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I also have chosen to include some interviews from press events that are only open to a select few and not the general press or public, such as convention press rooms and everything from the Syfy Digital Press Tours, set tours, etc. as although they are not entirely exclusive, they do contain exclusive photos and sometimes videos that no other site has (I have started to mark some of these as "Spotlight" as opposed to "Exclusive, but they still remain in this category"), or may be about my own experiences only at the events. Note that in a few specific cases, the set tours were exclusive and specifically for SciFi Vision.

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Oliver Jackson-Cohen & Ella Lily Hyland of Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero on Collaborating & More

Towards ZeroThe three-part murder mystery series Towards Zero, which originally aired on BBC One last month, premiered yesterday in the US on Britbox. The series, directed by Sam Yates, was adapted by Rachel Bennette from Agatha Christie's 1944 novel of the same name. In England in 1936, after a high-profile divorce, tennis star Neville Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) shock everyone when they decide to spend the summer together at Gull’s Point, the seaside estate of his aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston). The situation is complicated by the presence of Neville’s new wife, Kay (Mimi Keene), and a house full of eccentric guests, including a lady’s companion (Anjana Vasan), Neville’s mysterious valet (Adam Hugill), a resentful cousin with a grudge (Jack Farthing), a seasoned lawyer (Clarke Peters), a curious orphan (Grace Doherty), and a French con man (Khalil Ben Gharbia). Tensions rise and simmering jealousies soon erupt, and when murder strikes, a troubled detective (Matthew Rhys) must unravel a tangled web of secrets and lies before another the killer strikes again.

Recently, stars Jackson-Cohen and Hyland spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series, including building their characters’ relationship and how it was partially inspired by the relationship of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, working with costumes, and more.

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Grosse Pointe Garden Society’s Felix Wolfe on Delving into Ford’s Emotions & More

Felix WolfeThe series Grosse Pointe Garden Society, which was created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs, revolves around four members of a suburban gardening club in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. These members share a dark and murderous secret, which they must keep hidden while navigating their personal and professional lives. The main characters include Birdie (Melissa Fumero), the newest member of the garden society; Catherine (Aja Naomi King), a married real-estate agent; Brett (Ben Rappaport), a divorced father and manager of the gardening club; and Alice (AnnaSophia Robb), a high-school teacher.

Ford, who is portrayed by Felix Wolfe, is Birdie's biological son, who she gave up for adoption when she was just a teenager. As part of her community service after a DUI, but also a way to see Ford, she offered him a scholarship for college and has been trying to get to know him without telling him her true identity.

In the most recent episode, which aired Friday on NBC, Ford confronts Birdie, having realized she likely is his biological mother, and he asks her the truth, but she still holds back, making him angry.

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Rome Flynn Joins the Cast of Godfather of Harlem as New Gangster Frank Lucas

Rome FlynnThe American crime drama Godfather of Harlem returns tomorrow to MGM Plus. The series stars Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson, a 1960s New York City gangster who returns from ten years in prison to find his neighborhood in shambles and must fight for control of Harlem against the mafia families of New York.

Rome Flynn, who joins the cast as a new gangster, Frank Lucas, comes in as someone new for Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) and Joe Colombo (Michael Raymond James) to contend with in the fourth season. Like Bumpy and Joe, Lucas was a real-life gangster who later became a famous kingpin. This season, Lucas is just starting out in the "big time" and grappling with who he is and what it might cost him to continue in his life of crime.

Flynn started out in his acting career playing Zende in the CBS daytime soaps The Bold and the Beautiful for two years, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award.  He went on from there to various featured roles in ABC's How to Get Away with Murder, OWN's The Haves and the Have Nots, NBC's Chicago Fire and Netflix's Raising Dion.

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The Hunting Party’s Melissa Roxburgh on the Season Finale, the Possibility of a Bex/Shane Relationship & More

***The following interview contains major spoilers for the season finale***

Melissa RoxburghIn tonight’s episode of The Hunting Party, Bex (Melissa Roxburgh), Hassani (Patrick Sabongui), and Shane (Josh McKenzie) track down Jenna Wells (Eliza Coupe), who was known as the Killer Chemist, because she chose her victims while working at a pharmacy, killing them by replacing their prescriptions. At the end of the episode, although they do catch her, it’s not before she poisons Odell (Nick Wechsler), leaving his fate uncertain. In another twist, Colonel Lazarus (Kari Matchett) is revealed to not only have a barcode on her foot, meaning she was potentially one of those experimented on at the Pit, but also to be Shane’s biological mother whose identity he had been searching for throughout the season.

Last week, Roxburgh spoke with SciFi Vision about the finale, including filming the shootout scene, whether Bex can trust Lazarus, what she’d like to see about her character’s backstory, if she’d be open for Bex to have a relationship with Shane, what she would like to see resolved, the possibility of a second season, and much more.

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Side Quest's Annamarie Kasper on Her Musical Background, Her Love of Mythic Quest & More

Annamarie KasperThe anthology series, Side Quest, which is the first spinoff to the popular Apple TV Plus series Mythic Quest, contains four standalone episodes meant to explore different parts of the original universe. It follows the lives of supporting characters from the original series as well as employees, players, and fans of the game.

The third episode, “Fugue,” which recently premiered on the streaming network, follows Sylvie, played by Annamarie Kasper, a cellist who dreams of joining the Mythic Quest Orchestra. When her dreams come true and she goes on tour, she finds that the reality is not as she imagines. The episode explores her struggles and ultimately rediscovery of her love of music.

Kasper recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the spinoff, her own background in music, and more.

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St. Denis Medical’s Kaliko Kauahi: Val is Not There for the Shenanigans

Kaliko KauahiAn all-new episode of the mockumentary sitcom St. Denis Medical airs tonight on NBC. The series, created by Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin follows the daily life of overworked doctors and nurses working at an underfunded hospital.

Kaliko Kauahi plays the role of Val, a nurse administrator with a surly no-nonsense additude. She’s known for her tough exterior and her ability to handle the chaotic environment of the hospital while staying calm and collected.

Kauahi recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series, whether she’d like to see Val finally lose her cool, and more.

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Alexis Lete is Runner-Up on Deal or No Deal Island

Alexis LeteIn Deal or No Deal Island, contestants face intense excursions filled with tough physical challenges and strategic decision making, culminating each week with the winner gaining immunity and one of the remaining contestants being selected to play the classic case game which could result in them leaving the game if they make a bad deal.

In the final excursion it all came down to the contestants’ social game. David Genat, Alexis Lete, and Courtney “CK” Kim had to navigate through various challenges with the help or hindrance of past contestants. Along the way they were given cases from each of them, and the one with the highest total would play the banker for the biggest prize in the game’s history.

Alexis Lete picked up a total of $5.5 million with the cases, knocking out CK from contention and bringing her to the top two. However, David’s cases revealed a total of $5.7 million from his three cases, grabbing him the win to play for the final prize.

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Sophie Thompson Talks Time Travel is Dangerous, Now in Theaters

Sophie ThompsonWritten and directed by Chris Reading and narrated by Stephen Fry, Time Travel Is Dangerous, which is now in theaters, is a quintessentially British comedy that blends witty dialogue, quirky characters, and a bit of the absurd with a touching story. The film revolves around best friends Ruth Syratt and Megan Stevenson, who run a vintage shop in Muswell Hill in London. When they stumble upon a time machine, they decide to “borrow” items from the past to stock their shop, aiming to find unique pieces. However, they must navigate the perilous time-space vortex known as “The Unreason.” The film features an ensemble cast, with Ruth and Megan playing characters based on themselves. Set around their actual Muswell Hill vintage shop ChaChaCha, the film adds a real-life documentary element to the sci-fi mockumentary.

Recently, actress Sophie Thompson, who plays Valerie, spoke with SciFi Vision about the film.

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Olivier Richters on Playing Paulie Opposite Alan Ritchson, Stunt Work & More

Olivier RichtersThe last episode of season three of Reacher on Prime Video is packed with action and intense moments. The finale, titled "Unfinished Business," sees Reacher (Alan Ritchson) and his team heading to Zachary Beck (Anthony Michael Hall)’s estate to stop a major arms deal orchestrated by Julius McCabe (Brian Tee), also known as Xavier Quinn.

The episode kicks off with Reacher, Neagley (Maria Sten), and DEA agents Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy) and Guillermo Villanueva (Roberto Montesinos) barely surviving an ambush at a junkyard. They then make their way to Beck's estate, where a birthday party is being held. While Neagley, Duffy, and Villanueva infiltrate the party to keep an eye on Quinn and rescue a kidnapped informant, Reacher stays back to confront Paulie (Olivier Richters) for a final showdown.

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Jan Le & Adam Long Were Intrigued by the Title of Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

Jan Le and Adam LongNine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue is a thrilling whodunnit series created and written by Anthony Horowitz. After a small plane traveling from Guatemala to the US crashes in the Mexican jungle, nine strangers are left stranded. As the survivors struggle to find a way out, they quickly realize it’s not over when tensions rise as the bodies start pilling up one by one.

Among the survivors are Dan (Adam Long) and Amy Maclean (Jan Le), a newly married couple with secrets.

Long and Le recently spoke with SciFi Vision about being drawn to the series, when they discovered the identity of the killer, and more. Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue airs Sundays on MGM Plus.

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