We caught up with her twice to talk about the project.
Well, its a year later fromChildren Of Earth.
You find her in a very derelict limbo, a quiet place.
The complete antithesis of what Gwen Cooper is all about.
A very boring world for her.
A normal world for us.
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She gets pulled into a crazy, unnatural worldwide phenomenon.
So, she gets pulled in, and my God, she cant wait to get pulled in.
In the beginning, yes.
Shes trying to put a brave face on it.
Shes trying to be the wife and the mother, doing normal things.
So, how does she get the call?
Its not a call.
Absolutely not a call.
Something happens and Gwen has absolutely no choice.
Get on with it or be killed.
And Gwen is a changing character?
Shes changing every year.
Shes got to change.
But weve got to remember that she doesnt have a choice in this.
Particularly in this series.
She has to take charge.
So, she just fits in as she has done in the last three series.
And she says no.
Thats the big thing for her, this series.
And I love that theyve given Gwen a family.
You see her mum and dad.
Theyve got a lot to do in this series.
But also shes a mum.
And its different now, because shes a mum.
But thats how it is.
Shell do her best to keep the baby safe, but shes still Gwen Cooper.
How is the experience of making the show in America?
Its your first time doing something like this in the States?
Ive done theatre in America, but not television.
Youre not going to give more because youre over there.
Youre always going to do your best.
It doesnt matter where youre going to be.
But still, I was sitting in Warner Bros and I felt a bit sick!
I had sat there for an hour before I was needes!
It was just incredible.
Were on theCasablancastage, Im just going to throw that in.
I told my partner that I needed to be there for half past eight.
I didnt need to be there until ten.
And I sat in the bus stop where they pick the tourists up, to take them around.
I sat there thinking, My God, this is amazing!
And there were our names on the golf carts, and I was trying to be cool!
But what an experience.
Well, my home is where my family is, and weve really taken to Los Angeles now.
Were there, and were living underneath the Hollywood sign.
Whatever happens with work, they love it there.
And if they didnt enjoy it there, I wouldnt be back.
And lets be honest, L.A. is not a bad place to live.
There are some crazy people there, but I tend to get on with them!
Do you have Spielberg next door to babysit?
Hes becoming a bit of a pain in the arse, to be honest.
He keeps coming round, knocking.
I tell him its really not convenient…
How are you celebrity neighbours?
Is Spielberg still a problem?
Oh, Ive had to get an injunction out on him.
A super injunction, presumably?
Ive had to tell him to stick his goddam film!
He needs to go.
Hes making a pest of himself.
Now that its all wrapped for you, and you look back, have you enjoyed it?
And I mean really amazing.
Its just worked out to be the most extraordinary eight months of my life.
No, not at all.
And I hope that it never does go away.
There isnt a second of this shoot that Ive not pinched myself and been so overwhelmed with.
Every day that you get to play Gwen Cooper in Cardiff, and in L.A., has been superb.
Rolling into Warner Bros every day has been sensational.
Arent you supposed to come back from Hollywood with an ego?!
Its never going to happen!
My dog has come back with a complete ego.
I dont know who he thinks he bloody is!
No, Ive just appreciated it so much.
Which of the pinch yourself moments particularly stands out?
The helicopter on Roscilly Beach in Wales?
That was one of the best days Ive ever had filming.
A beautiful beach, a beach Im very used to.
With a bazooka, a jeep, two helicopters, Mekhi Phifer and John Barrowman.
Was Mekhi Phifer singing too?
[Laughs] That would have been great!
Mekhi Phifer actually gave the quote of the entire series.
He started the big jeep run, and he was going, Yeah, man.
This is what this job is all about!
This is why we do this, man.
Cut to fifteen minutes later, he was freezing cold.
What is going on?
Where are the heaters?
This is too cold!
Man, its too cold!
That, and I think theres huge standout moments in the entire thing for me.
And theres one with someone I really wanted to work with.
And Hannah Montana was just great.
I had a big fight scene with her!
It was Lauren Ambrose, and I have a great scene with her.
Wayne Knight, Bill Pullman.
And that makes you Stallone, I suppose.
Ive never had that said before!
But I want it said to me again!
So, where do you want to go next?
ATorchwoodmovie would be incredible.
It would be sensational to have a beginning, a middle and an end in ninety minutes.
A big wallopingTorchwoodcrunched into ninety minutes would be breathtaking.
Do you thinkTorchwoodcould fit a ninety minute formula?
It always struck me that its at its best when its got the space to develop a story?
This isnt actually my face.
I borrowed it off Hannah Montana!
I think Russell is capable of doing anything.
You wont recognise Gwen.
Shes the only remaining Torchwood member left, and shes in danger.
Shes in massive danger.
Shes a wanted woman.
Nobody knows where she is.
And shes waiting, every day.
But now shes waiting as a mother.
Thats the fascinating thing about her this time.
That shes a parent.
When I first got the script, I thought, How do I play this?
How do I make it work?
And its very simple, actually.
You play it truthfully.
A mother, but in a heightened sense that I have to save the world.
The pressure on this woman is unbearable.
I do not know how Gwen Cooper does it.
Eve Myles, thank you very much.
Torchwood: Miracle Day arrives on BBC One on Thursday14thJuly.
Read : Miracle Day here.
