Bionic Woman

Michelle Ryan chatted recently with Hollywood.com reporter Scott Huver.  Nothing new is learned about her really or at least nothing we haven’t already learned before. 

On whether it’s Jaime’s hardware or software that’s most appealing:
“It’s absolutely the human side. I mean I haven’t read a script like Bionic Woman. After I left [the British soap] EastEnders, I was like, “I’m never going to try out for anything with huge [time] options.” And then I read this script for Bionic and I was like “Okay, I take it back.” She has these deeper abilities, but at the core of it, it’s this young woman’s journey of self-discovery and her rise to empowerment, and I feel like I’m on that journey and I just felt like an instant connection. She’s very compassionate and she questions every step of the way when Jonas and Antonio Pope are saying to her, “This is what we should be doing; we’re the good guys.” She questions everything. And I love that she’s just this very grounded, multi-layered character and person. There’s so much to play with her, aside from the action sequences and the sci-fi element. At the core of it, it’s this human being. I wanted to find my voice and I want to be strong and confident and I feel like playing Jaime is helping me get there.”

On maintaining that state-of-the-art operating system:
“I work out probably about three and a half hours a day, I would say. It’s two hours of personal training and two hours of [Israeli martial art] Krav Maga, like an hour and a half of personal training. if I didn’t have to work out I wouldn’t do it. I mean, I used to dance and swim and do gymnastics, but this really has gotten me into shape. I’m getting abs and my muscles are getting bigger. I’m also being much more conscious of what I’m eating. I’m just trying to eat a lot more like sushi and fish and fruit and vegetables. I’m cutting out sweets–I’ve got such a sweet tooth, especially chocolate!”

However, there is one exception and it makes me wonder when this interview took place.  When asked about Jaime Sommers future and the character’s relationships, Ryan mentions the relationship with Will Anthros. 

“I think there are a lot of different ideas for love triangles, and there’s obviously the relationship with Will. I mean, she’s a woman and so all of those feelings and emotions and hormones will come up. I think that initially though it’ll be dealing with becoming bionic and understanding her abilities, but absolutely down the line she’s got to have some romance.”

Is Anthros really dead?  Is Chris Bowers still part of the  show?