Monday, October 08, 2012

Television and Cinema Verities #40



"I thought there was something very likable in her transparency. She didn’t hide her huge ambition and her fearlessness. I loved that about her. And, for me, it was a fantasy character. I could be this totally amoral being, without any harm coming to me – it was fantastic."

- Jane Badler discusses Diana, leader of the Visitors in V (1984).  From a 2010 interview at Sci-Fi Now.
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