I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.

At 11, I got my first job in a mini-series for America, and it was very exciting.

If you steal other people's characters, it doesn't work with the context of the scripts and what is written, so I wanted to make her my own. I was petrified, in the beginning, because it's such an iconic character, especially being a young lady myself.

But, as an actress, you don't want to run into these scenes, willy-nilly. The couple that I did do were important for the character and essential to the plot, to show what was actually going on between each character. It is great to be able to have that, and to be able to say certain things and have certain passions.

I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already.

Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.

I know that the battle scenes, as well, are quite gory and quite strong. Battle was romantic, but it was far from being easy. It's nice, in both respects, to have that color and contrast.