Laura Vandervoort has captivated TV viewers with her non-human roles, including Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) on the television series
Smallville and the reptilian humanoid Lisa on
V. This holiday, however, she's returning to the small screen to play an ambitious marketing executive "who gets more than she bargained for" on the ABC Family series
Desperately Seeking Santa.
Check out Vandervoort's recent Q & A where she talks about her new romantic comedy series, her Scrooge-like role and her other upcoming project.
On her character Jennifer on Desperately Seeking Santa:
"Honestly, the fact that she was human was a small portion of the reason I chose to take it because I'd been playing so many out of this world characters, which is a lot of fun to do, but it was nice because I actually felt like I related to Jennifer more than the other characters. She's a bit of a workaholic like myself and I tend to forgot to have fun sometimes because I am so serious and much like Jennifer. In the film she learns that it's not all about working hard and being focused. You can actually have fun and relax and I had a chance to do on this film."
"Jennifer Walker's pretty much the Scrooge in the film and I've never really played a character that people hate or want to hate. So that was kind of fun for me and obviously, she learns her lesson and that sort of thing."
On why viewers should tune in and watch Desperately Seeking Santa:
"Well, if you love Christmas films and you love sort of that warm feeling watching them--your heart feels joy and you want to sit there with family, this is a great film. It's also if you're a true romantic at heart, it's a beautiful kind of love story. It has all the aspects. You've got the Scrooge, you've got Santa, you've got Santa's helpers, which are all the other characters in this film and then on top of it all, it is a beautiful love story with a splash of kind of comedy and humor to it. It was a lot of fun to film, so I think it would be a lot of fun for people to watch."
On her upcoming movie Ted:
"It was directed by Seth MacFarlane. He does The Family Guy. It was his directorial debut. It had Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis and Patrick Warburton in it. Mark Wahlberg plays a character who has no friends growing up so he makes a wish that his teddy bear would come to life and it does. And then as he becomes an adult, he still has that teddy bear with him. He works at a car rental shop and my character works at the car rental shop with him. So, I had a lot of my scenes with Mark."
"It's just kind of a really funny comedy--kind of that potty humor. I don't really know what to compare it to. It's kind of a guy's movie, but it was a lot of fun. I think it's going to be really great."
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