Read on for our full interview with Preston.
COLLIDER: This episode ofElsbethhas got an interesting setup.
How was it from your point of view in filming this remote investigation, so to speak?
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CARRIE PRESTON: It was really challenging technically, but really fulfilling creatively.
He’s always like a kid in the candy store whenever he directs.
He just relishes it.
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We had to shoot those scenes at the Portal on two totally different days.
You do a scene one day, and then it’s over, and that’s it.
You don’t get to do it again.
So, I did enjoy that side of it.
That was really fun.
I want to talk about working with Ioan Gruffudd as this new love interest for Elsbeth.
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You did get to work with him prior to him coming to New York to see her.
So that did help us this time.you’ve got the option to tell that our relationship was building.
I’ve been playing this character for 15 years, so it’s not an even playing ground.
But in this case, we did get to build it together.
It was a rom-com episode.
Jonathan Tolins also shares what fans can expect in the back half of ‘Elsbeth’s second season.
I love that we are getting so many seasonal episodes onElsbeth.
We had Halloween, we had Christmas, and we have Valentine’s Day.
Does it feel similar on set when you’re doing this kind of seasonal episode?
I know you’re filming it months ahead of the actual holiday.
PRESTON: Yes, it does.
It does feel that way.
And that’s largely to do with our crew.
We’ve never seen Elsbeth in this kind ofmutuallyflirty space before.
A lot of firemen think she’s cute, but it’s never been a reciprocal thing.
Then she’s got this friendship-turned-something-more with this charming musician/fireman.
We were guests and visitors in that universe, so it had a certain tone to it.
So I think, because our show is really making Elsbeth more three-dimensional, that made sense.
I’m a big romance person, and I can say yes, absolutely.
I’m hoping he comes back.
PRESTON: [Laughs] Even the crew was like, Aww!
They were standing around the monitor and going, Aww, rooting for the two of them.
Is it fun to get back into that lawyer-y Elsbeth mindset on such a personal level for the character?
That’s a good way to put it.
I like the way you just put that.
That’s what I loved when we went to the courthouse.
You mentioned earlier you’ve been playing this character for 15 years now, on and off.
Has that changed anything for you in the way that you play her?
Also, the writing is just deeper.
We’re finding more little tics.
I love getting the episodes because I learn more about her.
I make a run at find fresh choices.
Because we have the real estate to do that now.
Whereas when I was guesting, there was only so far I could go with that kind of thing.
PRESTON:Judge Crawford is not going away.
His power and his reach are pretty epic.
The first 11 episodes ofElsbethSeason 2 are out now.
New episodes premiere on CBS on Thursdays and stream the next day on Paramount+.
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