With the new season of
Dexter already in the horizon, fans can’t wait to see their favorite stars get back into the crime-solving, serial-killing action that places the characters in complex situations. One
Dexter star in particular is used to be in the middle of the more masculine storylines, having worked on films
Rambo,
Punisher: War Zone and
Saw V.
Julie Benz, the 36-year-old actress who plays Rita Bennett in
Dexter, says that her character in the series is very different from the roles she had in the films.
“I'm the warmth, I'm the heart, I'm the home life of
Dexter,” Julie Benz told Crave Online. “So I'm not really involved in a lot of the psychological death. I'm not involved in the blood. I'm involved in the family life. It is very different for me.”
In fact, Benz says that it wasn’t just her character in
Rambo and
Dexter that had a lot of differences. Shooting the film was difficulty and entirely different that shooting Dexter, just because of the location of the shoot. In
Rambo, the setting was in a forest, where they had to deal with bugs and the dirt. Nonetheless, Benz believes that their hard work paid off and made it a successful film.
“I think one of the reasons why
Rambo is so successful and why this one was so successful was we were out in the jungle,” she explained. “The conditions were not pleasant at all. My trailer was like a bomb shelter from 1962. The conditions were really tough on set but it kind of added that element of like we're really in this for good.”
While some may find it a surprise to see Benz in such an action packed film, she says that the people around her were very supportive of it.
“Everyone was very excited about it. I think for me it was such an honor and a thrill to be a part of such an iconic franchise and to work opposite Sylvester Stallone. To star opposite a film icon was really an honor for me,” Benz explained. “I had never imagined I'd be in an action movie so it was a physically challenging role and it was so much fun to be a part of and to do and to be the only actress in the movie and have to kind of man up and deal with the rigors of shooting on location in the jungles of Thailand. It's tough.”
Catch Julie Benz and the rest of the cast of
Dexter as it returns on television screens on September 29 on Showtime.
-Valerie Anne del Castillo, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source:
Crave Online
(Photo courtesy of Showtime)