I love theater and film, that’s really where I come from. If I’m going to do a network television show at least one where I look different every episode, and I get to tell a different story in every episode. The Knockturnal: I was going to ask what attracted you to the project but you just said that all of those things.Ībigail Spencer: And also not being bored. So hopefully that reflects itself in just the body of work. And I’m very thoughtful about it in each role that I choose. That the historian teacher goofball is the hero, the hero-ess is so vital. Also that she’s a teacher and that she’s a historian because I think those are grossly underrepresented people on television. That she doesn’t lead with that, that she isn’t the wife or the sister or the girlfriend or the this, that she is her own fully realized person. And it was one of my requests that she not be sexualized, overly sexualized on the show. That was her superpower, her smarts, and her intellect, and that was what was pitched to me. And that was a huge part of the decision in choosing Timeless. And I think it is very vital for my role that I do choose characters that I think young women can look up to. Women are still considered second class citizens and we have to be a part of that change. But in this show, it kind of recreates history.Ībigail Spencer: Well, we’re still fighting it. In this role, how do you feel about a woman traveling through time periods where we may not have been respected or been able to be leaders.
The Knockturnal : I love that people of color are represented so well because of course we’ve been oppressed in previous, past lives, but also women in general have been marginalized often. No one would be able to recognize me in the piece. I have a new project called Reprisal that I just did with Hulu, and it’s completely different.
I didn’t become an actor to just become one thing.
But you never want to repeat yourself and just be one thing. I feel very grateful that I’ve gotten to play so many and that people seem to enjoy all the various facets. I’ve gotten to play a lot of important, and prescient, and smart women. I’d worked for 10 years as an actor before, but getting cast on that show, and getting part of that windswell of the golden age of television. Mad Men was the first thing, it was the game changer. You don’t want to be just one thing, and I’ve been very fortunate to get this windfall of television work. Just kidding! That’s the dream of being an actor. They probably feel like they fall in love with you on one show.Ībigail Spencer: So many people fall in love with me all the time it’s hard to keep track of all of those people. But every step the team takes to protect history puts everything we know at risk - because changing one thing changes everything.The Knockturnal: With your fans, do you think it’s hard for them to separate all of your different characters. Along the way, they cross paths with famous historical icons, such as Josephine Baker, Harry Houdini, Ernest Hemingway and infamous rivals Eliot Ness and Al Capone. Their riveting adventures take them to some of the most thrilling, volatile and critical events on record, including a venture to the Old West, a sojourn to the Alamo, a visit to the famous Chicago World's Fair and a crusade into Nazi Germany. When a group with nefarious intentions attempts to change the world as we know it by altering the past, Lucy, a historian, Wyatt, a soldier, and Rufus, a scientist, unite to form an unlikely partnership, traveling through time to save history.
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