Nurse Pam returned to Wayward Pines — and just as quickly exited. Like actress Carla Gugino before her, season 1 star Melissa Leo couldn’t stick around for a full second season of Wayward Pines. Instead, she tells EW, she carved out enough time about two weeks ago to film a few scenes for her guest star appearance on the spooky thriller.
What about a scene earlier, when Nurse Pam lays out the red dress she’ll wear and prepares to die? How did you feel about the writing of that scene?
To step back into a character that I had grown very attached to over several months, really, inventing her with the writers a few years ago, to go back and find my way into her was serious business for this overly serious actor [laughs]. The original costume designer and I had realized that Pam costumes herself, and the nurse’s costume, although she’s a nurse, is a costume. And so is her military garb, and so are the many guises she puts on to go and collect people. So I’m seeing this as her getting dressed for this Typhoid Mary role.
What was it like coming back to set?
Once I settled in, I had a great time. Wayward Pines, I tell you, is a strange place, and the entry is always the hardest part. I was just going along for the ride. [Laughs]
It was so much fun getting to go back and do [the role of Pam]. I’m serious. Wayward Pines has a couple of my good friends, Toby [Jones], Terrence [Howard], and I thought they were dead, and yet… [laughs]. There’s a whole past that I can come back and still tell!
What about a scene earlier, when Nurse Pam lays out the red dress she’ll wear and prepares to die? How did you feel about the writing of that scene?
To step back into a character that I had grown very attached to over several months, really, inventing her with the writers a few years ago, to go back and find my way into her was serious business for this overly serious actor [laughs]. The original costume designer and I had realized that Pam costumes herself, and the nurse’s costume, although she’s a nurse, is a costume. And so is her military garb, and so are the many guises she puts on to go and collect people. So I’m seeing this as her getting dressed for this Typhoid Mary role.
What was it like coming back to set?
Once I settled in, I had a great time. Wayward Pines, I tell you, is a strange place, and the entry is always the hardest part. I was just going along for the ride. [Laughs]
It was so much fun getting to go back and do [the role of Pam]. I’m serious. Wayward Pines has a couple of my good friends, Toby [Jones], Terrence [Howard], and I thought they were dead, and yet… [laughs]. There’s a whole past that I can come back and still tell!
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IT'S TIME TO EXPAND OUTSIDE THE FENCE ON AN ALL-NEW "WAYWARD PINES" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, ON FOX
Guest Stars Shannyn Sossamon and Tim Griffin Reprise their Season One Roles!
Trapped outside the fence at the end of the first episode, Xander returns to Wayward Pines - bringing someone unexpected back with him who helps him learn more about the Abbies' intentions. Meanwhile, Rebecca puts herself at odds with Megan in order to help Lucy, a young girl who is trying to escape a Wayward Pines tradition, and CJ leads a brave group on an expedition beyond the fence to expand humanity's claim on the Earth, despite Theo's protests, in the all-new "Exit Strategy" episode of WAYWARD PINES airing Wednesday, June 15 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PIN-204) (TV-14 L, V)
Cast: Jason Patric as Dr. Theo Yedlin, Djimon Hounsou as CJ Mitchum, Hope Davis as Megan Fisher, Tom Stevens as Jason Higgins, Nimrat Kaur as Rebecca Yedlin, Josh Helman as Xander Beck and Kacey Rohl as Kerry Campbell
Guest Cast: Shannyn Sossamon as Theresa Burke, Tim Griffin as Adam Hassler, Michael Garza as Frank Armstrong, Christopher Meyer as Mario, Emily Tremblay as Lucy, RJ Fetherstonhaugh as Sean, Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Arlene Moran, Kate Bateman as Nancy, Tyson Bellusci as Ramsey, Pavel Romano as Corey
Guest Stars Shannyn Sossamon and Tim Griffin Reprise their Season One Roles!
Trapped outside the fence at the end of the first episode, Xander returns to Wayward Pines - bringing someone unexpected back with him who helps him learn more about the Abbies' intentions. Meanwhile, Rebecca puts herself at odds with Megan in order to help Lucy, a young girl who is trying to escape a Wayward Pines tradition, and CJ leads a brave group on an expedition beyond the fence to expand humanity's claim on the Earth, despite Theo's protests, in the all-new "Exit Strategy" episode of WAYWARD PINES airing Wednesday, June 15 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PIN-204) (TV-14 L, V)
Cast: Jason Patric as Dr. Theo Yedlin, Djimon Hounsou as CJ Mitchum, Hope Davis as Megan Fisher, Tom Stevens as Jason Higgins, Nimrat Kaur as Rebecca Yedlin, Josh Helman as Xander Beck and Kacey Rohl as Kerry Campbell
Guest Cast: Shannyn Sossamon as Theresa Burke, Tim Griffin as Adam Hassler, Michael Garza as Frank Armstrong, Christopher Meyer as Mario, Emily Tremblay as Lucy, RJ Fetherstonhaugh as Sean, Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Arlene Moran, Kate Bateman as Nancy, Tyson Bellusci as Ramsey, Pavel Romano as Corey
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