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Stana Katic: “’Absentia’ is SO not a procedural!”
Absentia. The actress previously known for eight seasons as Detective Kate Beckett on the series Castle, says her technology issues are not surprising, as she’s been spending her Covid19 lockdown on a remote Californian property she describes as “off the grid”, with husband Kris Brkljac and their extended family, including parents, nieces, and nephews who are all helping tend the veggie garden and feed the chickens.
Absentia character, Emily Byrne, is not so lucky. It’s been a long journey since we first met the tortured FBI agent who returned after being declared dead in absentia, to find herself the prime suspect in a string of murders. The third season takes place three months after the shocking Season 2 finale that kills off a pivotal character and Emily is now near the end of her suspension from the FBI while working hard to be a good parent to her son, Flynn. What could possibly go wrong? jokes the 42-year-old actress.
What can we expect from the third season? Is there any trauma left that Emily hasn’t already experienced?
normal’>Absentia, two of our characters, Emily and Cal, are those characters; they didn’t necessarily make the choice to dive really deep into their own dark sides but in spite of that happening, now they’ve chosen to swim towards the light in themselves.
Stana Katic in a scene from season 3 of Absentia. amazon prime
Castle?
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri’>I think before the series launched, at some point it was being compared to an FBI show or a procedural and I was like, ‘what?’ This is SO not a procedural (laughs). It’s very graphic novel-esque – and the only reason I say that is because those are modern-day myths and this story to me has that Greek feeling to it because the things that happen are big. So, when I compare what my character goes through in that way, she’s a female version of Odysseus to me.Castle, could you have imagined then what the best role of your career would look like?