It’s on a redemptive arc, so it’s almost like she comes full circle, entering the prison as a certain type of woman, and is then changed as one can. And if Lou Kelly finds out certain things, you’d just run for the hills! Are you happy with how Marie’s story ends? I think being in prison is the ultimate survival game, and you do whatever you can to survive. It takes an unexpected twist, they develop a bond because of their love for Reb. It can’t get much worse! Relationship with Lou. The shame, the regret, but I think that’s the catalyst in Marie going: “Well if I’m going to do sh*tty things, I’m going to do the for the right reasons.” Obviously the relationship with Lou develops a lot more through the episodes, but it’s just the worst thing to see Reb dead. I think the death of Reb is the thing that changes her character. How would you describe Marie’s feelings in finding out Reb is dead, and what will that do to Marie?
But with Lou it would end in tears! In the UK this week we saw it went badly wrong. And that she almost sees him as a son-like figure, and if he was under her care and attention he would flourish and leave prison and have the life he wanted. I’m in here for the rest of my life, but I can help Reb. I think it’s that thing of going: ‘That can’t happen to Reb. Marie’s idea is that Lou Kelly, it’s just going to end in tears with her. Is this her main motive on trying to bring down Lou Kelly?Ībsolutely. When she attaches herself to someone, especially someone younger, she would do anything for them. But at the end I think it’s about human relationships and connections with others that she realises is important, and probably would love nothing more than to be with H1 family, but she didn’t realise that at the time.Jail taught her so much about different relationships with people.Ī lot of what Marie does is born of protection. Psychologically, she was always going to survive and win. She had a whole back story that was never shown, She lived on the street and built her way up, so of course she was going to react like that. I think the important thing for me and the writers is to show the humility and humanity of the characters, really. She had some fans there, like Pamela and the freak – the freak has so many fans and is so adored. Yes they have, but it’s funny because you always have the fans that love the characters even if they’re villains. Do you think fans reaction has changed towards Marie over the course of the seasons? I’ve loved that redemptive arc, and hopefully when you see at the end that there is this really great journey that she goes on. And we all get on really well and have a great time together. It was difficult filming the last little while, I found that very difficult, but also really rewarding as an actor. It was this weird thing that happened – a loss of power and a journey to redemption.
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