Audrey was given quite an exit – an almost heroic one, "doing her thing," Raver notes. "It was emotional and fantastic all in one — because it's 24, you know?" http://tvline.com/gallery/kim-raver-...4-another-day/ Attached Images