Gina Bellman

Gina: (about how she intentionally acts badly) Yeah, it's difficult, especially when you're doing it in front of an Academy Award winner. You have to just leave your ego at the door. You think "Ok, I have to act badly in this scene in front of my contemporaries and a huge crew!" I think you just leave your ego at the door and you get on with it. I'm a bit more worried about one episode where she finally has to act well and everyone's so astonished because they expect her to be terrible, but actually she's really quite good. I'm more worried about that, what if I didn't act well in the scene where I'm supposed to act well?

Gina: (about if the character of Sophie Devereaux on Leverage follows the pattern she has had of the quirky, offbeat, non-mainstream characters) Yeah, I mean I think the most interesting characters are the sort of outsiders and the people that surprise you. My character in Jekyll was supposed to be this generic wife character in the beginning and then she was the surprise element. But in terms of playing quirky, I don't think you can ever play quirky. I think that's a mistake. If you start playing kooky then you're kind of cheating the audience, I feel. So, I don't think I'd put Sophie in those terms. I think she's funny in her behavior, but she's incredibly serious about what she does. She's very professional about grifting and stealing and she's ambitious and wants to be the best in the world at it. Then she has this massive payoff and needs to find a different thrill and a different sense of excitement. When Timothy's character recruits the team she's curious about what that would feel like, to help people and feel less mercenary.

Gina: (about if she is a "coffee and cats" type or a "tea and dogs" type) Coffee and goldfish. We had three, but Ant and Dec died so Cat's the only one left.