Grimm conference call with Bitsie Tulloch and Sasha Roiz.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 1:00 PM (PST)/4:00 PM (EST)

 

Grimm is one of my favorite shows on television. This hiatus has felt excruciatingly lengthy but tonight is the mid-season premiere and you are all in for a delightful and quite destructive treat!

Admittedly, the fall finale “Season of the Hexenbiest,” didn’t really get my blood pumping but I’m thrilled to say “Face Off” knocked my socks off! There are contentious feelings from Nick (David Giuntoli), who’s found out his Captain, Sean Renard (Sasha Roiz), is the man his beloved Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) has feelings for. And when Sean gets a frazzled call from Juliette, their encounter is smashingly good fun. But satisfaction will have to wait when things get out of control. Meanwhile, Adalind (Claire Coffee) has something decidedly twisted and a little kinky up her sleeve when the ‘frustrated’ Sean seeks her help with his Juliette problem.

Of course, there is a wonderful humorous and light side which comes from the brilliant Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) who desperately tries to tame Nick’s anger, all while waiting for the lovely Rosalee (Bree Turner) to return from her aunt’s. I’m happy to see Rosalee return. Turner brings a sweet element to the show and I love the spice shop. It’s a character all on its own, too.

I wasn’t able to watch “Face Off” prior to this conference call so I’ll just say most of my questions are answered in the episode…especially about Cpt. Renard. And it was so amazing that I was the final call of the day. I feared I wouldn’t get to speak with them…and I have a huge crush on Roiz.

I love the humor and lightness throughout the call. Both Roiz and Tulloch were very gracious, funny, and had a good time poking fun at each other. It was great to hear their rapport, even over the phone. Especially when they talked about having a stunt coordinator for love scenes. HA! Talk about bedroom (or any room) Olympics! If you aren’t limping out, it’s not good.

 

Judy:         Hi, thank you so much for taking the call.

Bitsie Tulloch:          Sure.

Sasha Roiz:    Absolutely, wouldn’t be fair to leave the last one.

Judy:         Thank you so much, I am so lucky to be the last one. So now as we’ve seen I’ve talked to both of you at Comic Con last year and, Bitsie, this first question is for you. At Comic Con we jokingly said that Juliette’s character could take on Adalind. So I’m just wondering, are we going to see that ultimate girl fight?

Bitsie Tulloch:          I think that’d be some super fun but I guess that’s sort of a I don’t know if the answer quite yet but I think – I definitely think I’ve always been pushing – you know, whether it’s Adalind or somebody else I’ve always been sort of trying to plant the seed of Juliette being – becoming a bad ass.

Sasha Roiz:    With this show you never know. There’s likelihood of anything happening.

Bitsie Tulloch:          Yes.

Judy:   Even with Bitsie being a little bit accident prone?

Sasha Roiz:    You know…

Bitsie Tulloch:                    Accident prone equals more damage done.

Sasha Roiz:    We’ll just get her a helmet.

Judy:   And for you, Sasha, I wanted to ask, now that we know that you are half hexenbiest; will we see Renard fully transform – you know, now that he’s dealing with emotions with Juliette and now that Nick knows that Renard is the other man. Will we see him slip up and maybe lose his composure and maybe transform for Nick to see that he’s a Wesen?

Sasha Roiz:    You’ll just have to wait until Friday and maybe you’ll see something. <oh we do see something…(giddy laughter)>

Judy:   And also, will we find out anything about how you separated from the royal family?

Sasha Roiz:    Yes, yes, there’s going to be more back story and there definitely be a lot more reveals about where he comes from and how he came to be.

Judy:   Great, thank you so much. I appreciate you taking the call.

Sasha Roiz:    Thank you.

Bitsie Tulloch:          Yes.

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And here is the entire conference call Q&A for you — enjoy! Tune in tonight for GRIMM at 9/8c on NBC.

 

Moderator:    Hi, thank you everyone for joining us today. I’d like to thank Bitsie and Sasha for joining us today .

 

Operator:             And our first question comes from the line of Paulette. Please go ahead.

 

Paulette:             Thank you, good morning. We’re going to be doing this watch-a-thon for Grimm and I was hoping that each of you could pick one or two of your favorite episodes and tell me why they are.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Bitsie, I’ll let you start.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I really like – from Season 1 I really like the episode “Game Ogre” just because that was sort of the first time Juliette was inadvertently drawn into the fray in a sort of physical way. I think it was Episode 10 or something.

And I also liked from Season 1 “The Thing with Feathers,” which is the one where Nick and Juliette go away for the weekend to that romantic cabin and all hell breaks loose. And again, I think one of the reasons I like it is because she ends up, you know, having to hunt down and sort of save Nick.

And then there’s been a lot of great stuff from Season 2 but I would say from Season 2 so far my favorite episode is the one that’s going to premiere – or going to air on Friday night.

 

Paulette:             Okay. Sasha?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, I would agree, the one that airs Friday night is pretty amazing and it’s – I think it’s got something for every character so I think that is really what appeals to me is when everybody’s kind of featured and there’s such high stakes.

I think from Season 1 is probably “Three Coins” (unintelligible) I believe it’s called because it was the first time we get a sense or a glimpse into the Captain and some of his personal life and some of his ambitions. So that was a lot of fun for me.

 

Paulette:             Terrific, thank you both.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Joshua. Please proceed.

 

Joshua:               Hi guys, thanks for your time today.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Hi.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Of course.

 

Joshua:               So Sasha, when you – this moment was going to happen where your character was going to find himself in this situation did you expect it would be this soon, this – you know, only to – really sort of the beginning of Season 2?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Which situation are you referring to?

 

Joshua:               The showdown with Nick.

 

Sasha Roiz:         I was actually surprised it’s as soon as it is. I thought it could even be dragged out until the end of the season. But I – I’m really glad that it’s happened. I’m really glad that we had a chance to finally confront each other because I think it’s something the fans had been waiting for a long time. And we – as characters and actors had been waiting for as well.

So yes, I don’t think it’s a moment too soon.

 

Joshua:               Yes, and Bitsie, you know, your future has changed obviously somewhat, not a lot but in some ways you’ve gone to some pretty extreme measures. Has playing her different ways sort of given you a better understanding of who she is or sort of helped you to mold the character more than had you just played her the one straight way?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes, absolutely. I mean in Season 2 I’ve had a lot of – I’ve had so much more to do with her which is not to knock the storyline from Season 1 because – you know, at the beginning of Season 1 this guy who I’ve been dating, who I loved, he lost basically the woman who raised her.

 

And I know a lot of fans were sort of saying how can she be so naïve, how is she not seeing this, but she was just being really understanding and sensitive to Nick’s situation.

But waking up in Season 2 in a coma and then having just this big empty hole where this man once lived is – has been sort of crazy and I have to say you have not seen the worst of it. What goes on with Juliette gets much worse before it gets better. So they’re just sort of starting to lay out what’s going to happen the rest of Season 2.

So as an actress it’s definitely been so much fun for me to really go into these deep dark depths of the character and her mental space. And she’s really starting to lose it kind of.

I mean as you can imagine she – it’s crazy to wake up and see pictures of this guy – this stranger all over your house and be told that, you know, you guys were going to get married and all this stuff and you have no recollection whatsoever.

And then all of a sudden she’s lusting after someone she barely knows and can’t control herself. I mean it’s enough to make anybody mad. So that’s been a lot of – that’s been fun for me.

 

Joshua:               All right, very good. Thank you both.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thanks.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Lisa. Please proceed.

 

Lisa:                   Hi, it’s such a pleasure to speak to you all again.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Hi.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Hi, Lisa.

 

Lisa:                   I was wondering, will fans be surprised to see how far Juliette and Renard’s relationship will go?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Well, what happens on Friday night we’ve not see the likes of on Grimm so far. I think it’s really fun and I think it’s kind of a – I think it’s just a great way to sort of deal with what’s going on between the two of them and also to highlight how little control they have over it, that this is not some – you know, slow burning love like they literally are both – they can’t control the lust.

And obviously it gets to a sort of violent place and neither of us – neither them is really wanting this to happen, they can’t help it.

Obviously Sasha’s character understands more of what’s going on coming from that world and Juliette is just like all right, well, I guess par for the course, I’m already losing my mind.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, will they be surprised? I think they’ve seen it escalate and this will be a great payoff I believe. It’s fun, it’s fun to explore new ground, new territory with Grimm. It’s almost like ‘Grimm After Dark,’ a little – you know, racier version. So I think they’ll be pleased and it’s a good payoff after this long hiatus.

 

Lisa:                   Payoff, interesting, all right, thank you.

 

Sasha Roiz:         You’re welcome. I have no idea if it’s a payoff, sorry.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Reg. Please proceed.

 

Reg:                    Hi, my first question’s for Bitsie. I heard there’s a love scene that required a lot of rehearsal. Can you talk about how that fits in and why it took so long?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    It took so long because we had to have a stunt coordinator sort of help us out, particularly me. I’m not – I’m sort of known among the cast members of being like – I don’t know, Sasha, what would you say?

 

Sasha Roiz:         She’s a little clumsy.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes, so – yes, and then because it was so – and that love scene also got edited down massively but when we were actually shooting it, it took something like eight-and-a-half hours to get through which is incredibly long for basically one scene because it was so complicated and it did require such coordination.

But yes, you know…

 

Sasha Roiz:         That said, Bitsie always wants a stunt coordinator there when she has a love scene so who knows.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    That’s right, that’s my style.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, no, but it was intense. I mean I think it was definitely a shocker for us when we read it because we didn’t believe – we really didn’t believe it when we read it. We thought it was a bit of a joke. But they went there.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Have you seen the episode?

 

Reg:                    No, I haven’t seen it yet.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I didn’t think so.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, but it was just a lot of fun.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    It was so intense that we both – we thought it was a joke. We didn’t think it was – we literally thought it was a joke that when we read the script. We were like, ha-ha, where’s our real script.

 

Sasha Roiz:         But it was – I think it came out well. I haven’t seen it but I presume it came out well.

 

Reg:                    Well, now that Nick knows about the Captain and Juliette, can you talk about the impact that it has on the three characters going forward?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Well, it’s going to be very delicate moving ahead and, you know, I don’t want to say too much because we’ll see what happens because it’s really Nick’s choice at this point whether he wants to move ahead, whether he wants to stay Portland, or whether he wants to, you know, deal with me with her.

So there’s going to be a lot of fall out and that’s going to occupy I think the remainder of this season to see what will transpire and how pieces will fall and – where they fall I should say. So that’s really going to be a very delicate balance I think moving on.

 

Reg:                    Great, thanks guys, good luck.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Thanks.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Gabby, please proceed.

 

Gabby:                Hi, thanks for being here today guys. Bitsie, I wanted to start with you. You have had a lot of success in all of the various acting mediums, including the Internet.

So I was wondering your opinions on how far online entertainment has come and where you see it going crossing with television? And Sasha, if you want to chime in too that’d be great.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Sure.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I think – you know, I read something recently that the Nielsen people, you know, the ones who do the Nielsen ratings are actually going to start counting people’s watching (unintelligible) online which I think is a huge deal because so many people do watch. (Unintelligible), Sasha, are you hearing that too?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, I hear that as well.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    You do hear it though?

 

Sasha Roiz:         I do hear it, yes. It’s kind of crackling.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    All right, I’ll just keep talking and ignore it. You know, I was – when we did Quarter Life it was the first television show that had gone from the Internet to TV and so that was, like, a huge deal for me. And that was only back in 2008 and here we are five years later and it seems like that’s sort of par for the course.

And the reality is I think that every thing is sort of – they – to me they go hand in hand with this stuff. You know, I tried to – just the fact if I’m not shooting on a Friday night I try to live tweet with the fans so there’s Internet and social media to me goes hand in hand with our show.

Like this Friday I’m going to (unintelligible) to the West Coast (unintelligible) with the fans and, you know, that’s something that I love to do for them but it also just feels like if you’re on a (unintelligible) – if you have access to your fans you want to do be able to do stuff like that.

And the fastest way to get access to your fans and sort of develop a personal – you know, a somewhat personal relationship with them is using the Internet.

 

Moderator:    I’m sorry to interrupt you. Do we want to fix this phone thing or can you hear it as well?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes, it’s still doing it.

 

Operator:             Yes, if you’re on speakerphone that might be – if one of the journalists is on speakerphone that might be what it is.

 

Sasha Roiz:         I’m on a headset so I don’t know. But anyway I – should I continue because I – or do we want to fix this?

 

Operator:             Go ahead and continue.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Okay, I would say that – as far as Internet content, I mean we can – the line is – the divide is completely being reassessed right now because – or redefined because – I can’t even tell sometimes with me if I’m actually online or watching TV just in the way I view the television now because I stream things from my iPad to my television and vice versa.

Netflix is releasing series now that I – you know, really getting critical acclaim and they’re changing the format by releasing an entire season. I mean I think television viewing is really at a crossroads now and a lot of things are going to change in the new few years the way we view it.

And ultimately I think as viewers it’s going to benefit us because it will just cater to our viewing patterns. So I think it’s all kind of moving in a really interesting direction.

 

Gabby:                Cool, and I hope you both can still hear me. Moving to you, speaking of social media, I saw that you’ve been retweeting fans on both sides of the whole smack down Grimm wise.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes.

 

Gabby:                If you’ve been doing it, I was wondering, if you had to pick your favorite and least favorite thing about each character to be fair on both sides of the smack down, what would they be?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Good question.

 

Sasha Roiz:         About – between the Grimm and Renard?

 

Gabby:                Yes.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Favorite is – let’s see, well, I like – I mean I like and dislike how secretive Renard is because on one hand it’s really fun to play. On the other hand, you know, sometimes even I don’t know what he’s up to. Like, he’s just very – you know, he’s just a very mysterious character and the writers keep me guessing because we don’t always know. So it’s a very difficult balance to strike sometimes but it also keeps me very engaged as an actor and viewer.

The Grimm, I think – what do I like and dislike? You know, I think he’s a – I mean I don’t know. The Grimm – Bitsie, what do you like and dislike about him?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I can’t answer that question. I don’t – at this point my answer would be I don’t know because I don’t even remember him.

 

Sasha Roiz:         He’s a – what I like about him is he’s remarkably likable, I think both Grimm and David Giuntoli, remarkable likable. I don’t know. I don’t know if I have anything.

 

Gabby:                Handsome, good kisser, what’s not to like?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Stop, stop, (unintelligible). Anyway, he’s – no, it’s all good. It’s all fun stuff.

 

Gabby:                Okay, thanks you guys, have a great day.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of  Vickey. Please proceed.

 

Vickey:               Hi guys, thanks so much for taking the time. My first question is for Sasha. So you and Bitsie were actually just referring to some of the stunt doubles and choreography. How much of that for fight scenes do you actually have to do? And is it difficult?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    We didn’t have stunt doubles. We did it all. We just had somebody go through it to make sure that I didn’t hurt him basically.

 

Vickey:               Awesome, so if you’re doing your own fight scenes then what’s that like? Is it really hard?

 

Sasha Roiz:         It’s – yes, it can be taxing after a while. With Bitsie and I it was actually – it wasn’t bad. I was surprised we both walked away from it I think fairly unscathed. The one with David and I, you know, it was 2 o’clock in the woods on a Friday.

We were just exhausted from the week and we’re doing our best for this really long fight sequence where there were some stunt men in fact because there were some things you can’t do. But we…

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    They won’t let you do.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, exactly. We did most everything on our own and we did kind of end up hurting each other, David and I. But, you know, that’s par for the course and – you know, but it’s fun to do it and it’s just challenging. It’s just another challenge I suppose.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I had a scene – without teasing too much, I had a scene recently where I did my own stunts and I had to be rigged to something so that I wouldn’t fall off. And I’m supposed to kind of go to the edge and literally on the first take I almost fell off.

And I would have just been dangling there. And then the – our stunt coordinator was just like, maybe we should have (used stunt double). It was really funny. And then I was fine the rest of the time but I think it’s pretty fun. I really like – I don’t know…

 

Sasha Roiz:         The fact that you’re still in one piece after 40 episodes is remarkable.

 

Vickey:               Okay, well, the other thing – question I had was – and you actually both can answer this if you like as well, but what’s t he most difficult scene or episode you’ve had to do so far and why?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Mine hasn’t aired yet. There’s a lot of really, really intense emotional stuff coming up for Juliette, just really heavy and pretty serious. And so that’s probably the hardest that I’ve had to do but I don’t think – that episode is something to look forward to I guess.

 

Vickey:               Okay.

 

Sasha Roiz:         This past episode – well, this upcoming episode I should say was pretty hard for me. It involved – I think it was challenging on all levels because physically it was a lot of, you know, Bitsie spoke about a lot of fight choreographies and sequences and long hours.

And then emotionally as well, it just kind of took Renard to every – I think sort of realm of emotion and so it was pretty challenging.

 

Vickey:               Great, thank you so much guys.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Kimberly. Please proceed.

 

Kimberly:            Hi guys, thanks so much for talking with us. This is a question directed at Sasha, can you tell us a little bit about what’s going on between Renard and Adalind in this episode and moving forward?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Well, they are – you’ve seen the episode I guess, right?

 

Kimberly:            Yes.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Okay, well, they’re always – it’s very antagonistic and it’s – you know, she’s definitely a thorn in my side and she’s out to thwart all of my plans. She’s also incredibly conniving and manipulative just the same as I am I suppose – or Renard is.

And so she knows how to play him and, you know, what I love about some of the writing is you really don’t know who’s playing who sometimes. I think, you know, there’s always a turn of the tables and so it will be interesting to see what transpires.

But she certainly has presented herself at a very difficult time for him at a very – he’s very vulnerable at this point and so she’s found a weakness and her timing couldn’t be better.

 

Kimberly:            Do you think there would ever be a time when the two of them could hook up, that she could give Juliette a little run for her money?

 

Sasha Roiz:         I think…

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    No.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Well, I mean I think you’ll have to watch on Friday because who knows. It certainly some challenge to it there, yes.

 

Kimberly:            Great, thank you guys so much.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, thank you.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Karen. Please proceed.

 

Karen:                 Hi, thanks for being with us today. Sort of in the same vein, at the same time that Juliette and Renard’s relationship is exposed Renard’s sort of secret identity is maybe about to be exposed and people are circling around the key. Will we see a resolution to that storyline in this back half or at least see it come to a climax?

 

Sasha Roiz:         You’re definitely going to see some form of resolution to it. And yes, it’s a major storyline for us and it’s going to be dealt with. But it’s – you know, again, it will be – it will take the course of this season to deal with it properly.

 

Karen:                 Okay, and Sasha, do you see any way that that this goes back to being a – sort of a cop drama with – anyway that Renard and Nick can work together as police officers going forward in coming seasons?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, I mean I believe so. Like I said, there’s going to be a lot of – there’s going to be – well, we’re going to have to deal with a lot of issues and see if we can put aside our differences and work together again.

So a lot of that depends on Nick and whether he’s able to forgive, able to move forward. But I think he could, you know, move ahead and if anything it could open up a whole new chapter now that we’re in the know and there’s no secrets anymore. There’s the possibility to certainly be better partners.

 

Karen:                 Okay, well, I haven’t seen the episode and I’m really looking forward to it, thanks.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Terrific, thank you.

 

Operator:             Our next question comes from the line of Stacey. Please proceed.

 

Stacey:                Hi guys. The season premiere episode or mid-season premiere episode is amazing.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Thank you.

 

Stacey:                You’re welcome. And Sasha, for you, what was it like having not one but two love scenes in the episode?

 

Sasha Roiz:         It was a lot of fun. It’s – they definitely kept me busy in that episode. I mean there was, you know, a lot of love, a lot of hate, a lot of fighting, a lot of – you know, not fighting.

But you know, there was – it was a very busy episode from (unintelligible) find himself into some very interesting situations. So yes, an action-packed episode I believe.

 

Stacey:                Yes, and because there’s so many game changing incidents throughout the episode what can you preview for people like after they see it – like, what’s going to happen next?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Well, I think at least for Renard there’s going to be a real challenge in keeping the Grimm loyal, keeping the Grimm in Portland, keeping the plan that he had concocted for so long in place, keeping Adalind at bay.

And making sure that, you know, we could continue as a police force and continue as also this mythological team to keep outside influences and forces at bay from encroaching on our domain.

Bitsie, I pass the mic to you.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Sorry, my phone got screwed up for a second so I just got back on.

 

Sasha Roiz:         We were just saying, like, what fans can expect moving forward from this episode. So I just mentioned all of my stuff.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I think – well, what’s been going on – what happens in the rest of Season 2 I think has been really fantastic. I mean literally every episode once we got back from our hiatus at the end of January every episode – I mean they’re really doing huge episodes that are just very grand in scope that – you know, I’ve read some of them and been, like, are you guys crazy, there’s no way you’re going to be able to shoot this in eight days.

You know, really fun, crazy, you know, new Wesen and they’re sort of in a – you know, they’re delving deeper into – I want to say it’s not just the mythology or the way that we’ve been referring to the mythology but literally mythology, almost like a God-like creature.

They’re really going in new directions and the episodes really – you know, I’m not just saying this, they get better and better. And I’m really proud of, you know, what we’ve been able to do in Season 2 and where it’s going. And I think the fans are going to be super, super excited about the last ten episodes of Season 2.

 

Stacey:                Very cool, I know I was super excited after I watched Friday’s episode so thank you very much.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Awesome.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Lindsey. Please proceed.

 

Lindsey:              Hi there, it’s so great – we’re big fans up here in Canada and I’m hoping you guys get some (unintelligible) down there in craft every now and then.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Canada, of course, come on.

 

Lindsey:              That’s right.

 

Sasha Roiz:         You’re talking to my heart.

 

Lindsey:              Tim Horton straight to your heart.

 

Sasha Roiz:         There you go.

 

Lindsey:              I’m wondering what your favorite Wessen are over the last little while.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I’m a huge – as everybody knows, I loved the ice beavers, I loved the actor who plays the (unintelligible), Danny Bruno. He’s fantastic. I’m so proud of him.

They’ve written him – smartly they’ve written him into a pretty major recurring just because he’s just so lovable and, you know, it’s nice to have a Wessen that’s not necessarily, you know, a scary blood thirsty Wesen. You know, (Henry) (unintelligible), sorry.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Speaking of Wesen.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    And then I also like as far as the scary ones, I really like the (unintelligible) who was the sort of – the saber tooth tiger Wesen from the first two episodes of Season 2.

 

Sasha Roiz:         I don’t think anything would make Bitsie happier if they wrote in, like, a French bulldog Wesen she would be in heaven, sort of a lovable, sloppy, slurppy French bulldog. I know, right, one day.

I like the reapers, I like what they represent mythological, the scythe that they carry, the fact that they come into, you know, reap revenge and that they’re after the Grimms and they have this very specific purpose in the world.

I also like my own character in a way because – I mean I like the hexen beast but what I love about it is that I – we never had any half breed before. And so the fact that you could cross pollinate – you could have all these, you know, part creatures, you know, part Wesens, that makes it really interesting for me. And I’m really curious to see that develop and to see that whole sort of other culture that exists that, you know, just has a trace of Wesen blood in them.

 

Lindsey:              Yes, and how that translates. And what did you guys do in your hiatus? Did you get up to anything fun?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I shot an incredible movie that is being released worldwide in November opposite Paul Giamatti and Jacki Weaver and Marcia Gay Harden and Jackie Earle Haley and Billy Bob Thornton called Parkland that Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman produced for Playtone.

And it will be released in November around the anniversary of JFK’s assassination because it’s a period film about – basically about the assassination so that’s what I did.

 

Lindsey:              Cool.

 

Sasha Roiz:         I went to Australia and surfed, there you go.

 

Lindsey:              That’s fabulous. Thanks you guys so much, I appreciate it.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Toni. Please proceed.

 

Toni:                   Hi guys, I was wanted to – I was wondering if we’re ever going to get any back story on Renard, the royal bastard, and anything about his mother, the hexen beast who bore him? Is she still alive or are we ever going to meet her? And how did you get in police work, you know? Was it before you knew you were a royal or after?

 

Sasha Roiz:         That’s a lot of back story. I – well, I think we will uncover more about the royal bastard, which is my favorite terminology these days. But yes, you will. You know, we’ve already introduced members of his family.

We’ve already displayed and will continue to display more things from the old world and how things work there and had worked there and continue to work there. And so you will get some more on him and the world that he comes from.

As far as police work, I don’t know. I mean we’ll have to touch upon that but I think if I was to wager a guess it’s probably because it’s a great way to have a certain level of power and authority which is really all he’s after.

 

Toni:                   And pick up chicks.

 

Sasha Roiz:         And pick up chicks. I mean when you put on that uniform.

 

Toni:                   That’s it.

 

Sasha Roiz:         When you put on those blues, hubba, hubba.

 

Toni:                   Is (James Frain) coming back in the second half?

 

Sasha Roiz:         I believe he will come back at some point. I can’t tell exactly when though.

 

Toni:                   He’s a great actor.

 

Sasha Roiz:         He is.

 

Toni:                   Thanks so much guys. I’m a big fan. I’m looking forward to Friday.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Toni:              You’re welcome, bye.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Bye.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Bye.

 

Operator:             And our next question comes from the line of Earl. Please proceed.

 

Earl:                    Hello? Are you there?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes.

 

Earl:                    Hi, how are you doing? Did you all have a really good vacation then?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Excellent.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes, it was great.

 

Earl:                    So the time off, does it give you a chance to kind of look – to kind of reevaluate your characters coming back to this next season or did you even think about them or even think about what they’re going to do this time around?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I mean I didn’t just because I was shooting a film and I had to focus on that one.

 

Sasha Roiz:         I think more than anything it probably gives us a chance to appreciate the work and look forward to coming back.

 

Earl:                    Yes, yes. Earlier you all discussed, you know, about the Internet being kind of like the new television. And of course, network is fighting against both, you know, that and cable and stuff like that. Why do you think a show like Grimm continues to come up on top despite all these other obstacles?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Because it’s fun. And I think it – you know, I think this is something that all the cast have been saying ad naseum but it’s true is that the show has a little bit of everything for everybody, you know. For people who like procedurals you have that, you know, you have the romance.

It’s funny, especially with characters like Silas Weir Mitchell’s character and Reggie Lee’s character, they’re pretty funny. And then, you know, you have the fantasy, you have the sci-fi, you have these monsters, you have the visual effects. There’s really a lot going on and I think – go ahead.

 

Sasha Roiz:         I’m sorry, finish.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    No, you go ahead.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Okay, I’m sorry. No I was just going to – you know, I agree with Bitsie. I think we struck a really delicate balance where there’s so many different styles at play and there’s so many different things that can appeal to the viewers.

But I think ultimately we also don’t take ourselves too seriously. Like, there’s a humor to the show that underlies – that – the entire thing. So it’s just very palatable. I think it – you know, I was impressed at how wide a net they could throw and how varied our demographic can be.

 

Earl:                    But as actors – although I know you all – go ahead.

 

Sasha Roiz:         I’m sorry.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    No, I was just going to say, you know, the show unsurprisingly does very well internationally because, you know, it’s – because, you know, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. I mean you’re dealing with heavy things but you’re dealing with it in a sort of light and fun way.

And it’s not one of those shows that’s lost in translation. You know, everybody’s familiar with – people are familiar with these fairy tales so it’s sort of fun to tune in and see how they’re being reinterpreted in a modern way.

And it doesn’t surprise me at all that the show does so well internationally and that – you know, some of our main diehard fans are – have come from other countries all over the world. And it’s just expanding into more and more territories.

 

Earl:                    I think the acting of all of you is what makes it more important. I mean without you cast as what you are and the way you play it I don’t think the show would come off the way it does. I think you all are perfect in cast. I think you’re all great actors. And I think it makes the show a complete package.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you so much.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Thank you.

 

Earl:                    Well, keep doing it and we’ll keep supporting it and keep – let’s make it to Season 10 some day.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Hopefully. Thank you so much.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Thank you.

 

Earl:                    Thanks a lot, appreciate it.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Bye-bye.

 

Moderator:    Before the next question I know Sasha has to get to a meeting so we’re going to dismiss him from the call and finish up.

 

Sasha Roiz:         How many more do we have?

 

Moderator:    I think we have one more question. Did you want to stay on?

 

Sasha Roiz:         If it’s one more, yes.

 

Moderator:    Yes, all right. We’ll do the final question and go ahead Operator.

 

Operator:             Very well, and our next question is a follow up question from the line of Toni. Please proceed.

 

Toni:                   Hi, this is for both of you. I know the hexen beast put that obsessive spell on both of you but do you think there is any genuine affection between the two of you?

 

Sasha Roiz:         I would say probably not. I would – well, you know, I got to be honest. I mean – but, you know, I think that it’s forced us into a situation that is probably pretty unnatural.

I mean not to say that she’s not an attractive woman but I don’t think that Renard would even allow himself to even venture in that, you know, territory if he was not under the spell.

 

Toni:                   You know, the truth is they barely knew each other. The assumption is they may or may not have met at a couple work functions.

So who knows if they want to sort of play with this more down the road but the reality is when they first came under the spell they didn’t really know each other so this sort of lusting and obsession really is, you know, for lack of a better word, manmade, you know, it’s chemical.

Not chemical in like the pheromone way, chemical like literally poison and they’re both under a spell kind of a way. No love at first sight.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes.

 

Toni:                   Okay, thanks so much guys. Have a nice meeting.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Thank you.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you, bye-bye.

 

Operator:             And we do have one last question, may I proceed?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Sure.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Sure.

 

Operator:             Very well, it’s from the line of Judy Manning from YourEntertainmentCorner.com. Please proceed. <This is me 🙂 >

 

Judy Manning:    Hi, thank you so much for taking the call.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Sure.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Absolutely, wouldn’t be fair to leave the last one.

 

Judy Manning:    Thank you so much, I am so lucky to be the last one. So now as we’ve seen I’ve talked to both of you at Comic Con last year and, Bitsie, this first question is for you. At Comic Con we jokingly said that could Juliette’s character take on Adalind. So I’m just wondering are we going to see that ultimate girl fight?

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    I think that’d be some super fun but I guess that’s sort of a I don’t know if the answer quite yet but I think – I definitely think I’ve always been pushing – you know, whether it’s Adalind or somebody else I’ve always been sort of trying to plant the seed of Juliette being – becoming a bad ass.

 

Sasha Roiz:         With this show you never know. There’s likelihood of anything happening.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes.

 

Judy Manning:    Even with Bitsie being a little bit accident prone?

 

Sasha Roiz:         You know…

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Accident prone equals more damage done.

 

Sasha Roiz:         We’ll just get her a helmet.

 

Judy Manning:    And for you, Sasha, I wanted to ask, now that we know that you are half hexen beast will we see Renard fully transform that – you know, now that he’s dealing with emotions with Juliette and now that Nick knows that Renard is the other man. Will we see him slip up and maybe lose his composure and maybe transform for Nick to see that he’s a Wessen?

 

Sasha Roiz:         You’ll just have to wait until Friday and maybe you’ll see something.

 

Judy Manning:    And also, will we find out anything about how you separated from the royal family?

 

Sasha Roiz:         Yes, yes, there’s going to be more back story and there definitely be a lot more reveals about where he comes from and how he came to be.

 

Judy Manning:    Great, thank you so much. I appreciate you taking the call.

 

Sasha Roiz:         Thank you.

 

Bitsie Tulloch:    Yes.

 

Moderator:    Thank every one for joining us and thank you Bitsie and Sasha for taking the time.

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END CALL

 

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