The TV Addict 

Sarah Strange personal – Mitchell Parsons Photography

By: Amrie Cunningham

You know how every once in a while, I geek out over the fact that I can quote Men in Trees verbatim, and I love the crazy cast of characters so very much? Imagine the geeking out I did when I got the chance to spend some quality phone time with my favorite in Elmo – Sarah Strange, the one and only Theresa. We spent some time chatting about her show, why indirectly it helps change the world, and how Bateman makes everything better.

Amrie: I’m really excited to get to talk to you.

Sarah laughs…What do you want to talk about?

I don’t know, I was thinking we’d talk about a little show.

You wanna talk about a show, great, I know about that!

I’m always saying I love Theresa.

Aw, thank you very much. That’s nice.

Theresa and Ben, you guys are one of my favorite couples, I wanted to say that outright.

Aw rad, thank you very much, I appreciate that.

Going along those lines of this awesome character, what made you want to play Theresa?

I really and it’s still an interesting aspect of the character even half way through the second season, I really like how outside she is. I always kind of described her as this mysterious black cat who wonders the periphery of Elmo, and people keep feeding her so she stays around. But you’re not entirely sure of her motives. She’s such an oddball. And I like her rock and roll history, I like that she’s got a bit of toughness, that she’s got some secrets. She’s dark. It’s always kind of fun to play people who are in touch with their dark side, or who are hiding their dark side, you know what I mean?

Right, and that means, that down the line, we can hear a little more about the dark side, something that will shock us, and I like that aspect to it.

That’s right and there’s little seeds that get planted that don’t turn into anything until much later. She’s fun, and she’s still mysterious to me, which is fun.

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