New Interview with Missy Peregrym: CW Wasn't Invested in 'Reaper'
by Joel Keller
posted Jun 18th 2010
Peregrym and I talked a little bit about "Reaper", where she played Andi, Sam's on-again, off-again girlfriend.
Let's just say she doesn't think the CW had much invested in promoting the show...
What did your family think about "Reaper", where you played the girlfriend of a guy who works for the Devil?
Yeah. I called my dad (a minister), and I was like, "You're gonna kill me." (laughs) And he's like, what??? And I was like "Ok, I'm on a show that involves the devil."
And I actually expected more stuff to come up, and I don't think it did. And if it did, he didn't tell me anything about it anyway.
It's not like I'm talking about "Reaper" and going "You guys, you know, don't go to church anymore because our show provides a lot of really good knowledge." I mean, it's not what it is.
It's such a, it's a comedic show, and it was more witty and funny, and Ray Wise was amazing in that role. He did that so well.
And it was good. I mean, it still had the battle of good and evil, but again, it had everything to do with, you know, what are you going to choose to do.
What was your impression about how that final season went down and the CW's support or lack of support was for the show?
Well, I don't really feel like we were the show that they were trying to promote at that point. I mean, it was very much a "Melrose Place", "90210" (network), and our show did not have that kind genre to it. It's just incredibly different.
So I think ours was more of a risk to promote, and I know that they were in a pretty precarious position, and needed to kind of create a new face for CW, and that's the route that they were going.
And you know, when it comes down to it, it's business. If they didn't feel that we were generating that, then it's just that simple. You just don't make it anymore.
And I think that we also stepped on the toes of "Supernatural". It's unfortunate, I feel like we weren't able to really go into the other side of things. Because it would have been more interesting if you've got like the Devil, and then on the flip side, you have like The God, or whatever.
And they just didn't want us to go there, because it's "Supernatural"-y and all this stuff.
I wasn't in the original pilot, and I remember watching it, and going, this is hilarious. This is quirky, and it's offbeat, and it's funny, and I thought all those guys were so natural in their roles, and I loved it.
And it just took a turn where it was just like, every episode was "OK, there's a new guy who escaped from Hell, and now you've gotta deal with it." That's it. And it's just, clean hands at the end of every episode. Which we didn't think that was going to be the case either.
We really wanted to have ongoing dramas with maybe some of the souls, or really kind of drag some of the relationship stuff out. They dragged mine out with Sam in that show like two seasons. (chuckling)
On that end, I was like, "Come on, let's make a decision. I can't cry every episode."
Did it feel weird to be on a network that was more identified with "Gossip Girl" than anything else?
I didn't even notice it. It didn't even faze me.
We're living in Vancouver. That job was great for me because I worked with really funny people, and I was at home. I was with my family, and that was really important to me. So just, the rest of it I just don't even really think about.
I don't compare anything because you just don't ever know.
It just really, it comes down to business. And you can't really take it personally.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/06/18/missy-peregrym-of-rookie-blue-doesnt -want-to-be-famous/