Sara Canning‘s visitor spot on Homicide in a Small City is a full circle second after she initially auditioned for the lead position.
“The present has undoubtedly been on my radar as a result of I obtained to learn the pilot and audition. I instantly beloved it,” Canning, 38, solely informed Us Weekly about her look within the Tuesday, November 4, episode of the Fox sequence. “ pal of mine was within the pilot and the good factor about being within the trade is having gotten to know quite a lot of actors very well. I get to see quite a lot of them in exhibits which are shot domestically. So it was fairly cool to get to hitch for an episode.”
Based mostly on novels written by L.R. Wright, Homicide in a Small City follows a police chief named Karl (Rossif Sutherland) who investigates mysterious murders with the assistance of some others, together with his girlfriend, Cassandra (Kristin Kreuk). The procedural format permits the present to function movie star cameos akin to Canning’s, who performed Mackenzie in Tuesday’s episode.
Earlier than becoming a member of as Mackenzie, Canning initially learn for Kreuk’s character, Cassandra Lee.
“Kristin is such an unbelievable actor and it’s so lovely to observe the chemistry between her and Rossif [Sutherland]. It was actually particular to get to come back aboard,” she shared about her position.
Canning’s character is initially launched as somebody who organizes a memorial after the dying of her sister. The occasion went awry after a bear assault, nevertheless it was in the end revealed that Mackenzie deliberate to kill somebody through the memorial to avenge her sister’s dying.
“It’s actually fascinating taking part in a personality who’s in the course of such a traumatic occasion and processing a lot grief. It’s about dwelling within the actuality of the trauma of the occasion of the bear assault,” she informed Us. “To have all of those scenes in a hospital mattress, it’s a must to attempt to differentiate between the place she’s at in processing what’s occurred and out of the blue feeling like she’s being investigated.”
Canning referred to as the chance a “fairly difficult” position.
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“The wonderful thing about taking part in Mackenzie is that we get to satisfy her in a reasonably sincere state. This horrible factor has occurred and it’s affected her in a really possible way — regardless of the plotting that she was as much as. I beloved that about this character, this reveal,” she teased. “These explicit thriller exhibits are actually good at giving us a personality that comprises multitudes. We get to satisfy Mackenzie in a really actual state of trauma. It’s all of the extra fascinating because it unravels into what the premeditative nature of this complete factor was and the way she’s left now to select up the items whereas being trapped in a hospital.”
Enjoying Mackenzie allowed Canning to push herself as an actress. “I like homicide thriller exhibits. I’ve simply began watching Job, which I’ve solely watched the primary episode of however I like exhibits that exist in that tone,” she mentioned earlier than teasing what’s subsequent. “Then I’ve Virgin River, the place I’ve a reasonably vital arc in season 7 of that present, which was actually thrilling. And I did a movie with very long time pal Daniel Gillies from The Vampire Diaries as nicely referred to as Shaman.”
Homicide in a Small City airs on Fox Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
