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Michelle Forbes on 'The Killing,' Dark Roles and Grieving
 You know when a U.S. network reworks a European series (in this case, one from Denmark), it's going to be dark and brooding. AMC's 'The Killing' is just that -- unsettling, gloomy and melancholy. Starring Michelle Forbes
('True Blood,' 'Battlestar Galactica,' 'Durham County') as a mother
trying to deal with the mysterious disappearance of her daughter Rosie,
this is anything but light fare.
Filmed in Vancouver posing as Seattle, 'The Killing'
is a 13-episode murder-mystery series, but with such a stellar cast and
stark vibe, it ends up offering up more than your standard whodunit. We
caught up with Forbes and chatted about her attraction to dark roles,
how she channels such raw emotion and if she's ever going to take a
break from the intensity.
TV Squad: Always picking the happiest roles, aren't you?
Michelle Forbes: I don't know what I was thinking after
'Durham County'! I think these roles choose me more than I choose them.
Thankfully I have beautiful roles like Maryann in 'True Blood,' where I
can go in and have fun, get away from the heaviness for a moment.
 Go in, have a sex orgy, then everything's fine.
[Laughs] Exactly.
How harrowing was this role for you?
On one level you go in and do your job, and then try to leave it behind
you at work, but you know, I'd say I paid the same price as 'Durham
County.' But this is two months longer.
Did you draw on your 'Durham County' character [Penelope] at all?
I didn't, no. The two characters couldn't be any more different. But I
think the research I did on the loss of a child, although the
circumstances here were different ... that grief was certainly something
I had in my back pocket.
There's one scene in the second episode of 'The Killing' where
you're crying on the kitchen floor. You're astoundingly real. How did
you recuperate from that outpouring of emotion?
Like anything, you make that ultimate reality as real as possible. You
dive into your imagination, and before you know it, you're emotionally
accessible. It's an easy circumstance to work with because it's so
heightened.
I feel like I aged just watching it!
[Laughs] You think you aged? I think I aged about 15 years doing this one.
How did you get involved in 'The Killing' in the first place?
I think I was looking for something antithetical to Maryann. I'm not
often cast as working-class people, so that was something I'd been
looking to do. For a while there, I was being cast as an authoritative
person, so this was something I'd been looking for, perhaps
subconsciously. I always want to do the opposite of something I've just
played.
You need some happy roles.
Maybe the goofiest, worst sitcom might be the best option for me.
'Two and a Half Men' might be right up your alley. They could change the title.
[Laughs] I hear there's a slot open!
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