(Warning: Some spoilers regarding the existing seasons of Spartacus...)
After the bloody, carnage-filled season finale of Spartacus: Vengeance, it was clear: this show was going to need some more actors. Because even though Starz' Sparatcus is entering into its final season (booo!), Spartacus: War of the Damned, the herd had definitely been thinned to an extreme degree. Enter Anna Hutchison, who we most recently saw in Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods.
In War of the Damned, Hutchison plays Laeta, a privileged wife of a Roman dignitary who becomes caught up in the brutal war against Spartacus; with her life and those of the ones she loves changing forever. I spoke with Hutchison recently about The Cabin in the Woods being released on Blu-ray and had a chance to talk a bit of Spartacus as well. Of course, Hutchison couldn't reveal specifics about her character at this point, but she did talk about her character having a "massive journey."
"I think Spartacus is a totally epic show," Hutchison said. "My character starts off as a Roman woman and then I go on a massive journey, which I didn't know was even possible. Or around for a character back then. So I feel pretty lucky that I got the role. And it's been great working with Steven (DeKnight, creator/EP), whose writing is just incredible. Some of the stuff he's set up in just the first couple of episodes is so beautifully played out through the series. And then there's also dealing with all the stunts and fighting and love and drama. It's one of the most full-on shows I've ever worked on. And challenging. I was quite nervous to take on the role at the beginning, which also made me excited as well. Because I don't it's good to just play it safe and easy. You might as well go back and just lie on the beach, right? So this has been definitely "no-beach" time."
Hutchison, with Chris Hemsworth, in The Cabin in the Woods.
Hutchison also revealed that she hadn't seen any of the Spartacus series when she initially got the role. "Rick (Jacobson), one of the producers, said 'You've gotta watch the show.' And I was hooked from the start. You want to watch it all at once, but you also want to spoon it out as well. And the production is massive. I could have sworn we were shooting a final episode of a series, right at the outset. I don't know how they come up with these wonderful things. And the cast is on it. They're so dedicated."
"Manu Bennett - who plays Crixus - we were doing a scene and just watching the amount of energy he puts into it, I'm surprised that he can even walk off set at the end of the day," Hutchison shared. "He just gives it his absolute all. And Liam (McIntyre, Spartacus) is an awesome man as well. You know, playing a womanly role in front of all these strong me has been a challenge for me as well, but, man, it's a cool show."
So, it's one thing to join a show that's been around for three seasons. It's another to join in during the final season. And it's an entirely different beast to come onto a project after so many regular cast members have just been killed off. Hutchison explains "The funny thing was that one of the things I was actually looking forward to was possibly working with Lucy Lawless. But I hadn't seen the Vengeance season, so I didn't know she'd died. So I showed up there on my first day and was kind of like "Where's Lucy?" And they told me and I was like "Oh nooo!" So that was a real let down, but I'm sure I'll get to work with her one day. But one of the advantages I had coming on board was that I'd actually worked with Dustin (Clare, Gannicus) on a show in Australia called Underbelly. So we kind of had a bit of a bond there."
"And a lot of the crew there had been the crew on Go Girls, or on Power Rangers (Jungle Fury) and other TV shows that I'd done, so it felt like home almost right away," Hutchison continued. "I could just trust everyone right away. And the cast like to go out to dinners together. So they're really welcoming. Because they work super hard during the day, and then at night everyone gets together and hangs out. Which is nice, because the shoots are so high intensity. Also, when you're working with people from 5am to 8pm every day you get quite close. You develop a shorthand. You can go on set and just tell people "I'm moody today," and they'll understand. Or if you're full of energy they'll play with you as well. It's a wonderful place to work."
The saga ends with Spartacus: War of the Damned, airing in 2013 on Starz.
Source : ign[dot]com
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