“For Cosima’s voice we wanted to figure out how to get it right, she’s got such a cool way of speaking. Because the character’s so smart, we were looking at people like Jeff Goldblum, there were things about him that Tatiana liked. I mentioned Lisa Genova, the author who wrote ‘Still Alice’, she is a Harvard educated, and Camille Paglia who is a very well known feminist author and lecturer who speaks like a 100 miles an hour. Cosima has a very strong energy, even though sometimes she speaks kind of slowly there is still a vibrancy, curiosity and a lower speech.” John Nelles, Tatiana Maslany’s dialect coach
Tatiana Maslany plays not one, but two British characters in Orphan Black, but they come from very different inspirations. Popular singer-songwriter Lily Allen and MI-5 star Nicola Walker provided the spark for con-artist Sarah, while the well-manicured, much-feared British fashionista Anna Wintour is the template for posh villainess Rachel. (x)
I’ve never heard the term ‘strong male character.’ That doesn’t mean anything. So what does ‘strong female character’ mean? We’re so ready to put a label on something instead of leaving room for every different kind of expression, every vulnerable, weak, funny, vulgar, stupid thing. It’s just people, right? There are layers and levels, and you can’t put somebody in a box, you know?
