The Orphan Black alum gives us an exclusive look into her take-no-prisoners vigilante Violet Paige.
What we do know of her nebulous past has left her bruised and vengeful.
She associates with drug dealers and other criminals who hide from the law in Gothams midnight shadows.
She isnt exactly likeable.
She isnt supposed to be.
Batman and some of the Bat family are around but wouldnt go there.
How would you describe the seedier side of Gotham City and Violets connection to it?
Violet Paige is sort of the celebutante you see in the tabloids all the time.
She causes fights, possibly uses drugs (or at least everyone assumes she does).
What the dont know is that she has a much darker and more troubled past than anyone really knows.
Will Violets development in the series reveal more of her conflicting good and evil sides?
I think its less about us figuring it out and more about her figuring it out.
How do you feel Violets painful past influenced her to become the person she is today?
Shes pretty much the person that Gather House made her.
Thats really the core of what happened to her.
She absolutely has put up with abusers.
Suffice to say that shes in an angry state right now, but its a very justified anger.
The people shes lashing out at are people whoand I feel most readers will agreehave it coming to them.
At the same time, shes also taking care of her mother.
Her mother is not well.
Do you think her desire to protect her mother connects to her desire for justice?
Speaking of justice, what kind of questionable ethics is Violet fighting against?
These are not the people that Bruce Wayne associates with.
If he got an invite to one of their parties he wouldnt be seen there.
These people have a severe case of ennui.
Which characters in the Gotham universe do you feel she parallels most to and why?
Gotham took away Bruce Waynes parents, and hes Batman because of it.
Do you also feel she relates to any of the clones inOrphan Black?
I think in terms of her background she might be closest to Helena.
One of Helenas most famous outfits is all white, so they have that in common too.
We obviously know how Batman and Catwoman got their names.
How did Mother Panic get hers?
I think the name actually ties into Gerards music.
I believe the name did come first, but the it strongly ties in to the character.
Vigilante that she is, can she still be an inspirational female character?
Shes no doubt an interesting female character, though I dont think she should be aspirational to anyone.
Shes a bit of an antihero.
Thats the thing Im trying to play with.
You know shes not a likeable person a lot of the time, and I think thats okay.
I think there should be more characters who are like that.
Not everyone has to be nice and comfortable and happy and aspirational.
Watch out,Mother Panicreleases on Nov. 9.
To say that were trembling with anticipation is an understatement.