New Interview

The aforementioned British actress making it in LA as hinted at in the previous blog I can reveal is one Rachel Shelley. Her career is so LA in fact that despite being a native Brit, she is much better known across the pond.

The interview came about as the show on which Rachel stars - The L Word - is coming to an end, with its final sixth season about to transmit. That'll happen in the US on the 18 January on Showtime, and on the 24 March on LivingTV 2 in the UK.

Given the L Word is the longest running show on their US network ever, it's a bit of a deal that it's ending! So I chatted to Rachel the other day for an article which will feature in Scotcampus newspaper. Scotampus is FREE and can be found in HMV, Fopp, Borders. It will be out early February, exact dates nearer the time. You'll have to be quick, copies go really fast. If you fail to procure one, the paper does go out online, so can have a link nearer the time too!

The Interview

Method of interview: Interrogation. No :P It happened via phone call.
Best bit: Formal interview out the way, a wee chit chat sharing student journo stories
Any gaffes?: Right at the start, a real 'D'oh' moment. I didn't have this recorded, but it went roughly like so...

RS: Where are you?
E: I'm on my bed... in my room.
RS: No, I mean, where are you in the country?

Oops. Embarrassment.

Any Exclusive snippets?: Oh, go on then, just 'cause this is new and I want to reel people in. On shooting outside Vancouver on the season 3 finale of the L Word:

"That was a beautiful time we had there. We all stayed in this amazing hotel, we were shooting but we also had time off, and we had skiing lessons. It was near Christmas, we would have drinks round the fire. It was just a really wonderful time shooting that..."

In conclusion: Rachel was a great interview. Forthcoming, full of energy and comprehensive, interesting, answers. Even let me squeeze in an extra question when it was time for "last question please". Well chuffed. Eeee :D

In other news, I'm currently working on a short scene for a collection of Valentine's Day themed work, and I'm thinking very hard about my potential play for the Playwrights' Studio. Thinking so hard I think I'm putting too much pressure on myself and getting too caught up in the fact that in the world of writing and creativity in which I inhabit this is a BIG DEAL. If I don't... let go, the ideas won't come.