`Blue Interviews - Brooklyn Lowe and Laura Spencer

The insight about Julia Stiles, courtesy of Brooklyn Lowe, is that she, like her character, is close to the vest in real life.  But a more important realization, though, is this:  We as the audience are privileged to walk into the interiors of the story and the interiors of the characters.  So while Blue is close to the vest, in relation to many people, she isn't to us.  She has segmented her life well, among home life, day office, and evening office.  People in these segments don't get to see others in other segments.  However, there are crossings happening, such as Arthur being interested in Blue's personal life and forging an intimate (i.e., real) relationship with her. 

  

There does seem to be genuine interest and care between Francesca and Josh.  But to Lowe's point, there are natural and inevitable hurdles to overcome.  The drama of Season 4 may very well explore these passages from adolescence to adulthood.

Apparently Rodrigo García isn't hesitant to dish out a spoiler.

It's quite dramatic issue to tackle, and one that is very much unfolding, going into Season 4.  Laura Spencer speaks to it quite well:  If it weren't tragic enough that your mother is gone, but not to know what happened to her lifts that tragedy into total nebula.  So which is horrible, Spencer asks:  Is it worse to hear that your mother just up and left, or to hear that she died a horrible death?

  

In my Art Manifesto, I posit that art is always autobiographical.  What Spencer relates is in keeping with this:  While she keeps her personality separate from the characters she plays and interacts with, she does draw from experiences and people in her life.  She may also pull something out of her hat in the moment.  But even as Spencer restates her point about keeping things separate, she admits there are hints of her own personality in her characters.

 

Spencer relishes the idea of crossovers, that is, the same character in different stories.  If we as the audience are following other stories, then, yes, it is cool for us to see Vanessa in more than one.