** Beware of spoilers ahead. If you don’t want to know about her upcoming episodes please don’t read any further. **

There were also several other bloggers, TV critics and podcasters present on the call as well. Some of them were from websites that I can personally recommend such as Sci-Fi Talk, The TV Chick and SF Universe.

You can find part one of the recap here.

Below is a recap of what was covered in the second half of the call.

Question – Can you tell us what Legend of the Seeker role you had originally auditioned for?

Jolene Blalock – Honestly it was so long ago…it was for a small part I do remember that. The producers told me later they didn’t want to use me for that part. They were just waiting for the right character which is very flattering.

Question – Were you familiar with the books or the TV show before you auditioned?

Jolene Blalock – Honestly I wasn’t. Once I learned about the character Sister Nicci that’s when I started doing my research.

Question – Can you share some thoughts on working with some of the cast such as Bridget, Craig and Tabrett?

Jolene Blalock – Tabrett was incredibly hospitable to me. We would go out for coffee and stuff like that. Being so far from home…that was incredibly special for someone to do that; especially as hard as they work. Craig, who I did most of my scenes with,…I give him kudos…he’s an incredibly hard worker. Bridget was just incredibly kind. They’re a special group.

Question – How did it feel to trade lasers for wizards?

Jolene Blalock – It’s different. It’s always fun working with magic and working with powers. It literally does empower you. I enjoy every role I take…for different reasons.

Question – Are you enjoying this effeminate role?

Jolene Blalock – What I enjoyed about Sister Nicci is that she spoke with a sense of urgency. Each line was just laden with intentions and also with this hint of innocence in order to win Richard over. It’s like “I’m presenting to you this picture but really I’m holding this picture back here”. You know?

Question – Are we going to see the screen get ‘hot and steamy’ between your character and Richard?

Jolene Blalock – No, you’re not.

Question – Given your broad fan base from modeling through Star Trek Enterprise and now to Legend of the Seeker have you received a lot of feedback from your fans in anticipation of this role?

Jolene Blalock – I’ve had some people tweet me saying that Sister Nicci was my favorite character from the book so I’m looking forward to seeing you portray her.

Question – That leads me into my next question which is are you on Twitter which we now know you are!

Jolene Blalock – Yes, my Twitter ID is JoleneBlalock

Question – Can you talk a little bit about the costuming on Legend of the Seeker?

Jolene Blalock – They did an incredible job with the robes and the veils. You’ll notice that Sister Nicci is portrayed in the Sisters of the Light garb and you don’t actually see her change to the Sisters of the Dark but there was just no time to do that because the story continues on. There’s just no time to change. They did a great job with those gowns. It’s a lot of upkeep on the set. A lot of steaming…a lot of fussing…but beautiful costumes.

Question – Apart from the two episodes that we’re scheduled to see you in very soon are we going to see you any more later in the series?

Jolene Blalock – Only if they bring me back.

Question – Do you have any other roles or movies coming up that you’d like folks to know about?

Jolene Blalock – A couple of films actually. One is called “One Kine Day” which was shot in Hawaii. I play an alcoholic woman who is less than the greatest mother. I also played a character in a movie called “Sinners & Saints”. That’s an action thriller with lots of guns and lots of violence.

I want to thank Jolene for taking the time to talk with all of us. I also want to thank Cynthia Arntzen from Ferencomm for setting up the call as well as ABC Studios.

** Beware of spoilers ahead. If you don’t want to know about her upcoming episodes please don’t read any further. **

There were also several other bloggers, TV critics and podcasters present on the call as well. Some of them were from websites that I can personally recommend such as Sci-Fi Talk, The TV Chick and SF Universe.

Below is a recap of what was covered in the first half of the call. I hope to post the second half of the call recap tomorrow. We also published our latest podcast tonight so I just ran out of time trying to cover everything.

Question – I want to know a little bit more about your character Sister Nicci?

Jolene Blalock – Sister Nicci is introduced as a sister of the light but later defects and becomes a sister of the dark. Regardless of her label…I firmly believe that Sister Nicci is inherently good and innately pure. She has lost focus of the bigger picture because she’s become blinded by her own passions…the passion of her own intentions…which she truly believes are the way to go, the path to take.

Question – What has it been like filming the show, especially in New Zealand?

Jolene Blalock – New Zealand is an incredible place to shot…the landscape is breathtaking but even more special are the people. The cast and the crew they went out of their way to make me feel at home and were just incredibly hospitable to me and I am grateful for their effort.

Question – You seem to act mostly in the scifi/fantasy genre especially coming from Star Trek. What about this genre attracts you?

Jolene Blalock – Scifi/fantasy is always going to attract me because it’s something that’s special to my heart. I grew up on the original Star Trek. Also when I was in the 6th grade I would came home from school and watch the Star Wars trilogy back to back…it’s something that brings humanity outside of itself…it presents questions…what if, what if we could jump the timeline, what if we could meet another intelligent species, what if we could colonize on another planet. It deals with very big ideas.

Question – Could you give us a little teaser about what’s coming up with your character?

Jolene Blalock – There’s a battle of agendas…we have Richard who has his quest so that’s one agenda, we have the sisters of the light they have their agenda, then we have the defected sisters of the dark lead by Sister Nicci who has her agenda. It’s really a battle of agendas…each person believes their agenda is true. For Sister Nicci her agenda and her intentions has been a plan long awaited…she’s plotted this for possibly thousands of years. When Richard arrives on the scene it is a long awaited event and each moment with Richard…between Richard and Sister Nicci…each word that is said to him, each sentence that she says and the way that she says it is very well rehearsed…she’s had all this time to salivate over how this will unfold. So as she’s actually watching it unfold moment to moment I think she’s just self satisfied with herself and with her mastery of manipulation and the subtleties of it because it’s not blatant manipulation.

Question – What were some of the acting challenges you found with this particular character?

Jolene Blalock – What drew me to the character was the fact that there was a seed of doubt. She wasn’t blatantly sinister and she wasn’t blatantly evil. And with a seed of doubt…we have a lot of space to move and a lot of space to grow. What drew me to this character was this ability to have maybe a darker goal but be able to play that innocence. Also the fact that she was so calculated. Everything was so well planned out…so well rehearsed. Those two elements drew me to her because I’ve never really played a character that was so calculated.

Question – How did you originally become involved in Legend of the Seeker?

Jolene Blalock – It’s odd because I auditioned ages ago. I want to say probably over two years ago. The casting director at the time held on to my tape and the producers remembered me and when Sister Nicci came up and when they were writing her they thought of me and they brought me in for it. It’s sort of interesting.

Question – Did you always want to work in this particular industry while you were growing up or did you have other professions in mind?

Jolene Blalock – I’m a creative nut case. To say that I knew exactly where I want to be would be a lie. I knew that I had a sense of creativity and that an outlet was necessary. Whether it be art or writing or acting or performing in a play there had to me an outlet so I’m thankful and grateful that I’ve been able to do this.

You can find part two of the call here.

I want to thank Jolene for taking the time to talk with all of us. I also want to thank Cynthia Arntzen from Ferencomm for setting up the call as well as ABC Studios.