V - Mark Hildreth talks about Cancellation and more

Thanks to Philomina for the heads up.

1. Your character on "V", Joshua, was a freedom fighter who tried to rebel against high commander Anna. Do you think Joshua’s life was 'happier' after Anna took control over him and wiped out his memory of the Fifth Column?

I tried to play Joshua as a character with an enormous struggle – the struggle of a humanitarian who believes in the goodness of human beings and struggles to uphold that in the face of incredible adversity. Someone who is truly noble, and struggling to uphold the value of human life against people for whom human life is not the most important value. To me, this is the most noble thing a character can do, because it is these people who are attacked and maligned the most. I’m not sure that this is so much of a "happy" path to walk, but I never assumed Anna "took control over him" or that "bliss" was ever something that was outside of the control of the people being "blissed". I believe that people (and maybe aliens too!) choose to check out and ignore the reality of a bad situation because they want to, not because some mystical force causes it. So when Joshua lost his memory, I assumed it was due to the gunshot trauma and that in reality he was just a stronger person internally that he didn’t choose to "bliss out" as a way of ignoring the problems of the world.

2. "V" was cancelled much too soon! What do you picture as the end game for your character and for the show?

I believe Joshua was willing to die to uphold the value of human life. Probably this would be his fate, because he really loved people and would give up his own life to stop those who promote fear and hatred over love.

3. Do you know what ideas were discussed for season 3?

There was definitely talk of a relationship between Joshua and Lisa. Laura Vandervoort and I are old friends from Canada and we were disappointed that we didn’t get to work more together, but unfortunately we will never see alien kissing on V!

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