2018 San Diego Comic Con
Day 3 (July 21, 2018)
At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, we got a chance to speak with Emma Lahana who plays Detective Brigid O’Reilly on the Freeform hit series, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. Emma spoke on a range of issues including her trials and tribulations as Season 1 comes to an end and how O’Reilly is dealing with her actions this season. She is NOT spilling secrets about Mayhem …
“She’s not your average TV female character. That’s what I really loved as well.”
After the jump, check out transcribed excerpts from the interview with Emma, as well as video of the full interview!
On moving from protector to a potential villain in Mayhem in Season 2 …
“I guess it depends on who the villain is going after. Maybe you’re going after people who deserve it.”
On O’Reilly’s emotional fallout following Fuchs’ death …
“I think you’ll see more how it effects her. Brigid is pretty, she’s got a hard shell. She doesn’t really wear her heart on her sleeve. It’s like buried … then you see a softer side of her, to then just ruin it and tear it up because it’s [showrunner] Joe Pokaski. [laughs]. You’ll see how that effects her and how much that drives her to go after Connors even more.”
On O’Reilly’s reaction to shooting Duane and real life police abuses …
“Because that was kind of the moment where she became what she hated. She’s very against cops that do that … We are talking about police brutality and systemic racism. Because that exists. It definitely exists. People want to deny it but it does exist. I really appreciate that we do go there.”