BIOGRAPHY
http://www.willyunlee.com/biography.html

Upon first meeting Will Yun Lee, one is struck by the unusual depth
to this young actor. Resist the temptation, however, to credit that
to classic "Asian inscrutability" and look closely: he seems like a
man with a rich internal life because he is a man with a rich
internal life. Those inner resources serve him well, setting him
apart from other rising young Asian American actors and helping him
land major roles in two eagerly awaited films scheduled for later
this year. In TNT's "Witchblade," based on the best-selling Top Cow
comic of the same name, Lee plays hard-boiled detective Danny Woo.
During the film, Danny is brutally murdered and returns as a ghost to
guide his partner (Yancy Butler). Lee refers to his character in this
supernatural adventure as "Obi Woo Kenobi." In its' 2nd season, Lee
is resurrected from the dead, to find himself side by side with
Butler as a NYPD detective.

The Washington Post spotlighted Lee's performance in "What's
Cooking?" as the highlight of the ensemble of actors. "What's
Cooking?" won critical raves when it opened the 2000 Sundance Film
Festival. Lee stars as Jimmy Nguyen, eldest son of one of four
neighborhood families whose relationships are played out against the
tapestry of their different ethnic backgrounds.

Next up for Lee is his role as Colonel Moon, in the highly
anticipated 20th Anniversary James Bond picture, "Die Another Day."

Born in Arlington, Virginia to parents recently emigrated from Korea,
Lee's character was nourished both by the traditional values of his
family and the decidedly un-spiritual socio-economic climate of
the `80s. He was raised by both immediate and extended family and
moved often, exposed to life on tough Bronx streets and idyllic
Hawaiian beaches. By his teens he was living in the San Francisco
area with his father, a Korean Tae Kwon Do grand master. Lee also
became an accomplished martial artist, and won an athletic
scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley.

While in school, Lee worked at the East Bay Asian Youth Center,
teaching high-risk teens from ghetto neighborhoods not unlike those
he had known as a child in the Bronx. It was there that his ongoing
commitment to young people began, a commitment that continues to play
an important role in his life.

It was also at this time that he became seriously interested in
acting, and after landing a role in "Nash Bridges," he moved to Los
Angeles to pursue his career. Guest star roles in series
like "Profiler" and "Brimstone" led to a lead role in the TV
movie, "The Disciples" for UPN, and soon after, to "What's Cooking?"
and "Witchblade."

At home in Los Angeles, Lee continues to teach martial arts and study
acting, drawn to them both because "neither can ever be completely
mastered."

11/10/2002: Will Yun Lee to star in James Bond film "Die Another Day"
premiering on November 22.

8/19/2002: Will Yun Lee joins the cast of Warner Bros
Pictures "Torque."

5/14/2002: Will Yun Lee launches 2nd season with TNT's Witchblade
series premiere on Sunday, June 16 at 8pm ET.

5/1/2002: Will Yun Lee named one of People Magazine's "50 Most
Beautiful People."

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People Magazine's "Most Beatiful People"

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• Torque (2003)
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Action/Adventure
Set in the fast-paced world of motorcycle racing, this action movie
shows what happens to long-time biker (and non-gang member) Cary Ford
(Henderson) when he is framed by a long-time rival, Henry (Schulze),
the leader of a biker gang called the Hellions for the murder of
Sleepy D, the brother of Trey Wallace (Cube), the leader of the
Machine, the most notorious and feared biker gang in the country.
Cary and his friends must make a run for it as they have both Trey
and his Machine bikers and the FBI on their tails.

Release Date: March 21st, 2003.

Starring:
Ice Cube Martin Henderson
Monet Mazur Matt Schulze
Jaime Pressly Jay Hernandez
Will Yun Lee Faizon Love
Christina Milian Justina Machado
Nicole Robinson Adam Scott
Fredro Starr

Director: Joseph Kahn
Screenwriter: J.P. Donahue & Kevin Polay


• Die Another Day (2002)

• Face (2002)
Bertha Bay-Sa Pan's directorial debut is an ambitious drama that
tells an ultimately uplifting story about the importance of family
and the role it plays in shaping a child's life. Genie (Kristy Wu) is
a Chinese-American teenager who has been raised by her loving
grandmother. Through a series of flashbacks, the story of Genie's
mother, Kim (Bai Ling), is gradually revealed. It seems that Kim
abandoned her daughter just after giving birth to her, when the
circumstances surrounding her pregnancy became too painful to bear.
Back in present day New York City, Genie has caught the attention of
a charming African-American DJ, Michael (Treach), whose constant
wooing manages to crack her seemingly impenetrable shell. It is at
this point that Kim returns to New York with the hopes of making a
connection with Genie, but Genie wants nothing to do with her mother.
When Genie's grandmother learns that Michael is black, her
traditional sensibilities threaten to ruin the only familial bond
Genie has left, forcing Genie to mature at a time when she should
still be dizzy with youth. Bay-Sa Pan's sensitive, heartfelt indie
drama features marvelous performances by its wide-ranging cast,
including Wu, Ling, Treach, and Ken Leung.
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.

Starring:
Bai Ling Kristy Wu
Kieu Chinh Treach
Ken Leung Will Yun Lee

Director: Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Producer: Alexa L. Fogel
Joseph Infantolino
Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Screenwriter: Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Oren Moverman
Cinematographer: John Inwood
Editor: Gary Levy


• What's Cooking? (2000)
In WHAT'S COOKING, British director Gurinda Chadha takes a step back
from her own Indian heritage to explore the cultural, familial, and
social traditions of four very different families, each celebrating
Thanksgiving in Los Angeles. The families--one African American, one
Latino, one Jewish, and one Vietnamese--differ in the ways that they
interact, the ways that they celebrate, and of course, in what's
cooking on the stove.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexuality, brief language and a perilous
situation.

Release Date: October 27, 2000 LA/NY; January 20, 2000 Sundance '00.

Starring:
Joan Chen Julianna Margulies
Mercedes Ruehl Kyra Sedgwick
Alfre Woodard Lainie Kazan
Andrew Heckler Dennis Haysbert
Estelle Harris Kristy Wu
Maury Chaykin Ralph Manza
Douglas Spain Kieu Chinh
Victor Rivers A Martinez
Eric K. George Will Yun Lee
Ann Weldon Elena Lopez
Isidra Vega Jimmy Pham

Director: Gurinder Chadha
Producer: Jeffrey Taylor
Screenwriter: Gurinder Chadha
Paul Mayeda Berges
Cinematographer: Jong Lin
Editor: Janice Hampton
Executive Producer: Beau Rogers
Abe Glazer
Ethan Hurt
Steven D. Kravitz
Music: Craig Pruess


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A Conversation with Will Yun Lee
(Danny Woo)

Q: Last year you said Danny was like Sara's voice of reason. Does
play a similar role in her life this season, even though he's no
longer a ghost?

A: I think the voice of reason is there, but there was a line in the
pilot, in the two hour movie, in which she asked, 'Why did this
happen? Why did you die?' And I said, 'Karma.' So this year it's kind
of exploring what some of the blurry vision, blurry line between the
bad and good of Danny Woo's character was that brought him to that
graveyard.

Q: He's not only partner, but he seems to be her best friend. And
enter Gabriel Bowman, who is also kind of vying for that position.
Will there be any tension between you and Gabriel?

A: I don't think so. I mean the great thing about our characters
interacting is it's almost like brother and sister as opposed to best
friend. So there's a 'call me when you call me, I'll see you when I
see you' kind of thing. But you know yeah there's a good connection
there, so it's unsaid. There's no jealously or anything I don't
think.

Q: Last season, because Danny was a ghost, he was privileged enough
to know things about the WITCHBLADE that even Sara didn't know. Does
would he retain any of that?

A: No.

Q: Will he be let in on any of the secrets?

A: I don't know. I think we get our scripts slower than you get 'em,
so (LAUGHS) you probably know more than us.

Q: And what it's like when you do get your scripts?

A: We get our scripts probably about a week and a half before our
shooting date -- week to two weeks. And. . . anything could happen.
So you're like, well we'll see what happens this week. And the shows,
the things that we've seen so far, are incredible. I mean really
wild, fun, edgy, but definitely delivering some kind a message too.

Q: When you get your scripts and you read through and you see this is
what happens in this episode, do you ever try to get more out of
Ralph Hemecker (Executive Producer) like, where is it going down the
road?

A: Oh yeah all the time.

Q: What's your best tactic for getting information out of Ralph?

A: Out of Ralph? Whew! I don't know; I haven't figured it out.
(LAUGHS) I mean it took all the way up until getting the last
episode, eleven, last year to find out that time was gonna be
reversed. I haven't figured it out. If you figure it out you gotta
tell me.

Q: How did you feel last season when you were handed script number
eleven? All season long you thought you were this ghost character.
And you find out you come back for Season 2 as flesh and blood.

A: Well, yeah, it was exciting. 'Cause I called my parents . . .or
they called me and I said, 'oh did you see the show?' And you know
they don't understand everything, so they go, 'oh yeah, you look
good. . .' And I go, you know I came back to life?' 'Oh that's why
you touched the coffee!' So yeah, in that sense, it was cool that,
hopefully, they'll get to see more.

Q: What's the best part of working on a show like WITCHBLADE?

A: I think it's just the whole cast of characters. We've all become
really close. It's become a real tight knit family here. I would say
that's the best best thing.

Q: Where do you think Danny's character will go this season?

A: I think he will be going to a much darker side. Because I think
part of the reason he was with Sara last year was a little bit of
redemption. It wasn't that they were just connected. It was serving
part of his soul to help someone with the mistakes that he made in
his actual life. So I think this season will explore some of those,
the darker side. To say demons is goin' a little too far. But I would
just say the darker sides of Danny Woo.

Q: It's a much more physical role for you, for obvious reasons this
year. What are you doing to get yourself pumped up for that?

A: You know, I've done martial arts my whole life, so it's just
stretching (LAUGHS). But it's exciting because I haven't been asked
to do martial arts for a long time, which is a blessing in many ways,
and developed myself as an actor. So Ralph really did some cool
things in bringing a full-fledged three-dimensional character. And he
goes, all right, you've done the pilot and the whole season, let's
see a little bit. So yesterday we filmed that scene (Danny attacks
Dalack in "Nailed") and it was pretty cool.

Q: Is there ever a question of feeling you can do the stunt yourself,
but being a little hesitant for fear that you might get hurt?

A: No, I'm pretty cautious on taping up and putting on the knee belts
and and doing all that, so I don't worry about that. I guess it's
like the falls and stuff, you know. I won't do that.

Q: One of the great misconceptions of production for many fans is
that an hour-long show is actually shot in an hour. What is it like
to shoot one episode of WITCHBLADE?

A: Long days and so many things are shot out of sequence. And with
WITCHBLADE there's flashbacks. There's so many different elements
involved that you really have to do your homework, because
everything's shot out of sequence. So like yesterday, our first day
of this episode, we shot the last scene first. I think it's really
being on your toes and it's a fast-moving show. And they're really
knocking it out of the box, so everyone expects everyone to show up
and deliver.

Q: Take us through a typical day. How long is it? What time do you
start?

A: One day I got up at 4:45. I knew I had the action sequence
yesterday, so I got up about 6:30 that day and just stretched for
about an hour. Did a little bit of recap of what I'm gonna work on
the day. Get to set, have some coffee, breakfast. Rush to make-up.
Then off to set. And shoot all day. About fourteen hours.

Q: What's the first thing you do when you walk off the set or get
home?

A: First thing, I manage in ten minutes to annihilate my apartment
with my bags and my clothes, so that's usually what happens.

Q: You do work these long hours. What motivates you to get out of bed
every morning and come back to the set?

A: Oh I love it you know. I feel blessed every day. And every night
when I go to bed working on this show. I always say I would not wish
my worst enemy to want to become an actor because it is so hard and
it is too painful, with all the rejection and things like that. But
once you're bit you're bit. And I couldn't ask for a better job.

Q: I know you have a film career as well. What's the biggest
difference for you in shooting a series versus shooting a feature
film?

A: The amount of pages a day. I mean, we'll shoot between six and
nine pages a day here. And probably shooting half a page a day is
pretty remarkable. So you get to be on your game a lot more I think.
On the feature you have a lot more prep time. And shooting half a
page to a page a day is pretty cool.

Q: Do you have any special things that you do to memorize your lines?

A: I start early. I start on the first crack of opening the pages.
People have different techniques, and mine is more just memorize the
lines and not worry about the story so much, so that I can at least
start sinking it in. And then start bringing in all the other factors
of who these people are and how I feel, or how I'd act in that
situation.

Q: What do you think it is about cop shows set in New York that draw
such a huge fan base?

A: Well the magic of New York City. It's a special place. It really,
really is. I grew up there when I was really young. I did a film
there last year too. And we shot a scene in Chinatown and it was
amazing. . . There's just something about it that's in the air. And
it's just a city that really never sleeps. I've never seen a place
where there's so many different people but that are kind of the same.

Q: What makes a cop's life so dramatic?

A: In a sense of WITCHBLADE it's . . . pretty easy. All the hardcore
cases that Ralph conjures up. And there's some heavy stuff this
year. . . there's huge lines of what's justice. Justice of the heart
or justice of the law?

Q: How do questions of justice and Danny's darker side correlate?
Especially in terms of this episode ("Nailed").

A: Danny lives by a very strong code about how things should be. And
that's why he gets along with Sara so well. She has an edge but her
heart is too big. In this episode we're dealing with some serious
topics of kidnapping, of things that the show will go into when
people watch it. But what do you do when someone comes after your
family? And being a New York City cop, do you follow your heart, or
do you follow the law? You know what you were sworn in to. So that's
what this episode's about, is what would a father do? And to research
this character, I don't have kids, so I've asked a lot of fathers.
And the first thing that they said is, 'I would do anything for my
child. I would kill anybody.' And so I think that's the journey of
Danny Woo on this episode: How thin is the line between the law and
your heart?

Q: Why do you think Danny became a cop?

A: I mean, according to the script and the things I worked on before,
it's pretty close, what Ralph and I came up with. . .And the
backstory I had is my family had a store in Chinatown. And were being
bullied into putting out protection money. So this was something that
I wanted to do because we were always put in a position of not
feeling safe.

Q: You're in the next James Bond film, Die Another Day. I know you
can't tell me details about it, but how does it feel to have that
come down the pike?

A: It's pretty cool. It's pretty wild. I mean talk about big toys and
chases and explosions at such a massive level. It really is fun. I've
never left the country except for once when I was really little. Like
our vacations were in U-hauls. So this is nice, seeing British
Airways. Pierce Brosnan is an amazing person to just be around. And
actually learn from. I couldn't be more excited.

Q: What role do you have?

A: I play a character named Colonel Moon, a baddie. That's about it.
It's being directed by this guy named Lee Tamahori. And I think it's
going be a much different James Bond.

Q: Will we see more of your martial arts?

A: You'll have to see.

Q: How does it feel to be chosen one of People magazine's '50 Most
Beautiful People'?

A: That was an unfair question (LAUGHS). It's flattering, I guess. It
put my mom in an uncomfortable spot because she hates talking in
English. She gets so nervous. It's flattering. It's cool.

Q: Will you go past the newsstand and check it out?

A: My mom will probably buy a hundred copies, so I think that'll be
taken care of.

Q: Season 1 was phenomenally successful. What do you think drove that
success?

A: It was one of those shows that just took a lot of chances. Sara
Pezzini, I mean Yancy -- the way Yancy is as a person came through. I
really think the whole team putting it together, kind of like the
brains of Ralph and the heart of Yancy, just there it went. Just
stick those two together and you should be all right.

Q: If you had to hook those same fans and pull them into Season 2,
what would you say gives the new season its edge?

A: We've pushed the envelope even farther. And I think last year we
did but. . . you had to watch one to understand the next one. I think
this year they're more stand-alone, so that you can drop in on any
episode in a sense. This year for fans that come back and check it
out, I think it really pushes the envelope. And you'll get to see a
lot of the other characters too and what their lives are like, which
is kinda cool.

Q: Two characters in particular have a higher profile this year:
Gabriel Bowman and Vicky Po. Who is Vicky Po?

A: Vicky Po is our forensics specialist. And she's almost like the
light of the show in the sense that she always adds a lot of good
comedic elements. She has her quirks. I mean she's eating donuts
while she's touching dead people. That's her sense of humor. And as
an actress she brings that humor to it.

Q: Last year after Danny passed, Jake became Sara's rookie partner.
How will that dynamic work with all three of you working together?

A: It's been interesting so far. It's been good. There's been
tensions between the characters. Danny was, even in the beginning of
the two-hour movie, a little jealous of Jake. But I don't think that
shows as much. It's just more of the resentment of a rookie. And
little does Danny know that Jake has a few tricks up his sleeve. So
it's about winning each other's hearts, which is cool.

Q: Thank you so much.

A: Thank you.



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Interview with 'Colonel Moon'
Courtesy JamesBond.com
Updated 0600 GMT May 22, 2002

by Kevin Collette

He's from Korea. But he doesn't throw a deadly hat. He's been a
martial arts addict since he was three. Now at 27, he is a master of
Tae-Kwon-Do. And he's got a mean attitude.

The new James Bond henchman, the sinister Colonel Moon, was in
Cannes. We caught up with Will Yun Lee, trying to act politely enough
not to be hit by a deadly maewashi.

(Q&A and text copyright 2002 Kevin Collette. No use of text or part
of it can be made without prior authorization from the author,
otherwise legal action will follow.)

Could you please introduce yourself?
My name's Will Yun Lee. I live in L.A. right now. I have a film in
the Cannes Film market called "Face," and of course "Die Another
Day." And currently I am shooting in Toronto for Warner Brother's TNT
TV series Witchblade. I think France just bought the series.

Is it your first time in Cannes?
Yes, it is. Cannes is fantastic. I've been in the cold weather for at
least six months in Toronto, so, being here, it's beautiful.

So, how did you get the part of the Colonel Moon?
I auditioned in L.A. for the Colonel Moon part with the Jane Jenkins
agency, and I met Lee Tamahori (the director of "Die Another Day"). A
few months later they called me back to see if they could fit me into
their schedule, without disrupting my deal with Warner.

Were you a James Bond Fan?
Oh yeah! You know, my parents in Korea, they don't watch that many
films on TV or at a cinema . But my father, his favorite 007 was Sean
Connery. So he's very excited now!

What's the general feeling when shooting a Bond film? It's supposed
to be a big family, do you feel that way?
Oh yeah , absolutely. It is indeed a big family, with Barbara
(Broccoli), Michael Wilson..

Coming back to that nasty Colonel , does he have a trademark? A
physical freakiness or something?
Well, he's got a very bad attitude! Very mean, with a "Napoleonic
complex" I might say.

In the pre-credits sequence, are you the guy whose face got blown up
& incrusted with diamonds?
Uh, uh …How do you know that? But, no, it's not me … (laughs)

Does your character appear right to the end of the movie? We've heard
things about a face-changing device…
Oh, you know about that too? Yeah, well, it'll be interesting to see
how they put that together in the story indeed. I'm not quite sure
for now.


OK, torture's over. Tell me a little more about Witchblade now…
Witchblade is one of the highest ranking TV series. We're in the
second season now. It's kind of like a woman's version of Batman.
It's very dark. It's like the "X-Files" meets "NYPD Blue." I play her
partner. Last year I was dead! Actually, I died in the two-hour
opening movie first, and then came back last season as a ghost! And
then she rewinds time, and now I'm back alive.

You've got a VERY talented screenwriter there …
(Laughing) Yes, yes. Now I'm fully back as her partner.

When you compared it to Batman does that mean she's wearing a costume
too?
Uh not really. She's wearing a kind of medieval glove . She's
supposed to be a descendent of Joan of Arc, after all. It's based on
a best selling comic. It's actually the top selling non-Marvel or DC
comics title.

I heard your Witchblade's character has been compared someway to Obi
Wan Kenobi. Why?
Oh , it's basically a Joke. My character's named Woo. So they started
calling me Obi Woo Kenobi.

Who's the main director?
Ralph Finneker

Where does the series take place? In the near future, or what?
No, it's contemporary. It's set in New York City. It's very dark,
very "X-Files."

Have you seen "Spiderman" and what do you think of it?
Oh, it's fantastic. It's fun, and it's a very fine movie too

So, you're also in Cannes for others movies, tell us more?
Well, there're two of them. One is called "Face," the other "What's
Cooking." They were presented at the Sundance Film Festival two years
in a row. "Face" is shown at the International Film Market here.

Did you get the chance of seeing any movies in Cannes yet?
Not yet. Today my friend's going to take me to see some Korean movie.
I love good dramas. I loved La Ponnette.

Did you notice any major difference in the way of shooting movies in
different countries?
Well, on the Bond movie, you are spoiled. It's first class all the
way. The Broccoli family, they do everything first-class, So I'm so
spoiled. I shot independent films in the States, and everybody's
sleeping in a tent.

What are your next project?
Right now, I'm finishing "Witchblade.". We have four more months of
shooting. Then I'll be going back to London to finish the Bond film.
I'm just traveling back and forth from Toronto. And then, there's
also a film, based on a computer game of Core ( Tomb Raider ), which
is in pre-production right now.

Could Witchblade be developed into a full feature-length movie as
well?
There've been talks about that, indeed.

What are your hobbies?
Well, my father was one of the very first Tae-Kwon-Do masters. So,
ever since I was three, I studied martial arts. My father forced me
to do my exercises every day, so I hated him. But now, it's kind of
my release: I just love it. I love reading biographies, historical
pieces are the ones I like best.

Where are you based , right now?
Well, I work in Toronto and live in L.A . I used to live in San
Francisco…. would love to get the chance to go back there someday.
Eventually, I'd like to move back to San Francisco.


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On screen, he's a police officer turned ghostly apparition, off
screen there is so much more to Will Yun Lee than just being an
actor. In fact, when not acting, Lee gets his kicks teaching martial
arts.

As Danny Woo on Witchblade, Lee plays a detective who was killed in
the line of duty and is now back as a guardian spirit. Off-screen,
the L.A. native is a 5th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a
former USTU National Collegiate Champion in 1990.

Martial arts has formed the basis for Lee's approach to acting. He
notes, "You need discipline and an understanding that you have to pay
your dues. Both of these are key to the martial arts. Also, martial
arts takes many hours of training and that's the type of approach
I've brought to my acting."

Born in Arlington, Virginia, to parents recently emigrated from
Korea, Lee spent his childhood in such diverse locales as the tough
streets of the Bronx and the tropical beaches of Hawaii. His martial
arts training began under his father, a Korean Tae Kwon Do
grandmaster. Lee attended college at the University of California,
Berkeley, where he majored in political science. A socially conscious
student, Lee spent his off days working with high-risk teens at the
East Bay Asian Youth Center. The work had special meaning to Lee, as
the teens were from the same type of ghetto neighborhoods that he saw
as a child in the Bronx.

It was while in college that Lee decided to pursue acting, landing a
role on Nash Bridges and guest appearances on Profiler and Brimstone.
He quickly garnered attention and in 2000 drew raves at the Sundance
Film Festival for his role in the art film What's Cooking?

Lee's role in the two-hour TV movie of Witchblade was one of his
biggest roles to date. Unfortunately, the movie killed him off.
Thankfully, this is sci-fi and anything is possible. Witchblade star
Yancy Butler prevailed on the producers to find a way to bring him
back.

"Will is such a wonderfully spiritual person. I was personally upset
when Danny Woo died in the pilot," Butler says. "I talked to the
powers that be about bringing him back in some sort of Quantum Leap
way. I'm glad they found a way to do it!"

While Lee's not yet a series regular, his unique character has lots
of possibilities for development.

Meanwhile, he continues to study acting and the martial arts, and
finds that they have something basic in common, noting that "neither
can ever be completely mastered."

--Mark Raddle

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June 2002

Interview: Will Yun Lee (Witchblade's Danny Woo)

Courtesy TNT Ó 2002



Question: Danny Woo has a significantly different role this year in
Witchblade. Are you excited about the change?



WYL: The cast and crew of the show have become really close. Also, I
feel very privileged, as an Asian-American male, to have a lead role.
That hasn't been done in a long time.

Q: Are you a comic book fan?


WYL: I was a big fan of Daredevil and Spider-man when I was younger.
I didn't know Witchblade until I started working on the show.

Q: You just wrapped filming on the new James Bond movie. How was that?


WYL: It was wild. We got to use every possible "guy toy" you could
imagine. I play Col. Moon, one of the key villains. Moon is the polar
opposite of Danny Woo. Danny is very calm, almost zen-like. Col. Moon
definitely is not.

Q: Have you had any martial arts training?


WYL: My dad was one of the first Tae Kwon Do masters to come to the
United States. He opened up a bunch of schools on the East Coast
before we moved to the West Coast. I started training when I was
three. I will be using that training in some upcoming Witchblade
episodes.\

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http://alt.tnt.tv/series/witchblade2/bts_interviews_wyl.html
A Conversation With Will Yun Lee
(Danny Woo) April 2001

Q: As if it were a new question what is the story of the Witchblade?

A: Witchblade centers around Yancy Butler's character, Sara Pezzini.
And she plays a New York homicide detective. Basically she comes
across this thing, which is the Witchblade and it fuses with her,
basically chooses her, and so she uses that to kind of help her
figure out who she is and at the same time help figure out a lot of
crime situations. So that's kind of it.

Q: What is Danny's relationship with Sara?

A: . . .Best friends, partners. In the pilot I ended up getting shot
in the line of duty, died, and then one of the great kind of parts of
our chemistry came in the funeral scene, where I kind of guided her
into explaining what the Witchblade is, why she's a part of it. And
so we've kind of continued that throughout the series. It's her one
voice she can go to where her I'm still that best friend voice. So
there's that banter, there's the kind of the fun side of Pez that you
don't get to see 'cause she's always on the move. So it's a little
breather for both of us and then kind of gives her the insight on the
other realm and how the Witchblade's used.

Q: Some viewers will say well 'hey Danny died . . . how could he come
back like this?' Is that part of the fantastic realm of the show?

A: Yeah. That's the magic of Ralph Hemecker. . . And he came up with
this great way to bring me back and I think people - it adds an
interesting element to the show.

Q: How do Danny and Nottingham mix? What is their chemistry? Is there
any involvement between the two?

A: You know, when we started wardrobe, Vicky, our awesome wardrobe
person - I was looking at Nottingham's wardrobe and we started going
towards Danny's wardrobe, and it was almost yin and yang in a lot of
ways. So it's kind of like very similar but not. Very ambiguous at
times, both of us. And both there in a way to protect Sara in our own
mind. So we're very similar but we're not. Kind of like the yin and
yang.

Q: Where do you think Danny's trying to take Pez?

A: I think the thing with Danny is regardless of this journey of
(Sara) trying to come to terms with the Witchblade, I think part of
my mission with her is to teach her how to be human. To take in those
breaths, to not always be go go go. And to kind of stop and think
about everything more in a human aspect. So you know, a lot of my
quotes that were in the pilot for example, are similar to what's
gonna be shown on the series -- are cryptic at times and kind of like
a lot of double meanings that deal with the situation in front of her
and also kind of how to just take life in.

Q: Do you think he's guiding her toward the Blade in any way?

A: Guiding her on, accepting it and -- I don't know how much
information I can give out, you know, but I just basically -- not to
always fight against it. Kind of open herself up to it.

Q: What do you know about the history of the Blade and what does
Danny know about it?

A: It's cool 'cause the way Ralph has done it is he's only given us
enough material prior to each show, which is cool. 'Cause every time
we get the next episode I always see how it links up and it's better
not to know as a character than to know. It's weird because there're
certain rules I've chosen and Ralph and I have discussed about what
are some of the things that I can share with Pez and some of the
things I'm not allowed to 'cause I'm not in heaven yet. I'm stuck in
this kind of limbo world. So there are certain things that I can tell
her and certain things that I can't. I don't know; you have to see.
It's some cool stuff.

Q: You were saying that it's really great how Ralph only feeds you
information on a need-to-know basis. What is it like when you get
that script?

A: You just start flipping the pages. . . I think it'll be something
the people will just kind of -- it is a page-turner. I'm sure it's
gonna be a scene-turner when people actually see it.

Q: Every episode is basically a self-contained story. What are the
advantages to that as opposed to something that you have to tune in
to every week to find out what's gonna happen next?

A: I mean in case, you know, people start hearing about WITCHBLADE
and they tune into episode three or four later in the series. . .
they're like mini movies, all contained in one episode. And it's just
shot so beautifully. Looking at the monitor is like -- it's great
stuff.

Q: Is it true that each one is shot like an individual feature?

A: Yeah I think so. It looks like it. I mean just some really
inventive shots. And they just all start with a bang. . .

Q: How does the series fit into the category of great drama?

A: It's episodic, so. . . drama and the story part have to be the
central part of it just, I think, on cost issues. So you got Yancy.
You got David. You got great, great people who are telling great
stories. . . So, I would say really character-driven pieces. . .

Q: Why do you think Yancy Butler makes the perfect Sara Pezzini?

A: You gotta see her jeans in this episode, in this new series!
(LAUGHS) Hot jeans. She's it. She's the pro. I mean all the guys --
David, Eric, Anthony, me -- are just inspired every time we watch her
work. And she's doing 16-hour days. She's knocking out from beginning
to end and I have the fortune to have some downtime. So I watch the
monitors and she's got it. She's got the goods and besides that, from
what I said last year (during the pilot shoot), she really is the
quarterback of the show cause she treats everybody from hair and
makeup to catering to anybody, the same exact way, and that's what
you need on your team is that quarterback.

Q: What have you seen of her other work?

A: Brooklyn South, Drop Zone, Man or Machine. . . but I mean it's
everything she is in real life -- you see it in her character. She's
tough. She's sensitive. She's sweet. She's caring and she's just
driven. Sara Pezzini. Perfect choice.

Q: Is that what makes her character so believable?

A: Yeah she's incredibly -- like I say, she's just so passionate and
she's so dedicated to her work. I don't think she's slept yet in the
past (LAUGHS) three months. So yeah, I think once you see her on
screen. . . each episode gets a little crazier.

Q: The Witchblade is gonna take on different morphs through the
series. How does Sara know something is going to happen? Is there a
noise? Is there a glow? Kind of take us through a step by step
transformation if you will.

A: A lot of times when there's important situations that she's in,
she'll have a kind of flash hit her and then the Blade'll twitch and
then it'll zoom in like the movie version, zoom into that situation.
But she gets to see what's on the fringes of that situation. So she
actually has a clue and starts putting it together. Like pieces of a
puzzle throughout the episode. So that's it.

Q: Why is she so scared?

A: Cause it's (LAUGHS) growing on her. I don't know - stabbing
people, deflecting bullets - pretty kind of wild. I think throughout
the course of some of the stuff in the episodes, you'll see the real
reasons -- things she can't control. It starts really messing with
her and seeing dead people and this thing allowing her to see (that).
I would be scared.

Q: What's it like playing a dead character and has it in any way
effected your performance?

A: It's harder because there's no rules, so you have to establish
those rules. And it's so hard 'cause you can't touch anything and
that's driving me crazy sometimes. I call Ralph, I'm like, 'can I
touch her? Can I do anything?' He's like, no not no. So it's trying
as an actor. It then just becomes about me having to connect with
Sara from a heart to heart basis and that's a challenge, keeping it
simple but keeping it colorful without being able to pack my gun or
look at notes or have a cup of coffee. I mean it's definitely a
challenge and it's a hard part.

Q: Hard to stand still that long?

A: Stillness is very hard. And trying to keep it fresh while being
very constrained in what you're allowed to do and what you're not
allowed to do.

Q: You mentioned that your character is basically stuck in limbo. Why
didn't Danny go on? Why is he helping Sara?

A: It was my personal choices... There were the things that I've
said -- there are a lot of demons that (Danny Woo) had and didn't
reconcile them. I (Danny) should've, in my real life before my life
ended really early. So it's kind of like teaching her the mistakes
that I've made and she's in a sense my instrument to do that and if I
can stop her from going on the wrong path, it kind of gives me
resolve to then move up to the next plane.

Q: That's great. Thank you so much.

A: Cool. Thank you so much.


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http://solitaryphoenix.com/WitchbladeWillDanny.html
Will Yun Lee, who is a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, moved
to Los Angeles after landing a role on "Nash Bridges," to pursue a
career in acting. His television credits include guest-star roles on
several television series like "The Profiler," "Brimstone," and "VIP"
He had a lead role in the television movie "The Disciples" for UPN
and a role in the independent film "What's Cooking?", with Joan Chen,
Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick and Alfre Woodard.
Lee also teaches martial arts in his spare time.

My Interview with
Will Yun Lee
who plays Danny Woo
Much thanks to both Will, for giving of his time to respond, and to
his personal manager Anthony Abarnao, who set this interview up, as
well as supplied the two great pictures you see here. Thanks also to
the members of my message board, who contributed many of the
questions; statements in quotation marks are directly theirs!



Question: Could you give us a little background, vital stats, where
you were born, a little about your family, that kind of thing?

Will: I was born in Arlington, Virginia. My father was the one of
the first Taekwondo Masters to come to the U.S. He opened Martial
Art schools all around the country, and that is how I got involved in
the martial arts. I am 5'9", my birthday is March 22nd.

Question: What was your first job? Did you enjoy it?


Will: My first job was Nash Bridges in San Francisco. It was very
exciting for me. I thought this was the best week of my life (it
wasn't), but nevertheless, I was definitely taken by it.

Question: If you could have three homes ~ anywhere, any kind of home
~ where would they be and what kind would they be? (i.e. villa in
Italy, modern retreat on a private island, castle in Scotland)

Will: If I could have 3 homes anywhere, I would have [fantastic
lofts] in New York and San Francisco, and I would also have a
beautiful retreat in the Caribbean somewhere. I never got to travel
growing up, but NYC and SF are some of the places I grew up, so these
cities are very nostalgic for me.

Question: "I'd like to know…general info:… where he wants his career
to go, if he likes blondes (oops, that slipped out), etc. Does he
have any pets? Has he read the [Witchblade] comic book?"

Will: As far as my career, I definitely have high hopes and trying to
break some stereotypes and help create new positive images. Love
blondes. No pets. I have read about the first 15 Witchblades.

Question: What kinds of entertainment do you like (literature,
movies, music,) and in what genre's (drama, comedy, rock)? Any
favorite titles?

Will: I always have at least 4-5 books going at the same time. I
usually stick to biographies. Lately been reading Miles Davis
Story. As far as movies go, I tend to like films that give me a
break, where I don't have to think as much, just because so much of
the week is about getting ready for auditions, breaking down scripts,
and being really cerebral about the whole entertainment industry.

Question: Do you believe in the supernatural? Not like vampires or an
item such as the Witchblade, but UFO's, ghosts, that kind of thing?

Will: Supernatural? I would say I believe more in karma, and the
spirit of things, and the harmony of keeping your actions in check.

Question: Do you ever do live theatre? Which format do you prefer ~
stage, television or film?

Will: I have done 2 plays, and one of them was actually with Eric
Etebari, here in Los Angeles. I guess in the end I prefer film and
television, just because I am a nervous wreck when I go on stage.

Question: Are you anything like Danny? What do you like best about
Danny? What do you least like?

Will: I guess when I look at a role, I first try to look at all the
points where the character and myself are alike. Danny and I are
alike in many ways...

Question: You work a lot with Yancy; are you friends off-screen? If
you are friends with Yancy, or any of your other co-stars, past or
present, do you find it difficult spending so much time together?

Will: Yancy and I are good friends, as also with David, Anthony, and
Eric. Yancy does not live in LA, so I don't see her like I see the
other guys. However, we have all become a close family, since living
in another country for half of the year with only each other. While
having worked on a few other projects, I would say Witchblade has
been the most rewarding in terms of the friends who have become
family to me.

Question: Besides Witchblade, what is your favorite role to date, and
why?

Will: Besides Witchblade, I would say that the movie What's Cooking
was something very special to me. It is a very touching movie, and I
think it is one of my favorites because the message of the film.

Question: With your marital arts training, do you ever help out with
stunts, choreography of fight scenes, etc?

Will: When it comes to martial arts and fight scenes in Witchblade,
hopefully, I will have a chance to do some of that this year.

Question: "I'd like to know if that scene in Periculum where Danny is
kissing Sara's hand was supposed to be romantic or friendly. We've
debated this here and if he could tell us how he was playing it, I'd
love to know."

Will: Periculum. Great question regarding me and Sara. I originally
approached Ralph Hemecker [director and writer] and Yancy with some
ideas of me always truly loving Sara, but only through being dead was
this clear to himself. I had choreographed it in my head that I
would actually kiss her, but then I chose not to. I guess it was
less of a romantic thing, but more of truly loving her, as a person
very connected to me.

Question: Danny had limited interaction with anyone other than Sara
last season. "What was like to only interact with the characters by
talking? He couldn't touch anything or anyone, except for Sara under
limited circumstances. That has to be kind of strange." Which
character would you like to work with a little more in the coming
season?





Will: Not being able to touch was definitely frustrating to me as an
actor, but it also was a great exercise in truly connecting with
someone. As far as interacting with others, it really doesn't
matter, I think just being able to touch anything and talk to people
(in scenes) will be cool enough!

Question: "Does he think that Danny would have been better staying
dead? I mean, I like Danny, don't get me wrong, I just think that his
being Sara's living conscience gave him a lot of depth."

Will: Do I think Danny should stay dead? Hmmm...I would like to be
alive.

Question: What have you been doing while on break between filming
seasons of Witchblade? Is it a silly question to ask if you'd be
happy if the show is given a 22-episode order? Or do you like having
a little extra time to do other things?

Will: During the break, I have gotten a chance to enjoy seeing my
friends and family again. I did film an episode of the Agency for
CBS, but now I have been doing some research for Witchblade. 22
episodes would be great, but there are pluses to have some time off.

Question: Is there anyone that you'd particularly like to see on the
show as a guest star (i.e. Roger Daltrey again and/or others)?

Will: Roger Daltrey would be nice, but I think we need some great
female guest stars this season...that would be a nice addition.

Question: Are there any actors/directors that you're dying to work
with in general?

Will: Denzel Washington.

Question: Would you like to write or direct an episode of Witchblade?
Do you want to do any peripheral work in show business, like
directing, producing, writing?

Will: As far as writing or directing...not yet. I am having a great
time as an actor right now. Self-exploration and reflection are
great things acting has given me.

Question: How do you like Toronto?

Will: Toronto is a great place to be. The only thing is that it is
DAMN COLD!

Question: Does TNT forward your fan mail, and is anyone opening it
now [there are a lot of rumors that many stars aren't seeing their
fan mail because no one wants to open it]?

Will: I don't think I have ever gotten a fan letter. But I think you
are right, everyone seems to have that kind of stuff on lock down.

Question: I know you can't tell us but have to ask – will Danny die
again? Any scoops about next season?

Will: Will Danny die again? I have no idea what is going to happen.
The cast pretty much sees the scripts about a week before shooting,
so all of us are always wondering what is going to happen.

Thank you for supporting Witchblade, it truly makes a difference,
especially for a show trying to get off into its second season.

Thank you Will!
12/9/01

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http://gauntlet.theageless.com/interviews/will.html
INTERVIEW WITH WILL YUN LEE

Q: Last year you said Danny was like Sara's voice of reason. Does
play a similar role in her life this season, even though he's no
longer a ghost?

A: I think the voice of reason is there, but there was a line in the
pilot, in the two hour movie, in which she asked, 'Why did this
happen? Why did you die?' And I said, 'Karma.' So this year it's kind
of exploring what some of the blurry vision, blurry line between the
bad and good of Danny Woo's character was that brought him to that
graveyard.

Q: He's not only partner, but he seems to be her best friend. And
enter Gabriel Bowman, who is also kind of vying for that position.
Will there be any tension between you and Gabriel?

A: I don't think so. I mean the great thing about our characters
interacting is it's almost like brother and sister as opposed to best
friend. So there's a 'call me when you call me, I'll see you when I
see you' kind of thing. But you know yeah there's a good connection
there, so it's unsaid. There's no jealously or anything I don't
think.

Q: Last season, because Danny was a ghost, he was privileged enough
to know things about the WITCHBLADE that even Sara didn't know. Does
would he retain any of that?

A: No.

Q: Will he be let in on any of the secrets?

A: I don't know. I think we get our scripts slower than you get 'em,
so (LAUGHS) you probably know more than us.

Q: And what it's like when you do get your scripts?

A: We get our scripts probably about a week and a half before our
shooting date -- week to two weeks. And. . . anything could happen.
So you're like, well we'll see what happens this week. And the shows,
the things that we've seen so far, are incredible. I mean really
wild, fun, edgy, but definitely delivering some kind a message too.

Q: When you get your scripts and you read through and you see this is
what happens in this episode, do you ever try to get more out of
Ralph Hemecker (Executive Producer) like, where is it going down the
road?

A: Oh yeah all the time.

Q: What's your best tactic for getting information out of Ralph?

A: Out of Ralph? Whew! I don't know; I haven't figured it out.
(LAUGHS) I mean it took all the way up until getting the last
episode, eleven, last year to find out that time was gonna be
reversed. I haven't figured it out. If you figure it out you gotta
tell me.

Q: How did you feel last season when you were handed script number
eleven? All season long you thought you were this ghost character.
And you find out you come back for Season 2 as flesh and blood.

A: Well, yeah, it was exciting. 'Cause I called my parents . . .or
they called me and I said, 'oh did you see the show?' And you know
they don't understand everything, so they go, 'oh yeah, you look
good. . .' And I go, you know I came back to life?' 'Oh that's why
you touched the coffee!' So yeah, in that sense, it was cool that,
hopefully, they'll get to see more.

Q: What's the best part of working on a show like WITCHBLADE?

A: I think it's just the whole cast of characters. We've all become
really close. It's become a real tight knit family here. I would say
that's the best best thing.

Q: Where do you think Danny's character will go this season?

A: I think he will be going to a much darker side. Because I think
part of the reason he was with Sara last year was a little bit of
redemption. It wasn't that they were just connected. It was serving
part of his soul to help someone with the mistakes that he made in
his actual life. So I think this season will explore some of those,
the darker side. To say demons is goin' a little too far. But I would
just say the darker sides of Danny Woo.

Q: It's a much more physical role for you, for obvious reasons this
year. What are you doing to get yourself pumped up for that?

A: You know, I've done martial arts my whole life, so it's just
stretching (LAUGHS). But it's exciting because I haven't been asked
to do martial arts for a long time, which is a blessing in many ways,
and developed myself as an actor. So Ralph really did some cool
things in bringing a full-fledged three-dimensional character. And he
goes, all right, you've done the pilot and the whole season, let's
see a little bit. So yesterday we filmed that scene (Danny attacks
Dalack in "Nailed") and it was pretty cool.

Q: Is there ever a question of feeling you can do the stunt yourself,
but being a little hesitant for fear that you might get hurt?

A: No, I'm pretty cautious on taping up and putting on the knee belts
and and doing all that, so I don't worry about that. I guess it's
like the falls and stuff, you know. I won't do that.

Q: One of the great misconceptions of production for many fans is
that an hour-long show is actually shot in an hour. What is it like
to shoot one episode of WITCHBLADE?

A: Long days and so many things are shot out of sequence. And with
WITCHBLADE there's flashbacks. There's so many different elements
involved that you really have to do your homework, because
everything's shot out of sequence. So like yesterday, our first day
of this episode, we shot the last scene first. I think it's really
being on your toes and it's a fast-moving show. And they're really
knocking it out of the box, so everyone expects everyone to show up
and deliver.

Q: Take us through a typical day. How long is it? What time do you
start?

A: One day I got up at 4:45. I knew I had the action sequence
yesterday, so I got up about 6:30 that day and just stretched for
about an hour. Did a little bit of recap of what I'm gonna work on
the day. Get to set, have some coffee, breakfast. Rush to make-up.
Then off to set. And shoot all day. About fourteen hours.

Q: What's the first thing you do when you walk off the set or get
home?

A: First thing, I manage in ten minutes to annihilate my apartment
with my bags and my clothes, so that's usually what happens.

Q: You do work these long hours. What motivates you to get out of bed
every morning and come back to the set?

A: Oh I love it you know. I feel blessed every day. And every night
when I go to bed working on this show. I always say I would not wish
my worst enemy to want to become an actor because it is so hard and
it is too painful, with all the rejection and things like that. But
once you're bit you're bit. And I couldn't ask for a better job.

Q: I know you have a film career as well. What's the biggest
difference for you in shooting a series versus shooting a feature
film?

A: The amount of pages a day. I mean, we'll shoot between six and
nine pages a day here. And probably shooting half a page a day is
pretty remarkable. So you get to be on your game a lot more I think.
On the feature you have a lot more prep time. And shooting half a
page to a page a day is pretty cool.

Q: Do you have any special things that you do to memorize your lines?

A: I start early. I start on the first crack of opening the pages.
People have different techniques, and mine is more just memorize the
lines and not worry about the story so much, so that I can at least
start sinking it in. And then start bringing in all the other factors
of who these people are and how I feel, or how I'd act in that
situation.

Q: What do you think it is about cop shows set in New York that draw
such a huge fan base?

A: Well the magic of New York City. It's a special place. It really,
really is. I grew up there when I was really young. I did a film
there last year too. And we shot a scene in Chinatown and it was
amazing. . . There's just something about it that's in the air. And
it's just a city that really never sleeps. I've never seen a place
where there's so many different people but that are kind of the same.

Q: What makes a cop's life so dramatic?

A: In a sense of WITCHBLADE it's . . . pretty easy. All the hardcore
cases that Ralph conjures up. And there's some heavy stuff this
year. . . there's huge lines of what's justice. Justice of the heart
or justice of the law?

Q: How do questions of justice and Danny's darker side correlate?
Especially in terms of this episode ("Nailed").

A: Danny lives by a very strong code about how things should be. And
that's why he gets along with Sara so well. She has an edge but her
heart is too big. In this episode we're dealing with some serious
topics of kidnapping, of things that the show will go into when
people watch it. But what do you do when someone comes after your
family? And being a New York City cop, do you follow your heart, or
do you follow the law? You know what you were sworn in to. So that's
what this episode's about, is what would a father do? And to research
this character, I don't have kids, so I've asked a lot of fathers.
And the first thing that they said is, 'I would do anything for my
child. I would kill anybody.' And so I think that's the journey of
Danny Woo on this episode: How thin is the line between the law and
your heart?

Q: Why do you think Danny became a cop?

A: I mean, according to the script and the things I worked on before,
it's pretty close, what Ralph and I came up with. . .And the
backstory I had is my family had a store in Chinatown. And were being
bullied into putting out protection money. So this was something that
I wanted to do because we were always put in a position of not
feeling safe.

Q: You're in the next James Bond film, Die Another Day. I know you
can't tell me details about it, but how does it feel to have that
come down the pike?

A: It's pretty cool. It's pretty wild. I mean talk about big toys and
chases and explosions at such a massive level. It really is fun. I've
never left the country except for once when I was really little. Like
our vacations were in U-hauls. So this is nice, seeing British
Airways. Pierce Brosnan is an amazing person to just be around. And
actually learn from. I couldn't be more excited.

Q: What role do you have?

A: I play a character named Colonel Moon, a baddie. That's about it.
It's being directed by this guy named Lee Tamahori. And I think it's
going be a much different James Bond.

Q: Will we see more of your martial arts?

A: You'll have to see.

Q: How does it feel to be chosen one of People magazine's '50 Most
Beautiful People'?

A: That was an unfair question (LAUGHS). It's flattering, I guess. It
put my mom in an uncomfortable spot because she hates talking in
English. She gets so nervous. It's flattering. It's cool.

Q: Will you go past the newsstand and check it out?

A: My mom will probably buy a hundred copies, so I think that'll be
taken care of.

Q: Season 1 was phenomenally successful. What do you think drove that
success?

A: It was one of those shows that just took a lot of chances. Sara
Pezzini, I mean Yancy -- the way Yancy is as a person came through. I
really think the whole team putting it together, kind of like the
brains of Ralph and the heart of Yancy, just there it went. Just
stick those two together and you should be all right.

Q: If you had to hook those same fans and pull them into Season 2,
what would you say gives the new season its edge?

A: We've pushed the envelope even farther. And I think last year we
did but. . . you had to watch one to understand the next one. I think
this year they're more stand-alone, so that you can drop in on any
episode in a sense. This year for fans that come back and check it
out, I think it really pushes the envelope. And you'll get to see a
lot of the other characters too and what their lives are like, which
is kinda cool.

Q: Two characters in particular have a higher profile this year:
Gabriel Bowman and Vicky Po. Who is Vicky Po?

A: Vicky Po is our forensics specialist. And she's almost like the
light of the show in the sense that she always adds a lot of good
comedic elements. She has her quirks. I mean she's eating donuts
while she's touching dead people. That's her sense of humor. And as
an actress she brings that humor to it.

Q: Last year after Danny passed, Jake became Sara's rookie partner.
How will that dynamic work with all three of you working together?

A: It's been interesting so far. It's been good. There's been
tensions between the characters. Danny was, even in the beginning of
the two-hour movie, a little jealous of Jake. But I don't think that
shows as much. It's just more of the resentment of a rookie. And
little does Danny know that Jake has a few tricks up his sleeve. So
it's about winning each other's hearts, which is cool.

Q: Thank you so much.

A: Thank you.