The stars of Lost Girl, Anna Silk, Zoie Palmer, and Kris Holden-Reid, recently took the time to chat with our journalists about the series’ American debut. Lost Girl is already well into it’s second season in Canada, and now the SyFy network is making it accessible on American television. For those science fiction fans out there, this show will be something worth seeing. The first season of Lost Girl premieres on SyFy on January 16, 2012.
Season one of Lost Girl is the story of Bo, played by Anna Silk, who is a succubus, feeding off the sexual energy of humans. Bo grows up thinking she was human her whole life, until she accidentally drains her boyfriend in their first sexual encounter. She then leaves her town on a journey to discover what she really is. The first seasons introduces the audience to a world concealed from humans they call the Fae world.
What We Can Expect In Season One:
Anna Silk: “The first season really introduces the audience to Bo and her journey sort of going into this whole Fae world that she’s, you recently discovered that she’s a part of. The different people she meets along the way in that first season, really become her sort of makeshift family in this world, and Lauren, played by Zoie, and Dyson, played by Kris, are two of the very interesting characters that she meets.”
Kris Holden-Reid: “Yeah, from Dyson’s perspective. I mean for season one what we see is the Lost Girl, Anna Silk playing Bo who appears on the scene, a Fae who’s been born into a human family and didn’t know she was Fae. Describe her in this entire other world that she didn’t know existed. My character, Dyson, is one of the ones that finds her, just because in his job in the word – that’s kind of his thing. He finds not only criminals, but people who have done things they shouldn’t have done, in other words, Fae who are exposing themselves to humans. He finds Bo and a wild crazy thirteen episodes ensue.”
Zoie Palmer: “I play Dr. Lauren Lewis, and so I’m doctor to the Light Fae. There are two types of Fae. There’s the light and the dark. And I’m a doctor and a scientist to the light side. And Bo comes to me for some help on how to control some of the things that are happening for her, as she sort of realizes what she is, starts to learn what she is, which is a Fae.”
Anna Silk: “Bo did grow up thinking she was human as Kris said, and does discover she’s Fae, but not only is she Fae, she’s actually a succubus, you know. So it’s a pretty rude awakening really early on in the season. And it answers a lot of questions for her, but it opens the door to many more questions. And that’s sort of what we explore in the first season is how she fits into this world and the relationships she develops along the way.”
Each Character’s Journey in Season One:
Zoie Palmer: “For Lauren – we kind of discovered that she’s indebted to the Light Fae, and specifically the leader of the Light Fae, the Ash, for some reason that we don’t know. And so, we’ve gone that journey and it’s a bit of guess why she, you know, I mean the fact that a human is working for the Fae at all is a bit unusual in this way. Working with the Fae would be a bit unusual. So it’s a bit of a discovery about who Lauren is and where she’s from and what her story is. And of course, the development of the relationship with Bo and the rest of the characters on the show.”
Kris Holden-Reid: “I think for Dyson it’s the discovery and the journey of Bo, of you know. For him he’s been in the Fae world for a millennia and the only thing that’s really new for him is this young woman who’s come from nowhere and that’s pretty much the center of his journey.”
Anna Silk: “I think for Bo, I mean the journey is just so huge. I mean she’s coming from a world where she grew up thinking she was human and has urges beyond normal sort of teenage sexual urges that resulted in a body count. So, you know, she’s been on the run for a while. And so the beginning of the series is when we – when she learns that she’s not human, that she’s Fae. So that journey is just so big, and it continues to be every day every episode. She, you know, particularly in the first season, but even in the second season, she’s constantly learning. So her journey is always – is ongoing, very much so.”
Lost Girl’s Love Triangle:
Lost Girl isn’t all super human powers and action. No show would be complete without some sort of sexual tension between characters. Bo, Dyson and Lauren are all a part of a love triangle that unfolds throughout season one.
Zoie Palmer: “The love triangle is, yeah, I mean it’s just that, isn’t it? I think that everyone who meets Bo, including Dyson and Lauren are sort of taken with her, for reasons that I don’t know that – well, I mean I think Lauren is taken with her for reasons that I don’t know that she can explain entirely. And she’s obviously beautiful. You’re beautiful, Anna.”
“But there’s something about her, I think that brings – draws people into her, and I think that that’s what sort of Lauren finds right away. And I think almost – I think it’s a surprise that she feels that way, that that happens. I think she works for the Light Fae and she does her job and she’s a scientist and then along comes this sort of creature, this person, this woman who does something to her, and I don’t know that’s she kind of sure what that something is, certainly from Lauren’s side, anyway. Kris?”
Kris Holden-Reid: “I think with Dyson it’s pretty simple, you know, he introduces – got these – got this incredible cleavage – and no. Sorry. I think for Dyson, with the mythology behind Dyson’s character has a lot to do with he’s a protector. The wolf was – its entire job in existence was protecting its liege or its king, whoever it was assigned, and in Bo he sees an innocent but beautiful and vulnerable woman that he finds one, beautiful and fascinating, but also those instincts out in him.
And there’s also some historical stuff behind Trick and Bo and Dyson that the audience will find out about that also sort of plays into this as well, but I think it’s really kind of a deep sort of seated instinct in Dyson’s want to protect Bo, and in doing so, he gets feelings for her.”
The Dark Fae versus The Light Fae:
The world that Bo enters, the Fae world, is set up into a political system of light and dark Fae. Anna, Kris, and Zoie’s characters belong to the light Fae.
Anna Silk: “Well, you’re right in saying that it is a really intricate political system, and there’s a lot of push and pull between the two sides. I think that, that’s the world that Bo finds herself in. Not only is she in the world of the Fae, she’s in a world that’s divided, and there’s a peace that has be kept between those sides, and that balance is really precarious. And anything could sort of tip that balance and lead to a lot of trouble. So it’s a really – it’s a really intricate system. That’s a really big part of the show that I think makes it very interesting. And it’s certainly interesting for us as actors to play in.”
Kris Holden-Reid: “Yeah, I mean, all of our characters interact with it in different ways. Dyson is an age-old member of the Light Fae. I mean I guess the differences between the two systems, to succinct is, Light Fae try to live in a symbiotic relationship with humanity, and the Dark Fae are more interested in dominating humanity. And that is pretty the philosophical difference between the two.”
Anna Silk: “Yeah, and as a Fae, you’ve got to align yourself with one side or the other. That’s just what you do. And that’s something that Bo has trouble with.”
The Tone Of Lost Girl:
Anna Silk: “Well, we’ve often gotten the Buffy comparison over the last few seasons. We’re well into our second season here in Canada, and we still get that comparison, which is a huge compliment. But I have to say I really think Lost Girl has such a unique voice. There’s a lot of darkness. There’s a lot of humor. It’s a pretty sexy show. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before on television, and it’s so, I mean the Buffy comparison is really nice. We get True Blood comparisons, I guess, as well, and there’s an investigative side to things as well. So I guess it’s a lot of different things all rolled into one.”
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Laura Orcutt is a senior undergraduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She studies Comparative Literature, with a focus in Italian and Spanish languages. She is from Southern New Hampshire and loves everything about New England. After graduation this May, she plans to get TESOL certified and of course, continue writing.
