Who’s really in control on Mr. Stephanie Corneliussen gives us a hint…

Stephanie Corneliussen complimented my eyes when I interviewed her forMr.

It was sort of a much kinder and sincere version of the kind of control herMr.

Robotcharacter, Joanna, has over the people in her life.

The 29-year-old Danish model and actress is no stranger to cover shoots, commercials, and TV guest spots.

But shes finally breaking out with a recurring role on USAs standout hacker drama.

Joanna was promoted to a series regular forMr.

I had no idea.

Ill tell you, the technicality part of it is that I was booked as a guest star.

I think I was booked for about five episodes.

Now here we are.

Yeah, it was interesting.

Then a couple minutes later, shes in that bondage going, Youre not done yet.

Hes like, Im tired.

and shes like Well, too bad.

Can you imagine how this very powerful woman likes to be submissive in private?

I think as human beings we need some balance in our life, right?

I cant imagine how it must be for Joanna being in such control all the time.

I wish I could do that.

Some people go to the spa.

Joanna gets tied up.

That sort of relationship is about trust.

I imagine it must be hard for her to trust someone.

I think she is very confident, maybe overly confident that nothing is going to happen to her.

I think that she would also never choose a partner that was actually in a power position.

I thought that scene was so interesting.

Isnt that the definition of a backhanded compliment, literally what she did?

Tearing someone down and then building them up.

Its that Buttercup song.

It is a backhanded compliment, but is she more vulnerable in that scene than weve ever seen her?

Obviously theres the human factor, the biological and anatomical factor that plays into it.

She just had a baby.

Secondary, her husbands missing.

She gave Tyrell that ultimatum in episode nine of season one but she loves him and she misses him.

Robotis so interesting, framing everyone in the lower corner of the screen.

Do you notice a difference doing scenes that way?

Oh yeah, absolutely.

We play very, very close to camera as well which is different.

Our eyeline is very often, you know that cardinal rule of not looking into the camera?

Our eyeline is so close to the camera.

Rami breaks that intentionally all the time.

Oh yes, but that is to include you.

He breaks the fourth wall.

Even us other actors are encouraged to be as close to the edge as possible.

I think the cinematography inMr.

Robotis some of the best Ive ever seen honestly.

Was it a big adjustment the first time you did a scene like that?

No, not necessarily.

And then you get each your coverage.

You have to be very specific on the technical part of the acting.

Have you appreciated that the women onMr.

Robothave their own individual storylines, including yours as Joanna?

Absolutely, and I think its pioneering in some sense, right?

This is women that arent necessarily being pushed in the other extreme.

Were not being glorified as these unnatural women.

We are real women.

The characters are real women who are equals.

This season, did you have a lot more information ahead of time?

No, they tell us nothing.

The first table read, we did five episodes of reading and then I dont know.

Its a very Sam thing to do.

He likes us to not have all the information and we appreciate it.

I think that he wants us to evolve with the information.

Sometimes when you know everything, you act everything.

When you dont know it all, you have to make those adjustments.

Robot airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on USA.