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Pretty Little Liars & Ravenswood - Troian Bellisario Interview

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ETonline: What was your reaction to finding out season two would play with time?
Troian Bellisario:
I was really quite overwhelmed. When I first got the script, it was like 85 pages long, and I was shocked because I was ready to make a few more 5 minute episodes and I got this feature-length script! Then Jon Avnet [producer/director] added in combat scenes, so I was like, "What is happening right now?!?!" I was so thrilled to see that it explores Lauren's home life and you get to see her relationship with her rapist. That to me was one of the most interesting things because so rarely is rape committed by a stranger. It's usually someone the woman knows and has trusted at some point in her life, which makes the violation so much worse. So, for me, when I saw we would explore that and see both Lauren's side of things and his side of things, I was excited.

ETonline: Episode three shows, for the first time, Lauren's actions immediately after her rape. Why was it important to bring that to life?
Bellisario:
You know, it's interesting. I didn't immediately understand why we were showing that scene, so I asked the writer and director why because we'd already put the audience, and Lauren, through the rape. But Jon explained that the most horrific violation of someone who has been assaulted is, after they've summoned the courage it takes to come forward, what they then must go through can almost be a worse violation. You're asked questions you're not ready to be asked, you're poked, you're prodded, you're undressed again and the raw emotional moment of being brave enough to come forward that soon after your assault was something we all came to see as a hugely important part of Lauren's story.
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ETonline: You say that some PLL characters will find out they're from Ravenswood -- how interconnected will the two shows be?
Bellisario:
I don't know exactly how it's going to happen, but I know Toby and Spencer are going to Ravenswood in the episode we’re filming next week! I'm excited to see what that's going to turn out because it's already pretty crazy in the script.

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