What happens when you take a ‘good’ zombie and make her need to eat brains to stay that way? You’ll find out in The CW’s upcoming take on ‘iZombie’ that is quite a far cray from the comic book that it is based off of. For those interested in giving it a try regardless though here is a recent interview with Rose Mclver on how she’ll be acting out as Liv both on and off brains!
You get your powers by eating brains, how many brains have you had to eat (up until now) while shooting? And what do they taste like?
Rose McIver: So, so far we’re aiming to eat a brain an episode. It’s sort of the goal. And we’ve been playing around with different recipes on set. We haven’t quite mastered it. We have like a fondant, icing very, very sweet saccharine kind of brain. And then we also have a soy protein one, that’s like tofu. Wouldn’t recommend them. We’re working on it, but yeah we get through quite a lot on set.
How many do you eat while you’re shooting one episode. Are we seeing you eat 6 brains? Are you getting sick?
I have a new best friend on set called a spit bucket. So I actually don’t eat any of them really anymore. I go to craft services and get a lot of gum. And in between these soy protein meals, I spit them out and have chewing gum and freshen up.
Your character is a good zombie. She uses her zombie powers for good and solves crimes with the cops. Why does she want to solve crimes at all? Why is this her passion? Why does she want to right wrongs?
Liv Moore was a medical student before she got attacked. She had this desire to help people. She really had a social purpose that she lost when she had to take another job working elsewhere, so she could eat brains. And when she discovers that she’s able to eat the brains and help solve the crimes and bring some justice to those who have died. I think it just gives her more of a sense of purpose. And we’re all looking for that identity and that just happens to be where Liv finds it. In a very unlikely place.
Let’s talk about the berzerker zombie mode. That’s what happens when you’re not “checking” yourself. Do you look different? How does your character get to that state?
When Liv hasn’t eaten brains she gets quite rabid. It’s like high adrenaline. We’re playing with it like it’s adrenaline that she can’t control. She can’t switch it on and off. And it sometimes rears its head at ugly times. So she has to monitor herself like insulin. She has these brains that she keeps eating . When she doesn’t [eat] the circles under my eyes get even darker then in real life, they actually stop covering them and bring a little more Rose to the party. And then she gets bright red, contact eyes and we have veins going through. It’s a behavior thing as well, there’s some mannerisms that come with it. So I hope people enjoy that.
You get your powers by eating brains, how many brains have you had to eat (up until now) while shooting? And what do they taste like?Via: iO9.
