Starburst magazine has an interview with Jessica Gower in issue #340. Luckily for those of us that don't have the magazine, they've posted a snippet on their site. Below is an interesting part where Gower talks about how she was initially looking to play as Krista.
"My agency put me up for the main female role. Krista’s role was really prominent in the pilot and they put me up for that, naturally. The casting lady said, ‘Look, you’re much more suited for the Chase character. Do you want to come back in a half-hour after reading over some new lines and audition for her?’ And straight away I said, ‘Yeah, that sounds great.’ Reading the pilot script, the character wasn’t that big but I was told that they intended to build her up for the series, to develop her more after the pilot."
I hadn't heard that before, and I think it was a great decision by the Blade casting people to have Gower play Chase. Imagining her as Krista and somebody else as Chase just doesn't do it for me.
There are a few more excerpts from the interview over at the
Starburst website, as well as a way to buy the magazine if you so desire.
[tags]Jessica Gower interview, Blade casting[/tags]