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I didnt need to do too much in terms of finding my way there.
I just needed to meet Jin and feel her heart.
Obviously, she doesnt join them, because Jack is killed immediately afterward.
Thats enough to spark her curiosity and hunger for more information and resources.
Her ambition comes out.
I like that the characters decisions about communication with extraterrestrial life are informed by their own experiences.
Ye Wenjie sided with the San-Ti against humanity after witnessing the Cultural Revolution.
Jins parents were lost during a flood, which briefly allows her to relate to that feeling of displacement.
Theres a parallel there.Roz Chao and I talked about this.
Ye Wenjie exists in another timeline, with extraordinary circumstances putting a lot of pressure on her.
Ye Wenjie did not have the same opportunities.
But theyre both brilliant women with a lot of ambition who want to find answers and gain knowledge.
Jin thinks if she can solve every single problem, things will be better on the other side.
Thats how she gets through dark times.
Ye goes on another journey, but she definitely started off that way.
They were both idealists.
If you put them side by side in a similar environment, they couldve turned out very similar.
Auggie seems like the moral center of the show, focused on helping people in practical ways.
She still has that function here.
She wants to save us all, but she goes about it in a different way.
Her ambition and her obsessive nature, wanting to acquire as much knowledge as possible, takes over there.
She lets other things fall to the wayside.
She lets her friend donate his brain thats wild!
You have to be so ambitious to allow that kind of desire to surface.
Auggie is much more about humanitynow.
Lets just do what we can today to help the people in need that I can see right now.
I was like, What?
Wait, that wasnt in the last one!
I was doing an English accent in my last self-tape!
I also didnt realize that I say buddy a lot.
Suddenly, I started seeing the word buddy in the script.
I was like, Hey, why is Jin saying that suddenly?
They were like, Jess, you say that all the time.
Now I notice it and I cant stop.
What was your favorite scene to film?I got a real variety of treats.
I got the crazy spectacle stuff, where I hang from wires with John Bradley in extravagant costumes.
It was so easy to fall into that relationship, into that friendship with all that subtext.
Ive been with that scene since August 2021.
How do you see Jins history with Will?
Does she have similar romantic feelings for him buried down deep?Alex and I talked about this.
They probably never had anything in the past, but maybe it was always easy for them to talk.
Its like,Oh, fuck.
Shes just instinctively like,I need to be close to him right now.
Shes very cold to Raj in their final interactions.
Where is Jins head during those moments?Her head is in that cryogen chamber with Wills brain.
She hasnt even acknowledged the fact that hes passed away.Hes alive.
What are you talking about?
Were going to see each other again.Shes in full denial, just burying herself in work.
To have to deal with something real, like her current relationship, is way too much.
Should we both go to Dan, David, and Alex, and ask them?
Thats more about the environment and key events.
They might give a shot to do something similar for season two.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
