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Q&A with Jorja Fox - Radio Times, June 2006 |
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The actress tells Benji Wilson what she's learned from starring in grisly crime drama CSI.
BW: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
is the top-rated drama in the
US, but there are two spin-offs
now. Does it annoy you that
CSI: Miami and now
CSI: NY are sponging
off your ratings?
JF: Well, they say it's
a great form of
flattery, right?
I think in the
beginning we
were all quite
afraid. Our show in the States had
barely got on its legs and already
we were going to have competition
from the inside. So it was kind of
terrifying and maybe not
entirely welcomed by the
cast. The good thing
that's come out of it
is it's kept everybody
on our show humble
and hungry.
The show's always
full of amazingly
detailed procedures
and fascinating
information. What's
the craziest fact
you've learned
over the past
six years?
Well, one of the
things I'd never
really thought
about is when
you go into
a hotel room.
The physical
history of the
people that have been there before
you is all there, laid out, but not
visible to the eye.
You mean fluids and hairs?
Oh yeah, all that. There's a story told
in every room. CSI, the TV show, has
the best forensic equipment in the
country - which is sort of sad - so we
get to locations and all our stuff
works. You turn on the ultraviolet
lens and go "urrggh!"
With all you know now, if you
were to commit a brutal
murder, how would you avoid
getting caught?
I do believe I know how to commit
the perfect murder.
Want to tell us?
No, I couldn't possibly! And I
should never brag about it. I was
having a morbid conversation [on
the subject] with one of our technical
advisers, and we have a security guy
on location who's special-forces
trained. The two of them came up
with what they thought was the
easiest way to get away with a murder.
Is your character Sara Sidle ever
going to get it on with Grissom?
Oh gosh. We've had this crazy dance
for many years - off and on, off and
on. But I still have faith for that
storyline, particularly because of all
the darkness these characters live
with on a daily basis. It would be just
a little stream of light in their lives.
Some of CSI's scenes are really
gross. What's the closest you've
come to losing your dinner?
Oh yeah. Six years of that, and I'm
the most squeamish member of the
cast! Two seasons ago Eric
Szmanda [CSI's Greg Sanders] and
I were looking through the stomach
contents of a victim. They had
brought in pizza because we were
working late, and both of us almost
got sick.
One final question: is it
depressing or frustrating being in a series where the
real stars are carpet fibres
and glass fragments?
They steal every scene in the show!
I've been consistently upstaged by
things that in my more vain
moments I never thought
I could get upstaged by.
I get upstaged by the soles of
shoes…
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Now take a look at our full CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guide.
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