Christina Cox (I)

Christina Cox: (on how similar her character Jen Crane on the show Defying Gravity is to her) I remember [creator/executive producer] Jim Parriott saying she's the girl who would get on the bar at the party and pour the tequila down everybody's throat! Well, I don't think I personally have ever danced on a table. I'm afraid that if I did, the table would tip sideways and I'd end up in a cast! I only do action well on TV. Anyhow, I knew going in that Jen's gregarious, she speaks her mind, she's very protective of her friends, especially Zoe, Laura Harris' character. I was intrigued at the opportunity to play someone who wasn't so together, because Vicki Nelson [Cox's character on Blood Ties] was much more in control of herself. She might have been a mess under the surface, but she was definitely more buttoned-down. I like that Jen is warm and vulnerable. She's madly in love with her husband and is completely devoted to him. She's trying to do her job as a scientist on this ship – and then she has this revelation about what her purpose is, what everyone's purpose is. And she still comes out sane at the end of it.

Christina Cox: (on being the lead character in Blood Ties and an in an ensemble on Defying Gravity) Dylan Neal and Kyle Schmid on Blood Ties were amazing to work with. It was like going to acting gym every day. The chemistry between the three of us was really great, really intense. I was in almost every shot, every day of the week, on my feet, and it was an unbelievable experience. But this big ensemble is different. The way Defying Gravity is shot has actually influenced my performance choices because we have more time and more budget, and there are more close-ups - it means you have to change your performance. When you're in a big ensemble, you have to pace your story, because it's going to be told more slowly. We find out about these characters through little experiences that they have on the ship, and the way they react to them. We also go back to the mystery on this ship, and that's a big part of the character development – it presents itself differently to each of the characters, and we're going to see in pieces through the episodes how they react to it.

Christina Cox: (on doing more episodes of Ladycops with Liz Vassey) I was just talking to [Executive Producers,] Nancylee [Myatt] and Maeve [Quinlan, who also stars in the series,] and we're likely to sit down this summer and write a few more episodes. They were fun and well received and we had a riot doing them. We'll see if we can come up with a couple more episodes. I don't think we'll have time to do a full season or anything, but I'd like to do more.