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(Oh, and we also talk about our favorite silly space words.)
This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
In the first episode, she says that this is something she needs to do alone.
So its nice to go off and tell this story.
Like the story about Naomi trying to commit suicide by air lock, for instance.
But I dont think I knew about her attempted suicide until maybe season three or four.
I read some of the books, but I didnt want to go too heavily into them.
One of them was the air lock situation, and the time around when Filip was taken from me.
So I was more aligned with the writers than I even realized.
And she hopes that will be enough to have him break free from it.
I think it was very naive of her, frankly.
Do you think she actually thought there was a chance that could happen?
I think she thought she would be able to convince him, for sure.
Weve always looked at radicalization as this Eastern, faraway thing.
I would actually lean more toward Marco, honestly.
And how do we change it?
Is violence the only answer?
Even knowing these are conversations that people are having with their families is huge.
Whats going on in the house, in the family, plays out in bigger world events.
Her entire body goes through a version of the bends.
You know, when divers get these whole-body aches from the pressure change?
Every single inch of her body is aching.
But when the swelling goes down, her radiation burns get worse, because its like a sunburn.
That kind of thing.
When I first read it on the page, I was like, What is she doing?
I have no idea what any of this is!
They had to explain to me all the MacGyvering she was doing to the ship.
She has to take two deep breaths and hyperventilate before she clicks on the mask.
Its like choreography in a way.
Did you want to pass out?Oh my God, literally a hundred times.
It was a nightmare!
It was honestly a very unenjoyable experience.
There was so much to remember, there was almost no acting required.
I was sick of it by the seventh, eighth, ninth time Id done it.
If you had to pick one, whats your favorite Belter word?Ohhhh, thats really hard.
I quite enjoyfelota, which I love when thefelotahits the fan because its basically like floating shit.
