#Katrina law spartacus season 1 series

She has no way to feed herself, protect herself, or clothe herself, and she suddenly realizes sheвЂ™s completely at the mercy of Spartacus and the rebels. But she suddenly finds herself completely inadequate. So for the first time those seeds are planted in her mind-so then after everybody breaks out from the ludus, she finds herself on her own with Spartacus and the rest of the rebels. And she has never really interacted before with someone like this-who suddenly presents her options, gives her a little taste of what it would actually be like to be free, that maybe thereвЂ™s life outside of this ludus. Then all of a sudden Spartacus enters the picture. Her domina told her what to do and she did it. KL: In Season One, Mira didnвЂ™t have too many choices to make. How did that process change for you, as a performer, from Season One to Season Two? All of a sudden Mira has this freedom that really forces her to develop-for the first time-her own identity. But if the viewer pays attention to your performance, you can see that in your face, especially as Mira changes from Season One to Season Two. Katrina Law with Andy Whitfield in Season One (Spartacus: Blood and Sand)ДЄE: I think you see it double in Mira, because not only is she a slave, she is a woman in this society as well. I feel like sometimes the viewers have a hard time relating to that, and it took a while for the viewer to adjust to it as well.

It was pointless to dream, it was pointless to have hope, even to love who you wanted to unless your dominus or domina gave you permission. Not having a choice of where you can sleep, or what you can eat, what you do, and not having that freedom of choice, knowing that if someone wanted you to stay in the house the entire day, you had to. KL: I think one of the hardest things about getting into this role was figuring out what the slave mentality was and believing in it because it is so different from the world that I live in now. YouвЂ™ve talked elsewhere about the вЂњslave mentalityвЂќ that Mira had then, and I thought that was very interesting. From there, when they were auditioning for the part of Mira, they looked in Australia and New Zealand, and when they couldnвЂ™t find a girl there, they decided to come to the United States, and one of the producers from The Resistance said, вЂњWell, if youвЂ™re looking for a girl, look at this girl first, because we really like what sheвЂ™s done on The Resistance.вЂќ And thatвЂ™s how I got my start on Spartacus.ДЄE: In the first season of Spartacus, Mira is a house slave in the ludus where Spartacus and the other gladiators train. Eventually Starz and Ghost House-which is Rob Tapert and Sam RaimiвЂ™s company-saw it, picked it up, re-funded it, and then had us re-shoot it. The Resistance was a guerrilla style underground thing we funded with our own money, did our own hair and make-up, and put it on the web.

#Katrina law spartacus season 1 series

Katrina Law: Originally I did a web series called The Resistance. IвЂ™m curious-how does a nice girl from Jersey end up on the bloodiest, sexiest, most violent-and most awesome-show filmed halfway around the world? How did you get the gig on Spartacus? (And for that we thank her!) Read on for details.ДЄfterElton: Katrina, thank you so much for taking time to talk with us.

She also owned up to some mischief in extending a Nasir and Agron makeout scene. We were fortunate to talk with the charming actress just before the finale aired, and she shared some great anecdotes about working with castmates Lucy Lawless, Liam McIntyre, original Spartacus Andy Whitfield, Craig Parker and others. Katrina Law is an actress, singer, and former Miss Teen New Jersey USA who is best known for her role as Mira on Spartacus: Vengeance, a part which sadly came to a close by the blade of a flying axe in the great Season 2 finale on Friday. You may wish to watch the episode before reading.

Spoiler Alert: This interview discusses an important plot point from the Spartacus: Vengeance finale which aired on Friday.