ABC's
Women's Murder Club, inspired by James Patterson's best-selling crime novels, is one of the few drama series on air today that features a female-dominated cast. Actress
Angie Harmon, who appears as Lt. Lindsay Boxer in the series, said that working with female costars
Paula Newsome,
Aubrey Dollar and
Laura Harris has been a “fantastic” experience so far.
"It's fantastic. Also, because we are women, we have the ability to be nurturing and supportive and caring for each other… When you take one and put it with three other ones, we all are very powerful in what we do,” Harmon told movieweb.com. “The four of us don't find a weakness and pounce on it. You lift each other up and support each other… We have a deep respect for each other… it's become a very nurturing and supportive group."
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However, Harmon clarified that her decision to join the cast of
Women's Murder Club wasn't necessarily based on the fact that the lead characters are strong and very capable women.
“When this one came about, it wasn't that, 'Oh, this is a strong female, and where is it going to be?' It was just a project that I really liked and I cared deeply about, and that's basically what I make my decisions on,” she said.
In order to understand her character better, Harmon has been doing research with real-life detectives in Los Angeles.
“We're trying to fit in going to crime scenes and things, and I've just asked nothing with children because that, I wouldn't be able to handle,” she said. “I've got a few people in other offices that I call and ask and get advice from… that's basically as far as I can take it."
Still, Angie Harmon said that she has come to realize that the best source of information and inspiration when it comes to bringing life to Lindsay is Patterson's books.
"That's what's great about it -- because of his writing and the detail and the character and the job description and all of that," she told movieweb.com. "If there is a question that comes up and you can't get somebody on the phone, all you do is you go back to any one of the six books, and the answer is there in every single one of them.”
Women's Murder Club airs Friday nights at 9/8c on ABC.
-Lisa Claustro, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: movieweb.com
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