Elisabeth Rohm Talks Heroes
If there is one thing Heroes has always been lacking it’s some good ol’ romance, but when Elisabeth Rohm joins the cast on November 2, it looks like love is finally in the air. Her character explores a relationship with newly single HRG, but don’t expect this girl to be some damsel in distress – Rohm’s CIA agent Lauren Gilmore arrives on the show ready to kick some serious supernatural butt. In an exclusive interview, we talked to Rohm about her new role.
I hear you’ve been on Heroes for a month and a half. Do you feel well acquainted with your character?
It really is still that fresh, exciting time where every episode that shows up I’m like, “Who is she? Who do they see her as?” I think that’s the great thing about television. The thing that I missed in these last several years after having left Law & Order, I really missed the excitement of the unknown that comes with episodic television. You know, with movies, you have a script and you’re dedicated to that for three to six months. With TV there’s a real element of surprise. I love that.
Tell us about your character, Lauren Gilmore.
Lauren, as we meet her in the beginning, is partners with Jack. They work in the same company, so she sort of does what he does. She’s just a bad-ass kind of guy like him, but a girl.
And they share a past?
Yes, [HRG] and I have a past, that I can’t say is exactly romantic, but there’s definitely love between us. There was a period in time when they were incredibly close – nothing happened but they were really close – and you could see that there was a real bond between them. [Something] was almost going to happen, but he was still married at the time. So she erases her memory of when it started to become a little hot and heavy between them.
And now they meet again?
What I love about the storyline, is that it’s the question of soul mates. If you know nothing about somebody, do you still sense them? Once her memory is erased it’s still undeniable. I think we are meant to be with certain people. Whether we remember all the details, it’s just a deeper connection.
Where is Noah, or HRG, emotionally right now?
You know what? I think HRG’s mind is always on Claire. And what makes our love story interesting is that for the first time he notices that there’s somebody that catches his interest. [Someone] that understands him. He’s sort of in a dilemma, having this double life, and because I worked with him, I really understand him, and that sort of brings him to life in another way.
I read the more fit you get, the more you want to play a superhero. Does this count?
It totally counts. In fact I was at the gym today, and my trainer was happy to know that I might be doing some ass kicking in the near future. The last time I was on TV, I was unemotional. And as much I loved Law & Order, because I really appreciated all that I learned from Sam Waterston, Dick Wolf, Fred Thompson and Jerry Orbach, I was definitely ready to bare some emotions and kick a little butt too.
It sounds like you definitely get to do that in this role.
Yeah, it’s really perfect, because it’s full of heart. The emotional relationship between HRG and Lauren is really well-written and really well-realized. And then of course there’s all the intensity of the plot and the action that goes along with their mission together professionally. So it’s got a little “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” to it.
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