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Sci-Fi Wire 10/2/06: Victoria Pratt
Day's Pratt Still Kicks Butt
Victoria Pratt, who plays undercover cop Andrea Battle on ABC's upcoming series Day Break, told SCI FI Wire she's happy to play another strong "kick-ass" female character after starring for three years as Shalimar in the syndicated series Mutant X. "I know I'll never be cast as the waif, the abused and the downtrodden, " Pratt said in an interview. "It's just not something that's in me."
Pratt added about Day Break: "Oh, it's a wild show. I think people are calling it the gritty cop show meets Groundhog Day." Day Break is about an undercover cop named Brett Hopper (Taye Diggs) who must live the same day over and over again as he tries to clear his name in the murder of an assistant district attorney, while saving the people he cares about. Pratt plays his partner Andrea. The cast also includes Adam Baldwin, Moon Bloodgood and Ramon Rodriguez.
Pratt said that she finds an intensity in Diggs' characterization of Hopper. "You know, there's just something where he can be so subtle and so strong," she said. "You want to put your safety in his hands. Taye has that quality about him. It doesn't come from the tone of his voice, although that does help. It's just something about him that makes you want to trust him completely. I think that's really important for that role. ... And, I mean, he's really hot [laughs]!"
Diggs' level of hotness is something the writers must have figured out as well, Pratt said: Diggs' shirt is off within the first few minutes of the series premiere. "Bless their hearts," Pratt said with a laugh. "We [women are] eternally grateful for this fact. But, you know, the poor guy at lunch line, ... he's got to take his shirt off all the time, and, you know, you have to be pretty virtuous with your food when you're taking your shirt off every day."
Day Break premieres on Nov. 15 at 9 p.m. PT/ET in Lost's Wednesday timeslot when that series goes on a midseason hiatus. —Kathie Huddleston
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