Summary

If there’s anyone who can handle a challenge in Hollywood, it’s probablyZoe Saldana.

Saldana’s character, Joe, has faced her fair share of challenges since the series began.

I’ve seen three episodes and I’m already like, This is a lot.

Laysla De Oliveira as Sergeant Cruz Manuelos and Zoe Saldaña as Joe McNamara on the poster for ‘Special Ops: Lioness.'

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What was it like filming those scenes and filming them alongside Taylor Sheridan?

The energy that he brings to the table is encouraging and it’s inspiring.

This time, everything that’s happening is happening so fast.

Joe (Zoe Saldaña) and Kaitlyn (Nicole Kidman) talk in ‘Lioness’ Season 2.

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That level of pressure is causing her to struggle to stay focused.

I think that Kaitlyn is noticing that.

That adds, also, a different dynamic to her relationship with Kaitlyn.

Laysla De Oliveira, Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman in a still from Special Ops: Lioness

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Where did we leave off with Taylor Sheridan’s thriller last season?

Their relationships with their husbands are similar, but also they’re opposite.

I love collaborating with people who are like that.She’s my idol, also.

Special Ops- Lioness poster

Special Ops: Lioness is a Paramount+ original series starring Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman. The series centers on a marine and a CIA agent who work together with the daughter of a dangerous terrorist group to destroy the organization. Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone co-creator) and Jill Wagner created the series, which was directed by Paul Cameron and Anthony Byrne.

[Laughs]

She’s amazing.

SALDANA: Yes, she is.

I’m so excited.Can you talk about the difference between how Joe approaches her relationship with these two women?

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They’re quite different when it comes to the characters.

But Joe sees that potential, whereas in the first season, she didn’t see that in Cruz.

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