MARG HELGENBERGER GOES UNDER THE DOME WITH WILMYWOOD (TRANSCRIPT)
July 18, 2015
Marg: Hey Wilmywood! Marg Helgenberger from Under the Dome. Love ya!
Sheila Brother: Everybody’s like ‘Marg this, Marg this.’ They don’t even use your last name. It’s like it should just be one name.
Marg: Kind of like Madonna.
Sheila Brother: I like Jackee. You know, all the above, exactly. You only need one — everybody knows who you’re talking about. You say Marg, they’re like, ‘Oh Marg, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Huge CSI fans.’
Marg: I had no idea.
Sheila Brother: Oh yeah, you’re huge in this town. When they found out that you were going to be here in Wilmington, I think the entire city imploded and exploded.
Marg: Oh, well. That’s, um, I’m so happy to hear this.
Sheila Brother: Yes, big CSI fans. And you have fans from all around the world. In fact, I have a list of questions that people were really excited to ask you.
Marg: Go for it.
Sheila Brother: So lets start with Nicola. Nicola says ‘I heard you’re a big fan of Breaking Bad. Is that true? And if so, what’s it been like to work with Dean Norris?
Marg: Yes, I am a big fan of Breaking Bad and Vince Gilligan who created that show. In fact, I’ve gotten to know Vince a little bit, you know, social events and things like that. Just a lovely guy. And I’m a fan of Better Call Saul. But working with Dean Norris, you know, who played Hank on the series, has been — unfortunately, I’ve only had one episode where I have had some juicy stuff to work with him, but those scenes are some of my favorites and I cherish — and I’m hoping we get to revisit some of that territory again later on in the season.
Sheila Brother: A lot of people are asking about Christine. Like Meghan. She says ‘I don’t really know that much about Christine. So who exactly is Christine when she comes under this, or out of this dome. I don’t want to speculate whether she’s going in or going out, I don’t know yet. So who is Christine?’
Marg: Well, Christine’s introduced into Chester’s Mill as a therapist. She’s there to help the community as a grief counselor, dealing with the loss of a loved one. Or just basically, you know, all the needs that they’re running low on supply of — whether it’s food, water, or medical supplies, etc. But, you know, she kind of…it evolves into much more of a leadership role. And she’s got this grand plan for the community and how it can survive, basically. And that’s to become a collective, to become a kinship, in her words. And by doing so, people kind of have to get rid of their individual desires to a certain degree. Because it just doesn’t work for the collective. And people don’t necessarily agree with that plan. So there’s some — the resistance ends up becoming a big problem at times.
Sheila Brother: When we talked to Alex Koch, he was super excited. He said that Junior gets to have almost like a partner in crime in Christine.
Marg: Yes, that’s true. I do have quite the impact on him. He’s an impressionable young man. And I see that he is, you know, doesn’t have a whole lot of self esteem. And has also kept a lot of self loathing. Either browbeaten by his father and just believing all of that…years of that abuse. So I just pretty much tell him, you know, this is what you can do and you can believe in yourself. And he does and therefore he becomes my partner in crime to a certain degree. Or my lieutenant, let’s put it that way.
Sheila Brother: All right. A question from the community, obviously. How do you like Wilmywood? You know we call it Wilmywood?
Marg: I do, I do. I love Wilmywood. I really do. I mean, I worked here 20 years ago for the first time and I was looking forward…
Sheila Brother: It’s grown, hasn’t it?
Marg: A lot. A lot and I had a place at the beach the last time, as I do now. Which you know, it’s still one of the best beaches that I’ve certainly spent much time on. Beautiful wide beaches, packed sand, dunes, and the water is now really warming up. Because I can’t…I don’t swim in the Pacific Ocean in California. It’s just…
Sheila Brother: Oh no. It’s cold, it’s freezing.
Marg: Very cold. It never really warms up.
Sheila Brother: Right. At least we get our waters by July 84 degrees, which is perfect. So get ready for July.
Marg: I’ll be in there.