Emmy Rossum is dishing with “Extra” on her new series \u201cFurious,\u201d in which she plays an FBI agent on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer.<\/p>\n
Rossum has played strong characters like Fiona Gallagher in \u201cShameless\u201d and Christine Daae in the 2004 film adaptation of \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera,\u201d but her role in \u201cFurious\u201d is different than anything she\u2019s ever done before.<\/p>\n
She noted, \u201cI really like shifting into new places that I haven\u2019t explored before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rossum explained that she “stumbled\u201d upon the 1987 film \u201cBlack Widow,\u201d starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. Rossum has a personal connection to Russell because they worked together when she was 14.<\/p>\n
After seeing the movie, Emmy was inspired to make this new series.<\/p>\n
She said, \u201cLiz Meriwether wanted to come aboard and write it and then after kind of a couple of years of crafting the scripts, we got to make it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emmy shared of her character, \u201cAlice is a former detective who left because of the violence of in her life and started over at the FBI\u2026 She doesn\u2019t believe that she can ever get justice for herself, but she very intensely and passionately wants to get justice on a larger scale for others.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the show, Rossum plays opposite Lola Petticrew, who takes on the role of the serial killer with a violent past of her own.<\/p>\n
Emmy said, \u201cShe\u2019s on a vengeance justice mission of her own\u2026 both of these characters are more similar than they are different.\u201d<\/p>\n
She pointed out, \u201cIt is too reductive to think of people as a good guy or a bad guy. We will kind of watch them on this collision course and realize that they are more than just that.”<\/p>\n
Emmy also spoke about famously fighting for equal pay on \u201cShameless.”<\/p>\n
She stressed, \u201cI think it\u2019s important to fight for things that you think are important and right, and certainly, having seen other women do that before me gives me courage \u2014 and standing alongside other women and men who are supportive of that \u2014 to persevere.”<\/p>\n
Staying humble, Emmy said, “Certainly, my win is just a drop in the larger bucket, but I\u2019m happy and proud to be that drop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rossum also acknowledged, “I think there’s also so much more work to be done, and my story is sadly not unique. I think there are so many ways in which people are not equitably compensated for their work and it just, it’s gotta change.”<\/p>\n
Bringing it back to “Furious,” Emmy said, “There are two women trying to get justice, and they’re really underestimated. And I think because they’re underestimated, they have to go outside the usual norms of how to do things… and it kind galvanizes them to risky choices and dangerous choices.”<\/p>\n
Emmy recently appeared on Alex Cooper\u2019s \u201cCall Your Daddy\u201d podcast, where she opened up on her life. She called it \u201cnice\u201d that people connected to her stories about childhood, motherhood, playing Fiona, and dating fails!<\/p>\n
Rossum hasn\u2019t played Fiona since 2018 \u2014 does she miss the iconic character like everyone does?<\/p>\n
She answered, \u201cYeah, but I had 110 episodes with her. You know, and it\u2019s interesting how the show and shows now takes on a different life online and become this kind of like vertically clipped things. There\u2019s a much younger generation of young kids, pre-teens, who know the show from clips and seemingly really understand the character and it really resonates with them too. So I think that’s very cool.”<\/p>\n
Even after all these years, Emmy keeps in touch with the \u201cShameless\u201d cast, saying, \u201cThis summer, there\u2019s gonna be a game night and [Isidora Goreshter]\u2019s coming, and I\u2019m going out on a boat to see some dolphins with one of my cast members and our kids. So yeah, it is nice. But I live in New York now, so I don’t see them quite as much.”<\/p>\n
Rossum also discussed balancing work and mom life and how she shakes off a character at the end of the day. <\/p>\n
Emmy said \u201cit\u2019s always a balancing act,” and she continually has to remind herself, \u201cI don\u2019t have to do too much every day.”<\/p>\n
She recalled, “There was one day on set where I woke up at 5, went to set, did my first scene, and then met them at the zoo at 9 a.m. when the zoo opened in full hair and makeup. Did the zoo, did a zip line, went back to set, did another scene, went back for bedtime and bath time, and then got on a Zoom. And I was like, ‘This is not the vibe.'”<\/p>\n
According to Emmy, it\u2019s \u201creally important\u201d to disengage from her character at the end of the work day.<\/p>\n
She shared, \u201cShowering immediately is, I think, a really good transition point. I like to go hot, cold, hot, cold, hot, cold. And then, I like to sit in my sweats, in my kitchen, usually after the kids are asleep, and eat crunchy things.”<\/p>\n
She elaborated, “I like crunchy granola. I like crunchy pretzels. I like crunchy crackers. Specifically, on this show, what I found most comforting was crunchy, crunchy pretzels. There was something about the crunching that just made me calm, made me feel like me sitting in my kitchen. Sometimes dipping in some cream cheese, sometimes a pretzel, cream cheese, jelly.”<\/p>\n
\u201cFurious\u201d premieres July 27 on Hulu.<\/p>\n
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