Adapted from Erik Axl Sund’s bestselling nordic novel, the six-episode gritty psychological crime thriller, The Crow Girl, premieres today on Acorn TV. The series, which was created, written, and executive produced by Milly Thomas, stars Eve Myles as DCI Jeanette Kilburn. When bodies of young men start turning up, it’s up to Kilburn and her partner, DI Lou Stanley (Dougray Scott) to find the killer. When they discover the body of a missing child, the investigation soon has her crossing paths with psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven (Katherine Kelly) and searching for her missing patient Victoria (Clara Rugaard) that may somehow be involved.

Last week, SciFi Vision spoke with Myles not only about working on the dark mystery crime series, preparing for and connecting with the role and more, but also a bit about working on the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood, what her dream role would be, and more.

The first episode of The Crow Girl is now available to stream on Acorn TV, and new episodes will be available each week.

Read the full transcript below.

SCIFI VISION:   To start out, what was it about it that made you want to be a part of The Crow Girl?

EVE MYLES:   The script has always got to hit me in the gut, and this did from page two. I went, “Oh, this is really brave,” and this is about, you know, good people trying to put bad people away, and it was just the way that Millie [Thomas] had written Jeanette, her kind of energy and her wit, how sharp that woman is, and just the kind of, the nature - I mean, you know, the premise of the story is very, very dark, but I liked that there was no apology for that, and it wasn't shying away from that, and it leaned into it.

I found it really life-affirming. It gave me hope that there's good people in the world like Jeanette Kilburn who's willing to sacrifice her personal life and things that are really important to her to protect others, and I found that really thrilling.

SCIFI VISION:   What did you do to prepare for it? Did you read the book, is the other question. I'm assuming you probably did.

EVE MYLES:   Yeah, I read quite a bit of it. I found it very, very dark, the book. So, as soon as I started to get more scripts, I felt that, because it's loosely based on the book, I just felt that I needed to be in our world, what we were creating with it, so I let that go, which was great, because then when I got the ending, and I got the twist, it was just fantastic. So, yes, I'd done that, but I'd also - Oh gosh, I mean, I'm saying I did it for prep, but actually, it's because I love it as well. I'm really obsessed with - We have shows every year called 24 Hours in Police Custody, and all these kinds of documentary shows with detectives and the police and things like that. I love them, but I literally was watching them non-stop, because as you can tell, Jeanette has got a lot of those interviews, very long scenes, these kinds of interviews, and how, you know, the psychology of that interviewer, of that DCI, it's fascinating. So, I went back, and I looked at all of these kinds of things, and their tacts, their skills, their kind of tone, and their mannerisms, and how far these people do go, just for reference, and that was really, really helpful. And I've also got my two friends who are detectives, so I chewed their ears off. I mean, they were glad to see me leave.

SCIFI VISION:   I was going to ask, at least from what I could tell, this originally all dropped at once when it aired in the UK, and here it's going to be released week by week. Do you think that's going to, I don't know, change the way people perceive it? Because I know I'm notoriously a binger, and probably shouldn't admit it, but I started watching it in the morning, and I finished it before I went to bed the same night.

EVE MYLES:   You are joking me.

SCIFI VISION:   No, I'm not, I swear to God, I watched the whole thing in one day. I mean, granted, I stay up way later than I should normally anyway, but I watched it all. Yeah, I got really sucked into it, and I love that it doesn't spoon feed you either, like, you really have to figure it out yourself, you know, to get to that point, so.

EVE MYLES:   Well, Millie does a brilliant job, because what she does is, she kind of makes Jeanette link arms with you guys, and you guys find things out the same time Jeanette finds them out. So, it's like we're doing it together, and it all happens kind of in the moment, instead of, as you say, being quite apologetic about where that goes. It's really brave, when she reveals things. It's revealed to you the same time as it is to me, yeah, and that's really great.

SCIFI VISION:   Was there any part of her you had a hard time connecting with?

EVE MYLES:   Oh, my God, the energy on this woman is insane. You know, the filterlessness, it wasn't hard to connect with. It was really fun when I unlocked it, and I found the key to it; that was fun. You know, there is no filter. She thinks it, says it, and, you know, that's really dangerous [laughs] for somebody to be like that, especially when she holds such a high position. But that danger is thrilling for us to watch, and thrilling to play, her kind of bullishness. Jeanette never walks into a room. You know, she slams her way through it, and you're lucky there's glass left in the door [audio cuts out], but in a great way. I tell you the bit as well, I was always struggling with [autio cuts out] how her relationship with her son is, that it is so honest. He asks the question, she answers it, and I admire her so much for her parenting like that. I mean, it's not for everybody's taste, I know, but I thought that that said an awful lot about this woman, about the truth, always riding through on the truth, never mind who you are, how old you are, or how it's going to affect you. If you want to hear it, I'll tell you. [laughs] I love that about her. She's such a witty kind of striking character.

SCIFI VISION:   Because you're talking about how she just, you know, says things, do you think you've changed at all since playing her? Has she affected the way you act around people? I’m just curious.

EVE MYLES:   No, I mean, I'm very happy to sit on my couch [in] pajamas and let the phone ring [laughs] and not ever feel that I need to pick it up, unless it's my children. I tell you how she has affected me, is that I fell in love with her, and I miss her, and, it truly challenged me, and she really kind of gave me an awful lot of joy again, and that's always great when a job manages to kind of give you that kind of enjoyment back. So, that's great. She gave me so much joy, and she exhausted me at the same time.

SCIFI VISION:   Is there going to be a season two, hopefully, do you know anything about that?

EVE MYLES:   We don't know. We're so thrilled and happy with how it's been received, because you never know with this kind of story, but people have really understood what we were making and what the show is, and we would be totally up for bringing it [back], doing more. I mean, I can't wait to jump back into that bomber jacket.

SCIFI VISION:   I was going to say, with that ending, I sure hope so!

EVE MYLES:   I know, I know, you deserve it. [laughs]

SCIFI VISION:   What's your dream role? What would you still really like to get to do yet in your career?

EVE MYLES:   I've done some really, really, really good jobs in the last fifteen months, back-to-back sort of jobs that I'm not normally cast, and I've loved them, and they've really kind of opened me up again as an actor. So, I don't have a dream role as such, because I just don't really think like that. I always think, you know, I always love the dream script, and then you can make what you want from that, and you can invent what you want, but I'm happy to be working, I'm happy to be leading shows, and boy am I happy for Jeanette Kilburn.

SCIFI VISION:   We're almost out of time, so let me really quick, before I leave, tell me, I don't know, some crazy fan story about Torchwood. I just want to hear something about Torchwood before you disconnect.

EVE MYLES:   Oh, about Torchwood, oh.

SCIFI VISION:   A good memory, crazy memory, something.

EVE MYLES:   They're all good memories. Torchwood was one of the most joyous times in my life, because it was such a wild job, and it went on to such a big stage, that and the cast. We were family, and it was fun, and it was really special, because it went stratospheric, and we were all so young and kind of didn't quite know what was going on, and then we got to do more, and more, and more, but it was great. I mean, my God, I've got so many stories that I wouldn't dare say. [laughs]

SCIFI VISION:   That's fair, that's fair.

EVE MYLES:   But let me tell you, it was a wonderful time for anybody and everybody involved.