Season 8 of CBS’ hit collection FBI is constructing as much as sudden romance — and onscreen surprises.
Newcomer Juliana Aiden Martinez spoke completely to Us Weekly about what the present is constructing as much as, saying, “(Showrunner) Mike (Weiss) and the staff are doing such an important job and every episode is getting increasingly excessive stakes. It actually seems like we’re doing Mission Unimaginable – like an motion film each week.”
Martinez, who performs Eva, is “at all times astounded” by what’s but to come back.
“That is loopy and but we do it as a result of we’ve got such an important crew,” she famous. “Now we have such an important staff and I believe the followers will likely be actually excited to see that each episode simply will get larger, larger and higher.”
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FBIwhich premiered in 2018, facilities on the inside workings of the New York Metropolis area workplace prison division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the place the personnel work to make sure the protection of New York Metropolis and its residents. Along with Martinez, Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto, Sela Ward, Alana de la Garza, John Boyd and Lisette Olivera make up the remainder of the forged.
“Earlier than I got here into the present, I sat down with showrunner Mike Weiss and advised me who he was pondering Eva was going to be. That was actually the deciding issue for me to be like, ‘Sure, that is one thing that’s very fascinating to me. That is one thing that I believe I can provide and provides worth to and make it thrilling and totally different,’” Martinez advised Us. “I favored that she was totally different than Kate in Legislation & Order: SVU. I actually like that Eva got here from a prosecutorial background so she’s very a lot somebody that’s not afraid to talk her thoughts and isn’t afraid to be the neatest particular person within the room. She’s unabashed in that sense and she or he’s unabashedly female, powerful and has a giant coronary heart.”
In response to Martinez, Eva’s backstory will proceed to play out.
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“I do assume belief is one thing that in all probability must be earned (along with her), regardless if she likes to say it or not. There was a particular breaking of belief when she comes into the story during which she was with somebody that was her accomplice — and she or he was with them romantically and professionally,” she recalled. “So she in all probability made an exception to that rule of courting her accomplice and but she couldn’t see it. She was so good and has been at all times doing the best factor and she or he couldn’t see the particular person she was in mattress with betraying her. That’s a deep wound.”
Eva continues to be adjusting to her new regular, with Martinez including, “That resistance or that battle is admittedly fascinating with somebody who actually prides themselves in understanding every little thing forward of all people else. It does create some humility in her. It additionally creates a capability to study to essentially take it as a problem and as an journey.”
As for Eva’s private life? Martinez isn’t ruling out a romance.
“We are going to see some romance on this season. I gained’t say from who however we are going to see some romance,” she teased. “(For Eva), I do assume that her coronary heart is resilient sufficient to seek out love. So I hope so.”
FBI airs on CBS Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.