FBI‘s Missy Peregrym broke her silence after the hit CBS collection took a flip with a surprising onscreen dying.
In the course of the Monday, March 16, episode of FBI, Maggie (Peregrym) needed to face off together with her first arrest — serial slasher Ray DiStefano (Matthew Rauch) — who kidnapped her sister, Erin (Adrienne Rose Bengtsson). Maggie finally wasn’t capable of save her sister, whose physique she discovered after pondering she would nonetheless be alive.
“I used to be scared to do that script. I used to be scared to play this half, understanding what a darkish place I must go to to only dwell in that second, and I actually cared that if I needed to go that far that we did this as grounded and actual and scary as potential,” Peregrym advised TV Insider concerning the shock twist. “And so it was superb to work with (the writers) to determine, what can be essentially the most heartbreaking factor? Initially, it was written the place there was a bit bit extra of a wrap-up with Peter within the episode. And I simply felt like, ‘Ugh, how might you even speak after discovering your sister?’”
Peregrym opened up about her issues going into the episode.
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“I simply sort of went to work and I used to be like, ‘OK, I do know what I’ve to do right now, however I don’t know the way I’m going to do that. I do know the place I have to go, however I don’t know what my physique’s going to do,’” she recalled. “And we did it in a single take. … However I didn’t take a look at Erin beforehand. I didn’t wish to see her. I didn’t wish to know what I used to be — I didn’t know something. And so after I flip that nook and go into the truck, that was the primary time I used to be experiencing that second, and it was hell.”
The actress defined why it was “actually essential” to inform the story, including, “Everyone’s misplaced anyone, we’re experiencing this rather a lot. It’s clearly not going to be the identical state of affairs, however that grief and that worry and that, oh, it’s the worst feeling in the entire world. And I didn’t need it to wrap up. I didn’t need it to really feel OK ultimately. It makes me cry occupied with it now as a result of it’s actual.”
FBIwhich premiered in 2018, facilities on the inside workings of the New York Metropolis subject workplace prison division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the place the personnel work to make sure the security of New York Metropolis and its residents.
“We’re a procedural present, so we don’t get to go this deep into the character, and I’m actually grateful to the writers for trusting me with this episode within the second, as scared as I used to be to do it. And I’m grateful — I haven’t seen it,” Peregrym continued. “I’m grateful that it’s turned out effectively, however my hope is that folks can actually relate to Maggie within the subsequent chapter of getting to get again up and the way does she make sense of her world now after this gigantic loss, not even simply with Erin, however together with her profession? How can she belief herself to maneuver ahead and be herself and be susceptible or do her job with out feeling that anyone she loves or herself isn’t going to be threatened once more?”
Peregrym admitted she “didn’t ask why” Erin “didn’t survive.”
“I can’t go to a worse place for my character,” she famous. “So, sort of grateful for that. Hopefully issues are wanting up from right here.”
Trying forward, Peregrym made it clear that the non-public loss would keep together with her character.
“We do deal with that, clearly, and it’s nonetheless stuff that I carry with me. I’ll by no means be the identical to a sure diploma. By no means. I’ll by no means be the identical. Which once more was why I used to be so scared to go this far with my character,” she continued. “Enjoying one thing for eight years after which swiftly having a loss like this, you don’t ever return to the particular person you had been earlier than. You’ve bought to navigate a very totally different set of, I don’t even know, guidelines, set of understanding, making an attempt to determine the place your house is anymore. What are you able to belief? And it’s terrifying.”
Peregrym concluded: “We’re not a personality present the place we sit round in our lounge and chat about every thing. I’m selecting to come back to work as a result of there’s work to do. So, it’s discovering these moments to have these discussions and determine these issues out, however we nonetheless have instances to resolve.”
FBI airs on CBS Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.